Carlos Aguilar
@carlosfilm.bsky.social
Film critic/journalist. Mexican 🇲🇽 DACA. Bylines LA Times, New York Times, IndieWire, RogerEbert, Backstage
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We love to see it
The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We love to see it
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The girlies don't want a Gaston origin story. The girlies want a Kronk origin story.
The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
December 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The girlies don't want a Gaston origin story. The girlies want a Kronk origin story.
The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The New York Times let me write about Kronk for the 25th Anniversary of THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, one of my favorite movies as a kid. I talked to some of the artists who brought the beloved himbo henchman to life: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/m...
Last night at Los Feliz 3 with the filmmakers behind Chile’s Oscar entry THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, director Diego Céspedes and producer Giancarlo Nasi. This humorous, angry, imaginative queer film opens in NYC today. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
December 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Last night at Los Feliz 3 with the filmmakers behind Chile’s Oscar entry THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO, director Diego Céspedes and producer Giancarlo Nasi. This humorous, angry, imaginative queer film opens in NYC today. 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
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For the New York Times I interviewed Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra about his entrancing documentary AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Tardes de Soledad). And I also talked to the editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinéma, which name it the best film of 2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/m...
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For the New York Times I interviewed Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra about his entrancing documentary AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Tardes de Soledad). And I also talked to the editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinéma, which name it the best film of 2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/m...
For the New York Times I interviewed Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra about his entrancing documentary AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Tardes de Soledad). And I also talked to the editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinéma, which name it the best film of 2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/m...
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
For the New York Times I interviewed Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra about his entrancing documentary AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Tardes de Soledad). And I also talked to the editor in chief of Cahiers du Cinéma, which name it the best film of 2025: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/m...
“I’m calling from the future. Fascism is still around.”
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“I’m calling from the future. Fascism is still around.”
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“As the editors and critics of RogerEbert.com assembled to build their list, we settled on a crop of pictures both gargantuan in scope and intimate in tone,” writes Assistant Editor @clintworthing.bsky.social: Read the full piece on our top ten films in what has been a stellar year for movies:
The Ten Best Films of 2025 | Features | Roger Ebert
The best films of 2025, as chosen by the regular film critics of RogerEbert.com.
www.rogerebert.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“As the editors and critics of RogerEbert.com assembled to build their list, we settled on a crop of pictures both gargantuan in scope and intimate in tone,” writes Assistant Editor @clintworthing.bsky.social: Read the full piece on our top ten films in what has been a stellar year for movies:
#LAFCA I’m ecstatic that we have awarded THE SECRET AGENT the award for Best Film Not in the English Language. And it’s also the runner-up for Best Picture of the year. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 @lafilmcritics.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#LAFCA I’m ecstatic that we have awarded THE SECRET AGENT the award for Best Film Not in the English Language. And it’s also the runner-up for Best Picture of the year. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 @lafilmcritics.bsky.social
So thrilled to see my profile of Brazilian star Wagner Moura is print today on the cover of LA Times’ entertainment section! THE SECRET AGENT opens in LA today. You can read the piece here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
So thrilled to see my profile of Brazilian star Wagner Moura is print today on the cover of LA Times’ entertainment section! THE SECRET AGENT opens in LA today. You can read the piece here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I profiled Brazilian star Wagner Moura for LA Times. With input from directors Kleber Mendonça Filho and José Padilha. We talked THE SECRET AGENT, his predilection for politically charged roles, and being himself even if Hollywood wants to change him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
An honor to be part of Gotham Awards nominating committee in the Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay categories. From our picks, a great pair of winners resulted.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
An honor to be part of Gotham Awards nominating committee in the Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplay categories. From our picks, a great pair of winners resulted.
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"Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotevska’s THE TALE OF SILYAN is a succinct, entrancing, and life-affirming documentary,” writes @carlosfilm.bsky.social.
The Tale of Silyan movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
Succinct, entrancing, and life-affirming.
www.rogerebert.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Oscar-nominated director Tamara Kotevska’s THE TALE OF SILYAN is a succinct, entrancing, and life-affirming documentary,” writes @carlosfilm.bsky.social.
On ZOOTOPIA 2. Full review here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
On ZOOTOPIA 2. Full review here: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
LEFT-HANDED GIRL is now on Netflix. A vibrant Taipei-set story centered on a woman & her daughters defying ingrained beliefs. It’s Shih-Ching Tsou’s first solo directorial effort, co-written and edited by Sean Baker. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social theplaylist.net/left-handed-...
‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: Taipei-Set Drama Co-Written By Sean Baker is a Poignant Intergenerational Triptych [Cannes]
Shih-Ching Tsou's first solo directorial effort, co-written with Oscar-winner Sean Baker, is the Taipei-set drama 'Left-Handed Girl.'
theplaylist.net
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
LEFT-HANDED GIRL is now on Netflix. A vibrant Taipei-set story centered on a woman & her daughters defying ingrained beliefs. It’s Shih-Ching Tsou’s first solo directorial effort, co-written and edited by Sean Baker. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social theplaylist.net/left-handed-...
THE SECRET AGENT opens in NY today. It’s a masterful feat of storytelling about the past speaking to the present in more ways than one. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social and I have another piece coming next week for the LA release: theplaylist.net/the-secret-a...
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
THE SECRET AGENT opens in NY today. It’s a masterful feat of storytelling about the past speaking to the present in more ways than one. Here’s my review for @theplaylist.bsky.social and I have another piece coming next week for the LA release: theplaylist.net/the-secret-a...
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I reviewed ZOOTOPIA 2 for LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I reviewed ZOOTOPIA 2 for LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
I reviewed ZOOTOPIA 2 for LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I reviewed ZOOTOPIA 2 for LA Times: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys.
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys.
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys.
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I interviewed Amy Madigan for the LA Times about playing Aunt Gladys.
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“She is just a girl trying to get through life,” Madigan said about the WEAPONS villainess who’s quickly become a horror icon and might earn her a second Oscar nomination: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Went to a THE SECRET AGENT (O Agente Secreto) trivia night and won some cool little prizes, my favorite is the newspaper, which is one of the many that they printed to use in the movie. Also, a cassette tape that’s actually a tiny book with poems, and a little taxi.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Went to a THE SECRET AGENT (O Agente Secreto) trivia night and won some cool little prizes, my favorite is the newspaper, which is one of the many that they printed to use in the movie. Also, a cassette tape that’s actually a tiny book with poems, and a little taxi.
People posting that a movie leaking online is going to help its awards chances is truly insane. There’s a conversation to be had about accessibility to films outside urban hubs, but to claim you are being altruistic by leaking a film that hasn’t even opened in theaters is wild
November 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
People posting that a movie leaking online is going to help its awards chances is truly insane. There’s a conversation to be had about accessibility to films outside urban hubs, but to claim you are being altruistic by leaking a film that hasn’t even opened in theaters is wild