Beatrice Loayza

New York

Writer at Freelance

writing, usually about cinema @nytimes @criterion @4_columns @filmcomment @nybooks @thenation etc // [email protected]

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Interview: Spike Lee on Highest 2 Lowest

1 week ago | filmcomment.com | Beatrice Loayza

This article appeared in the May 28, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here.
A Cat and Mouse Thriller

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Beatrice Loayza

A hypnotizing Adam Bessa anchors this tale about a Syrian refugee living in France who believes he has found the man who tortured him. Ghost TrailDirected by Jonathan Millet Drama, ThrillerNot Rated1h 46mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.
Cannes 2025: Out of Breath

2 weeks ago | filmcomment.com | Beatrice Loayza

This article appeared in the May 21, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here.
‘The New Boy’ Review: Finding a Light in the Darkness

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Beatrice Loayza

5 hours agoThe women of "The View" reportedly plan to "keep doing their thing" despite the political ask. Disney and ABC News heads reportedly called on the hosts of “The View” to dial down political talk on the program — and the panel wasn’t having it, sources told The Daily Beast. The hosts — Whoopi Goldberg, …
Finding a Light in the Darkness

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Beatrice Loayza

Cate Blanchett stars as a nun who encounters an Indigenous Australian boy with special powers in this film about forced assimilation. The New BoyDirected by Warwick Thornton Drama, Fantasy, HistoryNot Rated1h 56mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.
Can Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Remake the War Movie?

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Beatrice Loayza

Can Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Remake the War Movie? Warfare attempts to rewrite the rules of depicting violent conflict on screen, making for a close-up, visceral experience. Ad Policy (Courtesy of A24) Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s Warfare takes that typically spurious tagline—“based on a true story”—as its measure of quality, re-creating over its trim 95-minute run time a failed US Navy SEALs operation in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2006.
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Review: Born to Die

2 weeks ago | myheraldreview.com | Beatrice Loayza

It’s no surprise that the “Final Destination” franchise — a schlocky, spectacularly gory series of horror films that kicked off in 2000, spawning a total of five movies — has staying power. Unlike most horror properties, there’s no big baddie (à la Jason Voorhees or Leatherface) — or at least not one capable of getting old and seeming played out.
With Video and AI, Alison Nguyen Channels History’s Strange Side

3 weeks ago | artnews.com | Beatrice Loayza

“There’s something sublime about surfaces,” Alison Nguyen told me in her studio in New York City’s Chinatown. “What do they reveal about the torrents beneath them?” It’s easy to dismiss the deceptive facades of the digital realm. But in Nguyen’s practice—which spans video, installation, performance, and sculpture—surfaces are sites of mystery and possibility.
She Did It Her Way

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Beatrice Loayza

Patricia Clarkson plays the equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in this misty-eyed drama. LillyDirected by Rachel Feldman DramaPG-131h 33mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter made headlines in 2007 when she sued her employer, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, for gender discrimination, resulting in a Supreme Court case and, eventually, the passage of the Fair Pay Act.
Bonjour Tristesse

1 month ago | 4columns.org | Beatrice Loayza

Bonjour Tristesse Beatrice Loayza In Durga Chew-Bose’s visually hypnotic reinvention of Françoise Sagan’s coming-of-age novel, a study in the sensuous subtleties of adolescent girlhood and female dynamics. Aliocha Schneider as Cyril and Lily McInerny as Cécile in Bonjour Tristesse. Courtesy Greenwich Entertainment.