TIFF 2022 Film Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ★★★★
TIFF 2022 Film Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ★★★★
When the poignant, defiantly hopeful sound of Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat kicked in early on in writer-director Aitch Alberto’s Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe, I settled deep down into my seat at TIFF, strongly suspecting that given that music choice I was going to love the rest of the film. Not only is it one of the finest songs about an aspect of the queer (and…
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Please let me talk about this more pretty please it was so good and i am obsessed at the adaptation from book to screen
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WAKE UP BABE
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE FIRST CLIP DROPPED
IM FUCKIGN CRYING IN AP US HISTORY
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the ari and dante movie feels like it was made with so much love for the characters and the fans while the rwrb movie feels like it was made to make easy money
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The Quintana home in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. In the books, Dante lives in El Paso's Manhattan Heights by Memorial Park. Filming took place in October, 2021 in Pomona, California. The location is in the historic Lincoln Park neighborhood; for my money the house looks every bit as I pictured it from the books.
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The Main Cast is perfect!
Max Pelayo as Aristotle Mendoza
Reese Gonzales as Dante Quintana
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Exclusive Interview: Aitch Alberto on Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe "owning my authenticity made me capable of directing this film"
Exclusive Interview: Aitch Alberto on Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe “owning my authenticity made me capable of directing this film”
One of the standout queer films at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was writer-director Aitch Alberto’s adaptation of Benjamin Alire Sáenz bestselling YA novel, Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe. Produced by Alberto, alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eugenio Debrez, and Kyra Sedgwick, the emotionally potent coming-of-age tale explores the bond that builds…
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, 2022 Directed by Aitch Alberto, favorite stills\two, one, three, four
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ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE MOVIE!!!!!
I GET TO SEE MY BOYS!!! ON A SCREEN AND NOT JUST IN MY HEAD!!! I GET TO CRY AND LAUGH AND HAVE SO MANY EMOTIONS!! IN A THEATER!!!! I WILL SEE ARI AND DANTE!!!! I GET TO SEE THE HOSBITAL SCEEN! THE OG LOVE CONFESSION! THE END LOVE CONFESSION! THEY WILL KISS! OH THE COMPLEXITIES OF THEIR FAMILY LIVES AND THE LOVE THEY HAVE!!! I GET TO SEE EVERYTHING ON A SCREEN!!! NEW PEOPLE GET TO EXPERIENCE ARISTOTLE AND DANTE!!!!!!
and thats the best part, NEW PEOPLE WILL GET TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THESE CHARACTERS AND THIS STORY!!!!!!!
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august is for the gays
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Spencer did you watch the movie yet 👀
yes i saw it earlier today!!!!! it was So so so beautiful, and such a wonderful adaptation of the book, it felt so true to the source material and you can feel the love that went into it!!! i bawled like a baby and i smiled so much my cheeks hurt. if it's still showing after my next payday i definitely plan on seeing it again!!!
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oh man our queer festival revealed their program for this year and honestly there's nothing that interests me and films that i hoped will be there are not
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