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Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 01/18/2025 – 01/31/2025

We recently published our Top Films of 2024 lists which has finally given us all the freedom to stop playing catchup and go back to our individual rabbit holes. There are three films on this grid that represent one of my favorites of said rabbit holes and they all belong to a long-running (early 1970s…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 01/18/2025 – 01/31/2025

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

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/16/24 – 12/6/24

It has been 3 weeks since we published our nominally bi-weekly grid, our offices closed for the Thanksgiving weekend. In that time we published Jhon Hernandez on La Grande Maison Paris, the disappointing 2024 continuation of the beloved Japanese drama series La Grande Maison Tokyo. This continues a series of writing about Japanese Drama series…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/16/24 – 12/6/24

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

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/02/24-11/15/24

If you’ve been following these biweekly grids at all, you might’ve noticed that they have been distinctly devoid of American films. In the past, this has been the result of some specific rabbit hole we have gone down on or some project taking up our collective imagination but this year has just been one where…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 11/02/24-11/15/24

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