Carlos Valladares
Carlos Valladares was born and raised in South Central LA. He has written for Gagosian Quarterly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and others. He is developing his debut film, a romantic comedy.
Hamrah releases two books in one month: for n+1, Algorithm of the Night, a collection sequel spanning the chaotic years from 2019 to 2025; and for Semiotext(e), Last Week in End Times Cinema, a tragicomic compilation of movie-related news items chronicling one year (March 2024 to March 2025) of Hollywood’s uncanny business acumen for stupidity.
With the return of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to US screens, we can reconsider the genius of Jacques Demy, who should be ranked alongside artists like Jean-Luc Godard, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Agnès Varda as one of cinema’s unimpeachable mavericks.
Kinds of Kindness is an anthology film, each story the length of an episode of a prestige TV series. That’s three shots for Lanthimos to land. Amazingly, each shot is missed. All the stories feature some variation of Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, and Mamoudou Athie.
