Chile’s ‘A Fantastic Woman’ Nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar
After Chile received its first nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards in 2012 for Pablo Larraín’s No, it’s... Read Article
Chilean Cinema
From Crowdfunding to Cannes, An Inside Story of New Chilean Film ‘Camaleón’
I write this having just about recovered from Cannes, where Camaleón [of which I am the producer] screened at the Marché du... Read Article
Neruda Trailer: Gael Garcia Bernal Searches For Pablo Neruda In Latest Film from Pablo Larraín
Pablo Larraín’s latest film, Neruda, captures just over a year of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life. Set from 1946-48... Read Article
REVIEW Matar A Un Hombre
“When you reach the point of taking someone’s life, you’re going against something… biological.” Alejandro Fernández Almendras, director of the... Read Article
REVIEW Pablo Larraín’s The Club Digs Deep Into The Catholic Church But Leaves Judgement Day Up To Us
An ocean laps the beach relentlessly like time trapped in a clock. A yellow-bricked house sits on top of the... Read Article
REVIEW The Pearl Button
“The Indians of Patagonia believed that souls didn’t die and that they could live again as stars.” Five years after... Read Article
Water Is The Connection: An Interview with Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán’s new documentary, The Pearl Button, is an exciting exploration of Patagonia and the connection of this land and... Read Article
Pablo Larraín’s Latest Film, The Club, In UK Cinemas From March 25th
Four years after the success of No (2012), Pablo Larraín is coming back with his fifth feature – The Club... Read Article
Icarus Films To Release 8-DVD Box Set of Patricio Guzmán’s Documentaries
Icarus Films have announced that they will be releasing a special eight-disc box set collection called Five Films by Patricio... Read Article
REVIEW La Pasión de Michelangelo
Set in 1983, La Pasión de Michelangelo (The Passion of Michelangelo) follows events at Peñablanca, a small fly-blown inland town... Read Article
How Chilean Cinema Ruled in 2013
If the last few years have witnessed growing recognition, both critically and commercially, for the Chilean film industry, 2013 has... Read Article
REVIEW Gloria
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s fourth feature-film Gloria is an at once uplifting and melancholic tale of loneliness, romance and, ultimately,... Read Article