Tag: Alfredo Castro

El Conde | Review

Death Becomes Him: Larrain Resurrects a Dictator in Bizarre Black Comedy For his most subversive film to date (and likely the most beautiful and perverse...

Interview: Francisca Alegria, Mia Maestro & Leonor Varela – The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future

Francisca Alegria’s The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future is unlike any other experience offered by Sundance ’22: a deeply moving onscreen...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #23. Pablo Larraín’s El Conde

El Conde An endless source for film narratives including several in his own filmography, Pablo Larraín decides to reimagine (and do some dentistry) to Pinochet...

Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #138. Vinko Tomičić’s Perros

Perros A promising France/Italy/Bolivia/Mexico/Chile co-production on paper that was selected at Venice Biennale College Cinema, the 38th Cannes The Residence (2019) and EAVE Puentes, Vinko...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #90. Diego Lerman’s El Suplente

El Suplente Now at the half dozen mark in his feature film career, Argentinean filmmaker Diego Lerman had Rotterdam support a couple of his short...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #97. Francisca Alegria’s The Cow That Sang A Song About The Future

The Cow That Sang A Song About The Future When it comes time to developing the next generation of auteurs, the nation of Chile has...

2022 Sundance Film Festival: Jim Archer, Francisca Alegría & Goran Stolevski Travel to World Cinema Dramatic Comp

Sprinkled a bit everywhere in several section, there were 2110 international films that were submitted and only 10 of those are part of the...

2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Francisca Alegria’s The Cow That Sang A Song About The Future

It's been a long development process for Francisca Alegria's directorial debut. The Chilean filmmaker (Sundance has supported several over the past decade) saw her...

2021 Giornate degli Autori: Plenty of First Features Plus Antoine Barraud, Iván Fund & Aly Muritiba

And finally it's the Giornate degli Autori folks headed by topper Gaia Furrer that have unveiled their sidebar selections. Of the ten feature films...

My Tender Matador | Review

Pray Away the Pinochet: Sepulveda Cruises Castro with Striking Adaptation While there’s a bounty of burgeoning directors who have grown out of the New Chilean...

Interview: Benjamín Naishtat – Rojo

Selected for the Platform section competition at TIFF and San Sebastian (winner of the Silver Shell for Best Director, the Silver Shell for Best...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Benjamín Naishtat’s Top Ten Films of All Time List

Have you ever wondered what are the films that inspire the next generation of visionary filmmakers? As part of our monthly IONCINEPHILE profile, we ask...

IONCINEPHILE of the Month: Benjamín Naishtat – Rojo

IONCINEMA.com’s IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging voice from the world of cinema. This month, we are pleased to introduce Argentinian...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2017: # 98. Santiago Mitre’s The Summit

The Summit Director: Santiago Mitre Writer: Santiago Mitre, Mariano Llinas A new major player on Argentina’s cinema scene is Santiago Mitre, who won the Grand Jury Prize...

From Afar | Review

The Space Between Us: Vigas’ Debut a Somber, Compelling Character Portrait Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vigas unveils a stellar debut with stark and subversive relationship drama...

The Club | Blu-ray Review

Pablo Larrain’s first post-Pinochet narrative, The Club, is a distinctly subversive dark comedy, a surprise feature following his profound trilogy (Tony Manero; Post Mortem;...

The Club | Review

Living Under Your Spotlight: Larrain Paints it Black with Catholic Crisis Comedy For his first film following the finale of his narrative trilogy documenting the...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #11. Pablo Larrain’s Neruda

Neruda Director: Pablo Larrain Writer: Guillermo Calderon Pablo Larrain has quickly become one of the most important auteurs in the Chilean New Wave of the past decade...

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