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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

Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 10/05/24-10/18/24

Earlier this Summer Lucky Star published a lengthy piece by our editor Jhon Hernandez on his experience programming a festival, focused on Latin American cinema. This week, as the New York Film Festival winds down and the Morelia Film Festival begins, we published a companion of sorts, in which he attends, as an audience member…… Continue reading Lucky Star Editorial Grid – 10/05/24-10/18/24

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

Festival Watch #2 – Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2024

The first images a film festival presents its audience don’t tell us much. The Cannes film festival, to name one example, routinely opens with films that are abhorrent and tell us nothing about the quality of the selection. This came to my mind when I sat down for the very first screening of the 2024…… Continue reading Festival Watch #2 – Asian Film Festival of Dallas 2024

Translation Corner: Axelle Ropert on #MeToo, Judith Godrèche, Cinephilia and more

Lucky Star is proud to update our Profiles with two more articles on Axelle Ropert. The first is a translation of an interview that Ropert gave regarding the Judith Godrèche affair, a cruel and sad account of the exploitation she suffered at the hands of directors like Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon when she was…… Continue reading Translation Corner: Axelle Ropert on #MeToo, Judith Godrèche, Cinephilia and more

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

Profiles #2 – Alejo Moguillansky: Some Notes on La Noche Submarina

Alejo Moguillansky’s slim 2020 feature La noche submarina, released on a streaming platform that no longer exists in the first bleak winter of the Covid lockdowns, opens by announcing its memorial status with two headstones, one written, the other spoken –  In memory of the forty-four sailors aboard the ARA San Juan, sons of Neptune,…… Continue reading Profiles #2 – Alejo Moguillansky: Some Notes on La Noche Submarina

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