Pablo Larraín updates our concept of the modern fiction film with Ema, a feature-length showreel of modern Valparaíso through emotive dance, social commentary and one woman’s wild determination. Ema is stylistically intrepid for a feature film. Larraín has... Read Article
Princesita follows Tamara, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a cult in the rural south of Chile, being groomed towards leading the group, or rather, towards bearing the next leader. The film opened Raindance Film Festival on Wednesday... Read Article
I write this having just about recovered from Cannes, where Camaleón [of which I am the producer] screened at the Marché du Film ahead of its Chilean première later this year. It’s no secret that Chilean film has been thriving... Read Article
Pablo Larraín’s latest film, Neruda, captures just over a year of the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda’s life. Set from 1946-48 it follows a Chilean police inspector on the hunt for the famous poet after he goes into hiding... Read Article
Icarus Films have announced that they will be releasing a special eight-disc box set collection called Five Films by Patricio Guzmán, which will (not surprisingly given the title) feature five of the master Chilean documentarian’s seminal works. Filmed... Read Article
It’s a familiar feeling for anyone whose filmgoing tastes stray from the incoherent, overblown, cultural-imperialist offerings that Hollywood constantly pumps into cinemas. You want to go and watch a film so you check the listings. You recoil in repulsion... Read Article
Chilean director Sebastian Lelio’s fourth feature-film Gloria is an at once uplifting and melancholic tale of loneliness, romance and, ultimately, female independence. Focusing squarely on the physical and emotional journey of Gloria, a fifty-something woman living in modern-day... Read Article
The traditionally male-dominated global film industry has shown gradual signs of evolution in recent times, and nowhere is this more evident than down in Latin America’s Southern Cone. The film scene in Chile has witnessed a new wave... Read Article
For a man whose wealthy parents are both members of Chile’s right wing, Pinochet-admiring political party the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), the director Pablo Larraín’s trio of films set during military rule in the country have carried strong... Read Article
The alternative film circuit in Santiago is a pretty lively place to be these days, thanks to several annual festivals and a number of independent cinemas which focus on arthouse and world cinema that is ignored by the... Read Article
Cristián Jiménez’ Bonsai (review here) has already generated a lot of hype and positive reviews for the way it, quite cleverly, tries to squeeze a literary peg into a cinema-shaped hole. With any adaptation between different media, it... Read Article
One of the biggest underground smashes of recent years in Chile is currently streaming online for all to see. Che Sandoval’s You Think You Are the Prettiest… (But You Are The Sluttiest) hit the festival circuit in 2010... Read Article
