Author: Jhon Hernandez

cinephile and filmmaker based out of Dallas, TX.

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 02/15/2025 – 02/28/2025

I am writing this from the Latin American Film Festival of Dallas offices. The festival lineup has been announced. Now there are a lot of emails, threads regarding social media strategy, files to be delivered, payments to be coordinated – very far away from the act of watching films! The films I’ve been watching lately…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 02/15/2025 – 02/28/2025

Year in Review: Best of 2024

The story of Lucky Star starts around 2019. The initial discussions were inspired by the Argentine film journal, La vida útil, and our desire to have a space to explore our cinephilia. In that initial conception, we had planned to start out with dedicated issues. We wrote a lot toward this goal, but ultimately landed…… Continue reading Year in Review: Best of 2024

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 12/7/24 – 12/20/24

This note comes directly from the Lucky Star Podcast editing suite. In our second episode we discuss the latest film from director Imtiaz Ali, Amar Singh Chamkila, a biopic of the tragically slain Punjabi singer. In the episode we discuss also some of the recent year-end lists published, such as those in Cahiers du Cinéma,…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 12/7/24 – 12/20/24

The Lucky Star Podcast No. 2 – Amar Singh Chamkila

In the second episode of our podcast, we discuss the Bollywood film, Amar Singh Chamkila, directed by Imtiaz Ali. We discuss the shape of Imtiaz Ali’s career, the role of women in his cinema, and more. We also discuss various year-end lists and the purpose of listmaking. https://youtu.be/0VPGDcV8FmI?si=7EJ58EhnBPGAGv4n

What is the Modern Cinema? – Grand Maison Paris

Grand Maison Paris recently premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. It is the continuation of 2019’s Grand Maison Tokyo, a Japanese television show. It’s an odd thing when a television show makes the jump to the cinema world. The TV series followed Kimura Takuya (an axiom of J-Drama) on his quest to create…… Continue reading What is the Modern Cinema? – Grand Maison Paris

The Lucky Star Podcast No. 1 – Juror #2

In the initial episode of The Lucky Star Podcast, co-editors Jhon and Seema discuss Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2, its place in the Eastwood filmography and the issues around its release. We also take time to discuss the problems surrounding the streaming release of Pa. Ranjith’s Thangaalan, and we also talk about Contracampo, an exhibition of…… Continue reading The Lucky Star Podcast No. 1 – Juror #2

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 10/09/24-11/01/24

This note comes to you directly from the Latin American Film Festival of Dallas offices. As I finalize next year’s selection, I was also wrapping up the final touches on the translation of Jean-Claude Guiguet’s text, The Gift of Tears, a text that I’ve carried with me for a long time. It speaks with an…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 10/09/24-11/01/24

Translation Corner: The Gift of Tears

The Gift of Tears by Jean-Claude Guiguet Recently I took a friend passing through Paris to visit an preserved old neighborhood of the capital. It was a sunny Sunday in October. While he walked, the friend told me of the affection he had for his brother, whom an illness had taken away four months earlier,…… Continue reading Translation Corner: The Gift of Tears

Encounters #3 – Paul Theiss

Here at Lucky Star, we are always on the lookout for points of contact with other cinephile cultures. We are hoping with this column, Encounters, to establish a dialogue, a line of communication. We get to know interesting cinephiles, critics, directors, etc., all as a way to interrogate our own positions, our own cinephilia. In…… Continue reading Encounters #3 – Paul Theiss