About Me
Àlex Frias Haro es crítico de cine, radicado en D.F., México. Lleva 5 años dedicado a escribir crítica de cine, en los que ha colaborado para medios como las revistas (Cinepremiere, La Tempestad, 24 x Segundo, Rolling Stone,...), periódicos (Uno Más Uno y Provincia de Michoacán), y páginas web (Sessió Continua.com, cinevertigo.com). Ha participado en programas de radio como Cinergis e Insomnios Perplejos (radio UNAM) y ha colaborado para el cineclub "Corte y Queda".
Finalista del 6° concurso "¿Quieres ser crítico de cine?", organizado por la revista española "Guía del Ocio" (2003), también ganó el segundo lugar en el concurso de crítica "Qué cine estás viendo?", organizado por el CIGCITE (Centro Internacional de Guionismo para Cine y Televisión), en donde también cursó estudios de guionismo.
Ha entrevistado a personalidades del cine francés, como Christopher Lambert, Linda Hardy, Ludivine Sagnier, Vahina Giocante, Marilyne Canto, Romain Duris, entre otros, y sostenido encuentros con estrellas como Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, Clive Owen, Will Smith, etc.
Alex Frias Haro is a film critic in Mexico City. He has been writting for 5 years in magazines (Cinepremiere, La Tempestad, 24 x Segundo, Rolling Stone, ….), newspapers (Uno Más Uno, Provincia) and web sites (SessióContinua.com, cinevertigo.com). He's also contributed for radio shows like Cinergis and Insomnios Perplejos (radio UNAM), and for "Corte y Queda" movie- club in Mexico City.
Finalist at the 6th contest “Do you want to be a Film Critic?”, organized by the Spanish magazine “Guía del Ocio”, and winner of the second place in "What movies are you seeing?" movie-critic contest, organized by the CIGCITE (International Center of Cinema and Television Scriptwriting), where he also took scripwriting curses.
He has interviewed French cinema celebs, like Christopher Lambert, Linda Hardy, Ludivine Sagnier, Vahina Giocante, Marilyne Canto, Romain Duris,…, and held encounters with Hollywood film stars like Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, Clive Owen, Will Smith,….
Mis Páginas (My web sites):
http://pantallanueve.blogspot.com (in Spanish).
http://www.myspace.com/pantalla9
http://pantalla9.flixster.com
http://es.facebook.com/people/Alex_Frias_Haro/1047051402
http://cinecritico.spaces.live.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/j/pantalla9
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Interests
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Cine, Cine Español, Fotografía, Arte, Literatura, Música.
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Favorite Music
Ragtime, Jazz, Big Band, Blues, Swing, Funk, The Beatles, Pink Floyd
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Favorite Movies
Citizen Kane, Fargo, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Neverending Story, E.T., The Good The Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Unforgiven, The Apartment, Los Siete Samurais, Los Olvidados, Annie Hall, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Sweet and Lowdown, Frankenstein, Dracula, Radio Days, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Zelig, Manhattan, Play It Again Sam, Bullets Over Broadway, Deconstructing Harry, Match Point, The Kid, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, A Clockwork Orange, Amadeus, The Gold Rush
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Favorite TV Shows
The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live, Friends, Two and a Half Men, The Munsters, Monty Python Flying Circus, Mr. Bean.
Radio shows: On vols anar a parar? La Finestra Indiscreta, Vist i no vist, Què de què. The Goon Show, Dead Ringers, Beyond our Ken, The Seventh Dimension, Steve Wright in the Afternoon, The Chris Evans Show, Up All Night, Jazz Record Requests, Sound of the Sixties, Shake Rattle and Roll, The Age of Swing, Rockin' with Susie Q, Jazz Line Up, Jool's Holland Show.
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Favorite Books
Neverending Story, Trafalgar, Oliver Twist, Les Miserables, Don Quijote de la Mancha, 1984, Frankenstein, Dracula, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Hobbit, Le Petit Prince, A Christmas Carol, Pinoccio, Alice in Wonderland, Hamlet, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Entre la Ploma i el Fusell, Animal Farm, War of the Worlds, A Clockwork Orange, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Macario, The Jungle Book
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Favorite Quote
"No le temo a la muerte, pero espero nunca toparme con ella". Woody Allen.
"You know, it's hard enough to get one". Woody Allen, when asked about the chances on participating in a threesome, the subject of "Vicky Cristina Barcelona".
"Who am I? I'm the guy who does his fucking job. You must be the other guy" de Mark Wahlberg en The Departed.
"D,oh!" Homer Simpson
"Darn, Darn, Darn!" Herman Munster
"Who am I? I'm the guy who does his fucking job...You must be the other guy". Mark Wahlberg in "The Departed".
"Say 'hello' to my little friend!" Al Pacino in "Scarface".
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn". Clark Gable, in "Gone with the Wind.
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship" Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca"
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." James Dean
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Journal
Hoy en Pantalla 9, reseña de The Magnificent Ambersons, telefilme de Alfonso Arau sobre la novela homónima, que Orson Welles también adaptara en 1942. Reseña completa en http://pantallanueve.blogspot.com ¡Una gran felicitación a Penélope Cruz por su cumpleaños número 34! Salut i bon cinema!
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