Carlos Valladares

Beyond honored to be one of the Wallpaper* USA 400 this year. (Alongside @sonyamay !) I’ve been developing several projects in recent months — co-curating a museum exhibition in L.A., editing the posthumous memoirs of a legendary director, and writing two feature films — that I can’t wait to share with you at the proper time. I’m just very grateful to have my work recognized, however small a contribution it is to the history of play and of love, the collective struggle of a people, and the push for another possible world. @wallpapermag #wallpapermagazine #wallpaperusa400

The Winter 2023 issue of Gagosian Quarterly is out — and my latest piece, on romantic comedies, is in it. I spin a shotgun history of the romantic comedy in films— and propose an alternative and expanded canon. Take a read at the link in my bio. I’m on pg 180. Thanks Wyatt and Gillian as always 🙏🏽 ☺️ xx @gagosian #gagosianquarterly #romcom #romanticcomedy

My ballot for the 2022 Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time. With comments and an alternative list.

For the summer 2026 Gagosian Quarterly, I wrote about Aidan Zamiri’s and Charli XCX’s THE MOMENT (2026). You can pick up your magazine anywhere where they’re sold near you (in NYC: Casa Magazines, McNally Jackson, etc.) Link to the issue in bio. @gagosian #gagosianquarterly

Jan/Feb/March/April 2026: more art! more snow! more vibles! more passions according to G.H., L.F.C., M.F.C., G.A., M.H.F., S.G., K.K., M.H., F.A., L.G., A.S.H., M.C., and so on

Save the date for our April edition of 99 Minutes! Carlos Valladares is guest programming and will be presenting a fantastic lineup of shorts themed around the human inability to say what we really mean. (Who among us can’t relate?!) Party to follow with sounds by 99 Minutes house dj @djkylekyle . Full program below! “The Inarticulation Station” by @cvall96 Program: “The Permissive Society” (1975, dir. Mike Leigh, U.K., 30 min) “A Camel” (1981, dir. Ibrahim Shaddad, Sudan, 15 min) “Les Mains Negatives” [“Negative Hands”] (1979, dir. Marguerite Duras, France, 13 min) “Betty Tells Her Story” (1972, dir. Liane Brandon, Canada/U.S., 20 min) “Noumena” (2026, dir. Niall Cunningham, U.S., 15 min.)

This coming Tuesday, March 24 at 7 p.m., Marciano Art Foundation is delighted to host a conversation between film critic @hamrahrama and curator/filmmaker @cvall96 , discussing Hamrah’s two new book releases, the state of cinema and much more. Limited quantities of each book will be available from @booksoup and able to be signed by Hamrah. Special thanks to @nplusonemag and @semiotexte for their support of the event. The talk falls shortly after the 2026 Oscars, which very well may be a topic of discussion on Tuesday evening and of which Hamrah’s analysis “Pulling Bolts Out of the Ferris Wheel” can be read on @nplusonemag website. We look forward to having all in attendance for this special event.

The Spring 2026 Gagosian Quarterly is out. I wrote about the dearly departed Diane Keaton, particularly her bat shit documentary/film essay HEAVEN (1987) as well as her fearless performance in Richard Brooks’s LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR (1977). You can pick up your copy anywhere magazines are sold or order it online at Gagosian’s website. :) ❤️ #gagosianquarterly #gagosian #dianekeaton #lookingformrgoodbar

The Library at MAF Presents: A.S. Hamrah in Conversation with Carlos Valladares On the evening of Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 7 p.m., the Library at MAF is pleased to present film critic A.S. Hamrah @hamrahrama and curator Carlos Valladares @cvall96 in conversation to discuss Hamrah’s two recently published books — Last Week in End Times Cinema and Algorithm of the Night — along with the current state of cinema and more. Limited copies of both of Hamrah’s latest books will be available for purchase courtesy of Book Soup. Special thanks to Semiotext(e), n+1 magazine, Now Instant Image Hall and Book Soup for their support on this event. Reserve your free, event-specific tickets in our bio. We look forward to welcoming you for this fiery, film-focused conversation.

TONIGHT: Go to “Sleep” with John Giorno Screening Friday, 2/27 from 5-10:30pm at MAF Directed by Andy Warhol, “Sleep,” shot throughout the summer and fall of 1963 in New York, is a legendary work of experimental cinema that captures a slumbering John Giorno at 22 different close-up angles. The epic marked the beginning of Warhol’s half-decade filmmaking focus, central to his artistic practice. Featured on slide 2 is a report by Mike Getz, manager of the Cinema Theatre in Los Angeles, on a screening of “Sleep” in 1964. TICKETS: Please reserve your free tickets to “Sleep” in the Marciano Art Foundation bio. NOTE: the BRUCE CONNER / RECORDING ANGEL exhibition will be paused for the evening after 4:30 p.m. Film credit: Andy Warhol “Sleep,” 1963 16mm film transferred to digital file, black-and-white, silent, 5 hours 21 minute at 16 frames per second Collection of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh Contribution by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.

BIG ANNOUCEMENT! I’ve programmed a film retrospective of the work of Brazilian director Luiz Fernando Carvalho at @bamfilmbrooklyn ! Luiz Fernando Carvalho is among the most inventive visual stylists in Brazilian film and television, yet his poetic, unruly oeuvre remains largely unknown in the US. Inspired by the examples of Glauber Rocha, Marguerite Duras, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Luchino Visconti, Carvalho has brought a bold, “contaminated” sensibility to feverish adaptations of texts by Machado de Assis, Ariano Suassuna, Graciliano Ramos, and especially Clarice Lispector, while also reinterpreting Brazil’s history, myths, and emotional and political landscapes. Debuting in this run is the North American premiere run of Carvalho’s latest film, a remarkable riff on Clarice Lispector’s supposedly unfilmable 1964 novel THE PASSION ACCORDING TO G.H. We will also show his landmark first feature film, TO THE LEFT OF THE FATHER (Lavoura Arcaica, 2000), based upon Raduan Nassar’s shocking 1975 novel. The retrospective runs March 13-19, with Luiz Fernando and G.H.’s star Maria Fernanda Cândido (O AGENTE SECRETO’s Elza) appearing for select Q and A’s. We will also be showing four films that have inspired Luiz Fernando’s practice; of special note is a new restoration of IRACEMA (1975), as well as presentations of Peter Brook’s KING LEAR (1971) starring Paul Scofield, Ozu’s THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE, and Marguerite Duras’s INDIA SONG. Thanks to Madeleine Molyneaux (my co-programmer), Jesse Trussell, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New Directions Publishing @ndpublishing , Janus Films, Luiz Fernando, Maria Fernanda, Maria Helena, and TV Globo for making this retrospective possible. Link in bio for tix 🫶🏽❤️

Very excited to welcome friends @mariafernandacandidooficial and Luiz Fernando Carvalho to New York to discuss their stunning film “The Passion According to GH” @center4fiction alongside publisher extraordinaire Barbara Epler @ndpublishing . Please join us and @cvall96 to discuss Clarice’s masterpiece and Luiz Fernando and Maria Fernanda’s unforgettable new film.