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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Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review

A Heavy Toll: Shirai’s Artful Take on the Body...

Interview: Virginie Efira – All of a Sudden

In All of a Sudden (read review), Virginie Efira delivers...

Interview: Nathalia Acevedo – Salón de belleza

Actress-turned-filmmaker Nathalia Acevedo made her feature directorial debut with...

Fjord | Review

Uncanny Valley: Mungiu Explores Liberated Prisons Totalitarian mentality is driven...