Tag: Argentinean Cinema
Interview: Lisandro Alonso – Eureka
It would be the longest hap between films and certainly his most ambitious project to date (it was rumored to span all the continents...
Kill the Jockey | 2024 Venice Film Festival Review
They Kill Horse Riders, Don’t They?: Ortega Puzzles with Deadpan Metaphors
Nothing is what it appears to be in Argentinean Luis Ortega’s latest film Kill...
Most People Die on Sundays | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
A Month of Sundays: Said Squeezes Magic Out of Melancholy
The tagline for Iair Said’s sophomore film More People Die on Sundays (Los domingos mueren...
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
Other People’s Money: Rosselli Finds Being Criminal is Relative
In keeping with a growing tradition of contemporary Argentinian cinema’s unorthodox narrative structures, editor Hernán Rosselli...
Simon of the Mountain | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
The Face of An(other): Luis Complicates Identity Politics
Although it’s playing quite purposefully with various ambiguities and motifs, Federico Luis’ directorial debut Simon de...
Exclusive Clips: Lorenzo Ferro is Hard to Read in Federico Luis’ “Simon of the Mountain” – 2024 Cannes Film Festival
Among the Croisette items contending for the prestigious Caméra d'Or at Cannes, a fresh voice emerges from Argentina's film scene: Federico Luis, a filmmaker...
Revisiting Misael: Lisandro Alonso Might Bookend Filmmaking Career with “La Libertad” Sequel?
In Argentina, where the situation is already dire, one of the most prominent voices in the country's national cinema is contemplating retirement. At forty-nine...
Reas | 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
Caged Birds Singing: Arias Re-enacts Prison Experiences
If Orange is the New Black was being workshopped as a community theater musical, it might resemble something...
Interview: Rodrigo Moreno – The Delinquents
On the same week Argentines go to the polls to decide the change the course of their country (the much maligned wobbly economy is...
2024 Oscars: Rodrigo Moreno’s “The Delinquents” is Argentina’s Nomination for Best International Film
It was pretty much a forgone conclusion that after Rodrigo Moreno’s The Delinquents was all the buzz in Cannes (of what turned out to...
Argentina, 1985 | Review
Orders from Above: Mitre Recounts Landmark Trial in Lengthy Courtroom Procedural
In 1976, Isabel Perón, wife of the deceased Juan Perón, was deposed as the...
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet | 2021 Sundance Film Festival Review
If We Shadows Have Offended: Katz Gives the Dogs Their Day in Curious Metaphorical Journey
Perhaps it will be difficult for some to makes heads...
The Weasels’ Tale [Video Review]
Pop Goes the Remake: Campanella Returns with Ghoulish Remake of Black Comedy
In the 2000s, the New Argentine Cinema gained international prominence thanks to a...
The Intruder | 2020 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review
The Sound of My Voice: Meta Delivers Masterful Psychological Identity Horror
Does it come from without or within? ‘It’ being the perception of danger, delusion...
High Tide | 2020 Sundance Film Festival Review
The Moon in the Gutter: Chen Turns Tables in Taut Character Study
Argentina’s Veronica Chen adds to the annals of violent amour fou with her...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #28. La práctica – Martín Rejtman
La práctica
It’s already been five years since Martín Rejtman’s (one of the key figures of New Argentine Cinema) last film, 2014’s Two Shots Fired...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #53. Petite fleur – Santiago Mitre
Petite fleur
Argentina’s Santiago Mitre moves forward on his third feature, Petite fleur (Little Flower), adapted from Pequena Flor by Iosi Havilio. The French co-pro,...
Maternal | 2019 Locarno Film Festival Review
Nun of Your Business: Delpero Explores Mothers and Others in Astute Debut
For her feature film debut, documentarian Maura Delpero observed young women in Buenos...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #123. El cuento de las comadrejas – Juan José Campanella
The Weasels (El Cuento de las comadrejas)
Argentina’s Juan José Campanella, who oscillates back and forth between television and film, returns with eighth feature The...