Alci RengifoWords As Agents of Revolt: Roque Dalton’s Stories and Poems of a Class StruggleIn her eloquently striking book, What You Have Heard Is True, American poet Carolyn Forché surprises the Salvadoran activist trying to get…8 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
Alci RengifoGazing into the Beyond: Alan Sanderson’s “Psychiatry and the Spirit World”We live in times of political, environmental and social interregnum. Old ideologies have faded, or considered mute, and in the West the…6 min read·Feb 3, 2023----
Alci RengifoThe Reflection of the Muse: Salvador Carrasco’s RetakesThe act of creation can build pedestals reserved for the idea of the muse. Jean-Luc Godard’s imagination and cinema was fueled for years by…7 min read·Jul 24, 2022----
Alci Rengifo‘Hit the Road’ Goes on an Iranian Journey Powered by Love and LossThe power of some films is how so much can be said with a single moment, a single image. “Hit the Road” by Iran’s Panah Panahi is fueled by…5 min read·Jun 25, 2022----
Alci RengifoRobert Eggers’ ‘The Witch’ Through Goya’s Darkened CanvasThe arthouse scene has been captivated over the past few weeks by Robert Eggers’ stunning debut “The Witch,” a hypnotic, gothic fable in…6 min read·Apr 7, 2022----
Alci RengifoThe Mad Americana of Sam Levinson’s “Assassination Nation”“Assassination Nation” is an unhinged, violent, feverish mess, but also kind of brilliant. It is satire fueled by the times. A suburban…5 min read·Mar 9, 2021----
Alci Rengifo“Clarice” the Unnecessary SequelA trend in modern television is to desperately search for classics to reboot or to somehow continue a few decades after the original…5 min read·Mar 9, 2021----
Alci Rengifo‘You Don’t Nomi’ Provides a Stimulating Critical Rehabilitation of ‘Showgirls’There are the classics and then there are the derided classics, some which are lucky enough to gain cult status and revised appreciation…7 min read·Aug 3, 2020----
Alci RengifoDirector Lesley Chilcott on Charles Manson as Unworthy Icon in ‘Helter Skelter: An American Myth’At the end of Epix’s six-part docuseries, “Helter Skelter: An American Myth,” one question remains: What else can possibly be said about…8 min read·Aug 3, 2020----
Alci RengifoThe X-Files: Fight the Future — A Pre-Pandemic Movie Fit For Our TimesCinema remains timeless because the best films not only age well but gain new forms of relevancy. During our current predicament as a…6 min read·Jul 29, 2020----
