Tag: Cinema of Chile
Arrested Developments: Felipe Gálvez Settles into Augusto Pinochet Thriller ‘Impunity’
Mining the same harrowing history as his Chilean and Latin American contemporaries (more recently El Conde) — from Argentina to Uruguay, Paraguay and beyond,...
The Hyperboreans | 2024 Cannes Film Festival Review
From the Land of Ice and Snow: Cocina & Leon Pursue Hermetical Cinematic Spell
To say the latest feature from the experimentally inclined Chilean directing...
Feminist May: Sebastián Lelio Rides “The Wave” with #MeToo Musical
Some cool international film news dropping before Cannes unveils their line-up, Variety gets the exclusive scoop on a new Sebastián Lelio project flying off...
The Settlers | Review
Once Upon a Time in Chile: Haberle Crafts Colonialist Past as a Vicious Western
A quote from Sir Thomas More’s Utopia opens Felipe Gálvez’s sinister...
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...
2024 Oscars: Felipe Gálvez’ “The Settlers” is Chile’s Nomination for Best International Film
Canada announced Zaynê Akyol's Rokej, Germany announced Ilker Çatak's The Teachers Lounge (a future SPC release) and Chile ended up selecting a film that...
Interview: Manuela Martelli – Chile ’76
We had some formidable directorial debuts stretching across the Croisette this past May. At the Critics' Week, we had Charlotte Wells' gem Aftersun, in...
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...
Tip of the Iceberg: Manuela Martelli Currently Setting Up “The Meltdown”
As we impatiently await to see which film will represent Chile for the upcoming Oscars, we learn that Manuela Martelli (who could be that...
Playa Del Carmen: Kino Lorber Cares For Manuela Martelli’s “1976”
A film that reminded me of Lucrecia Martel's The Headless Woman, both in tone and in accessing and assessing the protagonist's headspace, among one...
Ema | Review
Dance, Fools, Dance: Larraín Dances to Delirium in Arthouse Soap Opera
Pablo Larraín returns to Chile to dance the body electric in Ema, a masquerade...
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...
Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #28. Ema – Pablo Larrain
Ema
Chilean director Pablo Larrain returns to Chile for his eighth feature, this time for his first contemporary set drama in his native country with...
