'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy

NPR  

'Emilia Perez' ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled, to downright campy In Jacques Audiard's melodrama Emilia Perez, a prosecutor gets an unusual request from the head of a Mexican cartel. MONDELLO: Film maker Jacques Audiard has made what you'd have to call a genre-defying movie, a trans musical cartel melodrama that ranges from gritty and gunshot-riddled to downright campy, as when Rita heads for Bangkok on a fact-finding mission. MONDELLO: And the film flat-out wouldn't work without actress Karla Sofia Gascon, who is trans herself and plays the title character both before and after Emilia transitions. MONDELLO: It is a charismatic performance, which doesn't really make "Emilia Perez" any less nuts.

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Selena Gomez Hits Back At Eugenio Derbez Criticizing Her Spanish In 'Emilia Pérez'
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1 month ago

Selena Gomez Hits Back At Eugenio Derbez Criticizing Her Spanish In 'Emilia Pérez'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Selena Gomez has responded to Eugenio Derbez after he trashed her performance in “Emilia Pérez.” While appearing on an upcoming episode of the “Hablando de Cine” podcast, the “Coda” star criticized Gomez for speaking Spanish in the film, calling her performance “indefensible.” Gomez is not a native speaker of the language. “Selena is indefensible,” Derbez said of …

Selena Gomez defends her performance in Emilia Perez after Eugenio Derbez's criticism: ‘I did the best I could’
1 month ago

Selena Gomez defends her performance in Emilia Perez after Eugenio Derbez's criticism: ‘I did the best I could’

Hindustan Times  

Selena Gomez has spoken out in defence of her performance in Emilia Perez after receiving criticism from actor Eugenio Derbez. In a recent episode of the Hablando de Cine podcast, Eugenio described Selena's portrayal of Jessi del Monte in the musical crime comedy as "indefensible," particularly pointing to her struggle with speaking Spanish for the role, as per Deadline. "I …

Selena Gomez DEFENDS her Spanish in Emilia Perez after well known Mexican actor criticized her
1 month ago

Selena Gomez DEFENDS her Spanish in Emilia Perez after well known Mexican actor criticized her

Daily Mail  

Selena Gomez was forced to defend her Spanish-language skills in her film Emilia Perez. Selena Gomez was forced to defend her Spanish speaking skills in her film Emilia Perez Gomez replied to his critique in the comment section of TikTok clip showing the Mexican actor's comments In October, the actor was photographed next to Gomez for a screening Emilia Perez …

Emilia Pérez review: Don't blame Selena Gomez, but her new movie is a wild mess
1 month ago

Emilia Pérez review: Don't blame Selena Gomez, but her new movie is a wild mess

Hindustan Times  

Who is Emilia Pérez? Selena Gomez plays Jessi in Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez. A musical drama with a notorious cartel leader Emilia Pérez is a musical, and it begins through the eyes of Rita, a civil defense attorney who attends a trial, almost disillusioned by the unjust state of affairs. Manitas transforms into Emilia Pérez, and thanks largely to the …

Emilia Perez review: Oscar frontrunner is a reductive take on the trans experience – starring a miscast Selena Gomez
1 month, 1 week ago

Emilia Perez review: Oscar frontrunner is a reductive take on the trans experience – starring a miscast Selena Gomez

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s a frontrunner for Best Picture at the Oscars, a florid …

It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

It’s hard to pin down the music of ‘Emilia Pérez’

LA Times  

“Emilia Pérez” is not what most would conjure when thinking of a movie musical. They crafted a suite of songs in a spectrum of genres, including two that demonstrate the film’s range: the self-actualization pop ballad “Mi Camino,” performed by Gomez, as the wife of the cartel boss, via karaoke; and the showstopping, rock-rap denunciation of poisonous hypocrisy, “El Mal,” …

Zoe Saldaña’s Spanish-speaking role in ‘Emilia Pérez’ was a long time coming, says the star
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Zoe Saldaña’s Spanish-speaking role in ‘Emilia Pérez’ was a long time coming, says the star

CNN  

CNN — Zoe Saldaña has already given us so much – emotionally pivotal characters in three bestselling film franchises, on top of a long list of TV and movie credits – her role in Netflix’s genre-busting new thriller/musical hybrid “Emilia Pérez” feels like icing on a very rich cake. “I was very much like, ‘Well, that’s okay, I’m going to …

Emilia Pérez: Selena Gomez’s Netflix movie is a musical about a trans drug lord. It … rips?
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Emilia Pérez: Selena Gomez’s Netflix movie is a musical about a trans drug lord. It … rips?

