Tag: Fernando Epstein

Divine Love | Review

Mighty Aphrodite: Mascaro’s Second Coming Cloaked in Complex Allegory The Immaculate Conception remains one of the notorious suspensions of disbelief in Christian folklore, and Brazilian...

The Moneychanger | 2019 Toronto Intl. Film Festival Review

Money Ain’t for Nothin’: Veiroj Turns to Political Period Caper A common saying in Montevideo, Uruguay, meant to succinctly condense the city’s appeal and cement...

Monos | 2019 Sundance Film Festival Review

Monkey See Monkey Do: Landes’ Latest a Moody, Hermetic Portrait of Guerilla Warfare Brazil’s Alejandro Landes concocts a moody, textured exercise on child soldiers and...

Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2019: #93. Monos – Alejandro Landes

Monos Alejandro Landes’ sophomore feature, kidnap thriller Monos, features an international cast as a Colombian-Argentinean-Uruguayan-Dutch-German co-production (produced out of each country’s respective financiers from La...

2019 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: #54. Alejandro Landes – Monos

Alejandro Landes flagged the Sundance folks early in his career, premiering his directorial debut in the docu Cocalero way back in 2007 prior to being...

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Interview: Scandar Copti – A Childhood (Work in Progress)

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2026 César Awards: Carine Tardieu’s ‘The Ties That Binds Us’ Lands Best Film

It was a rare Thursday night ceremony for the...

What Does that Nature Say to You | Review

The Parent Trap: Sang-soo Takes Sideways Swipe at Social...