by Michael Guillen, February 9, 2010 1:00 AM
"We wanted to change history, but destiny led us to this strange sensation of uncertainty and defeat. What did we do wrong? What mistakes did we make?"--Sergio Bitar, Dawson Island prisoner, and author of Isla 10. "I felt like...
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by Michael Guillen, February 2, 2010 3:35 PM
Fortuity provides an intriguing thematic segue. Brushing up on my Val Lewton research in anticipation of PFA's Complicated Shadows series, I came across a brief mention at The Val Lewton Screenplay Collection--a fantastic resource for Lewton fans--that, allegedly, Val...
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by Todd Brown, January 26, 2010 5:51 PM
The down side to this current boom in first-person perspective horror films is that it gives many people the idea that all you need to succeed is to be cheap, as though somehow removing the need for complicated camera...
by Michael Guillen, January 26, 2010 2:06 PM
"The arc of history is long, but it bends towards justice."--Martin Luther King, Jr. As Claudia Llosa indicated in her Q&A session at the PSIFF10 screening of La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow, 2009), a book entitled Entre...
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by Michael Guillen, January 22, 2010 4:37 PM
Following up her performances in Claudia Llosa's Madeinusa (2005) and The Milk of Sorrow (2009) with her characterization of Saturnina in Altiplano (2009)--directed by the Belgian filmmaking team of Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth (Khadak, 2006)--the beautiful Magaly Solier...
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by Kurt Halfyard, January 21, 2010 10:29 AM
After all the love on the festival circuit, I am surprised not to see Police, Adjective on the final short list for the Best Foreign Language Film nominees. AMPAS has narrowed it down to nine, with further pruning to...
by Michael Guillen, January 19, 2010 9:05 PM
Peruvian director Claudia Llosa's sophomore feature La teta asustada (The Milk of Sorrow, 2009) stars Magaly Solier--with whom she worked on Madeinusa (2005)--and addresses the fears of abused women during Peru's recent history. It won both the Golden Bear...
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by Todd Brown, January 12, 2010 12:16 PM
Soon to premiere in Rotterdam is Ayar Blasco's El Sol, a work of animation so deliberately deliberately coarse that it immediately brings Korean effort Aachi and Ssipak to mind. Which is pretty much what you'd expect from a young...
by James Dennis, January 4, 2010 5:26 PM
A Mexican coming-of-age drama, I'm Gonna Explode (Voy A Explotar) pillages elements from some of the best Latin American flicks of the past decade or so, but falls short in emulating their success. Maru (Maria Deschamps) and Roman (Juan...
by Todd Brown, January 2, 2010 3:47 PM
Though scarcely anything is known of upcoming Mexican / Spanish drama Biutiful so far it is immediately notable for two reasons.First, it is the latest feature from Alejandro Innaritu, the man behind Amores Perros, Babel and 21 Grams. Innaritu...
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