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Kill the Jockey | 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...

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...

Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2022: #68. Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985

Argentina, 1985 Argentina’s Santiago Mitre will have not one, but two films setting sail this year. The long awaited Petite fleur (15 Ways to Kill...

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...

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...

Video: Luis Ortega’s El Angel | 2018 Cannes Film Festival

A shiny, glossy and slick Argentinian import with the Almodovar bros. as producers, the Un Certain Regard selected El Angel by helmer Luis Ortega...

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Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.

Interview: Eivind Landsvik – Low Expectations | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Exploring themes of mental health, emotional recovery, companionship, and...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...