Movies::2026::V1
So far in 2026
I made myself the promise to watch new movies (55 to be specific) this year. And since the main objective is to speak and write more about them in general, here are the best movies that I have seen so far (30).
The Motorcycle Diaries [2004]
Adventure. Purely from the shots, this movie was amazing. Seeing people and places in South America always captivates me. I dreamed a bit about that small boat ride between Argentina and Chile, the Andes, and the bigger boat ride in the Amazon. But the history of the movie is what really touched me: People suffering, and living completely different and unequal realities in many aspects, and even with that, they can always have fun, smile, and help others. I do dream about the day where we can all live in equally good conditions, and we’re not exploited or marginalized anymore.
Train Dreams [2025]
Nostalgia. Once again, the frames, the woods, and the nature. Somehow this film feels like it was filmed 80 years ago, and both people and the world were so different. But some things have not changed, right? Love, nostalgia, violence, and realizations. The conversations between the characters where touching, but what was really difficult was the life of our main character.
I could feel his sadness when leaving home to work, how happy and full of life he was when he came back, and how he carried that with him for years, even after his home was destroyed. And I do think that life is like that; we carry those traumatic and special moments, those talks, and we keep them close to us for as long as we can.
The Secret in Their Eyes [2009]
Obsession. This movie kept me on my toes for almost two hours. The dynamics and interactions between characters, the plot, the dialogue and how things turn out to be was just unexpected. Another part of the movie that I like a lot was both takes on obsession; on one side, you have the detective, who is determined to bring justice to the crime that was committed, but we also have the husband, who was trying to do exactly the same. Both of them did it out of love, or at least I believe so, in a rather different way. What they shared was that neither of them stopped at what was correct by the law, but rather what their morals told them. Sandoval was my hero in this movie.
The Lovers on the Bridge [1991]
Codependency. Love between two vagrants, a plot that I have never considered, but which feels somehow refreshing. The life that Alex and Michèle have in the film is just tragic, not something that I could say that I admire or desire. But they did lived a life, they had passions, they solved problems, and made the best out of a troubled situation.
Seeing through the eyes of these characters was extremely interesting, and it had plots and decisions that I don’t consider good at all (for them, of course). It made me think a lot about how love can be so dark, pure, and strange at the same time. That’s it, of course, if they ever actually felt love.
The Holy Mountain [1973]
Weird. This is the word that would describe this movie. The visuals were captivating, and unique most of the time, and after reading that Jodorowsky didn’t sleep for a week and took mushrooms before the production, it kind of makes sense. Some of the symbolism used in the movie is still alien to me, but it left an impression. The characters, challenges, and multiple conflicts across the movie do add up to a kind of ‘ascension’ of the group of 9; but the scene that stuck with me the most is the Spanish conquest done with frogs and lizards. It was so strange and so out of place. A cult movie that I don’t know if I’ll watch again.