Author: Jhon Hernandez

cinephile and filmmaker based out of Dallas, TX.

Festival Watch #1 – Diary of a First Time Programmer

Dallas, Texas In August 2023, a 35-seat microcinema called Spacy opened in Dallas. It is located inside of Tyler Station, a factory built 100 years ago, that now operates as a “place where Oak Cliff Entrepreneurs, Creatives and Community Leaders meet and work.” There are two ways to get inside: the first is to go…… Continue reading Festival Watch #1 – Diary of a First Time Programmer

Translation Corner #5 – In Praise of a Castaway: Jacques Rozier

In Praise of a Castaway: Jacques Rozier by Rodrigo Moreno and Alejo Moguillansky * The scene is that of a not-so-young playwright and an already old filmmaker of what was the New Argentine Cinema. The playwright complains that his plays aren’t as recognized as those of his colleagues: “Everyone likes them, but no one really…… Continue reading Translation Corner #5 – In Praise of a Castaway: Jacques Rozier

Encounters #2 – Alejo Moguillansky

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 #2 – Alejo Moguillansky

Profiles #2 – Un diario de Alejo Moguillansky

  Day 1 After watching the films of Alejo Moguillansky I am wondering how to deal with them, what strategies to use, how to respond to what I see. I have a Word document open with various notes, quotes, articles, translations. I am wondering how to use them. I have to imagine that Alejo Moguillansky…… Continue reading Profiles #2 – Un diario de Alejo Moguillansky

Profiles #2 – Alejo Moguillansky: Index

Let us place Alejo Moguillansky on the map of international cinema. In his home country of Argentina, he is respected as part of El Pampero (a collective of filmmakers which includes him, Mariano Llinás, Laura Citarella and Agustín Mendilaharzu). El Pampero Cine operates outside of the traditional methods of film financing and production, refusing the…… Continue reading Profiles #2 – Alejo Moguillansky: Index

Encounters #1 – Lautaro García Candela

Here at Lucky Star, we are always on the lookout for points of contact with other cinephile cultures. We are hoping with this new 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.…… Continue reading Encounters #1 – Lautaro García Candela

Translation Corner #4 – 12 Years of Argentine Cinema

12 Years of Argentine Cinema by Lautaro García Candela Están pasando demasiadas cosas raras para que todo pueda seguir tan normal / Too many weird things are happening for everything to go on as normal – Charly Garcia At the Gaumont, the main cinema in the Federal Capital, where almost all Argentine movies are screened,…… Continue reading Translation Corner #4 – 12 Years of Argentine Cinema

What is the Modern Cinema? #3 – Cambio Cambio

Money Trees: Lautaro García Candela’s Cambio Cambio How to film an economic crisis? How to show this in dramatic terms? Make it understood to an audience who doesn’t know its particulars? Or, perhaps more importantly, how to renew this experience for those who have lived it, or are still going through it? This is at…… Continue reading What is the Modern Cinema? #3 – Cambio Cambio