Slate  

From the first frames of Emilia Pérez, writer-director Jacques Audiard makes it clear this is going to be a musical. The story, part crime caper, part domestic melodrama, part meditation on the mystery of selfhood, will involve suspense, disguised identity, the search for redemption, tragic hubris—a full complement of themes from genres as divergent as film noir and the kind …

‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘Emilia Pérez’ wouldn’t work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in “Emilia Pérez” as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. There are things that make you happy and instead they make you …

'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Emilia Pérez' wouldn't work without Karla Sofía Gascón. Now, she could make trans history

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Karla Sofía Gascón’s performance in …

Emilia Pérez movie review: Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña’s narco-musical melange is an acquired taste
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Emilia Pérez movie review: Karla Sofia Gascón and Zoe Saldaña’s narco-musical melange is an acquired taste

The Hindu  

French director Jacques Audiard embarks on his latest jaunt that’s part telenovela, part musical, and entirely a potpourri of genre-hopping that meanders between amusing and exhausting. If a film about a ruthless Mexican drug lord turned flamboyant philanthropist through gender-affirming surgery sounds outlandish, rest assured, Audiard’s first tryst with the musical genre is unapologetically, sometimes breathtakingly, so. At the film’s …

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'
2 months ago

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'

NPR  

'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life' toggle caption Shanna Besson/Page 114, Why Not Productions, Pathé Films, France 2 Cinéma Karla Sofia Gascón is living the time of her life. Sponsor Message When we first meet Gascón's character, she is known as "Manitas" del Monte, a Mexican cartel leader who rules by fear and deadly …

Review: In ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a musical heightened by danger, passion pours out like a confession
2 months, 1 week ago

Review: In ‘Emilia Pérez,’ a musical heightened by danger, passion pours out like a confession

LA Times  

A lawyer, a kingpin and his wife walk into a musical, and “Emilia Pérez” is born, Frenchman Jacques Audiard’s full-bodied, colorful epic about transformation, redemption and finding one’s voice in a hard world. Never one to ignore how rich the crime genre can be in girding his tales of pain and release, the writer-director has taken his biggest swing yet …

Selena Gomez flaunts shrinking figure in bow-clad cocktail dress for Emilia Perez screening at NY Film Festival
3 months, 1 week ago

Selena Gomez flaunts shrinking figure in bow-clad cocktail dress for Emilia Perez screening at NY Film Festival

Daily Mail  

Selena Gomez looked elegant in a classic little black dress while attending a New York Film Festival screening of her queer crime musical Emilia Pérez, which was held at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan on Monday. Selena Gomez looked elegant in a classic little black dress while attending a New York Film Festival screening of her queer crime …

Why a Frenchman was the right director for women-led, Mexico-set ‘Emilia Perez’
4 months ago

Why a Frenchman was the right director for women-led, Mexico-set ‘Emilia Perez’

LA Times  

Welcome to our fourth and final special edition of the Envelope newsletter from the 2024 Toronto International Festival. The day’s buzziest premieres A scene from the Robbie Williams biopic “Better Man.” At least since “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox” story was released almost two decades ago, it’s been clear that the musical biopic is in desperate need of reinvention, yet …

Netflix's ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Netflix's ‘Emilia Pérez’ trailer features Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez

LA Times  

A blistering new Netflix trailer starring Zoe Saldana and Selena Gomez place the American actors at the center of a Spanish-language musical crime comedy heralded as an “audacious fever dream.” “Emilia Pérez,” which recently took special awards at the Cannes Film Festival, introduces the concept of “halves” set against a monotone backdrop. Though “Emilia Pérez” centers a Mexican storyline, the …

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical 'Emilia Perez' lights up Cannes
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical 'Emilia Perez' lights up Cannes

Hindustan Times  

CANNES, France — On paper, Jacques Audiard's buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. As gonzo as its premise may be, or possibly because of it, “Emilia Perez” gave Cannes a mid-festival jolt. Audiard, the protean French filmmaker of “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone” and the 2015 Cannes Palme …

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical ‘Emilia Perez’ lights up Cannes
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical ‘Emilia Perez’ lights up Cannes

Associated Press  

CANNES, France — On paper, Jacques Audiard’s buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. Audiard, the protean French filmmaker of “A Prophet,” “Rust and Bone” and the 2015 Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Dheepan,” said the idea first occurred to him while reading a novel with a chapter about a …

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