News of cinema

Latin American classics get the streaming treatment

25-02-2025 10:54 Decades on from the Latin American literary boom that took magical realism to the wider world, several notable artworks and comic books – including ‘Mafalda’ and ‘El Eternauta’ – are being given a new lease of life on streaming platforms.

FILM & CINEMA

'Emilia Pérez' lauded in Hollywood but criticised in Mexico

27-01-2025 13:17 New Spanish-language production starring trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón receives 13 Oscar nominations, but is slammed for misrepresenting Mexico's drug-related violence.

FILM & CINEMA

'Norita' doc goes national with 50+ grassroots screenings

10-12-2024 14:25 Documentary profiling the life and activism of the late human rights activist Nora Cortiñas will screen nationally this week at over 50 grassroots events.

FILM & CINEMA

Powerful documentary highlights Armenian resilience, struggle

16-11-2024 22:44 Through animation and archival storytelling, Inna Sahakyan’s 'Aurora’s Sunrise' honours a tragic past while drawing urgent parallels to Armenia’s ongoing battle for recognition and survival in a shifting geopolitical landscape.

by Sam Yockey

FILM & CINEMA – INTERVIEW

Luis Ortega: ‘What interests me is the possibility of a miracle on film’

14-10-2024 06:28 Filmmaker, screenwriter and producer Luis Ortega goes back to familiar ground with sports comedy-drama thriller ‘El Jockey’ ('Kill the Jockey'), a powerful new film set in a unique world.

by Juan Manuel Dominguez

culture

Argentina’s ‘El jockey’ wins best Latin American film at San Sebastián

29-09-2024 21:55 Luis Ortega's film 'El Jockey' chosen as best Latin American feature at San Sebastián Film Festival.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Documentary brings dictatorship 'death flights' trauma to big screen

20-09-2024 16:44 Director Nicolás Gil Lavedra premieres new film 'Traslados,' an investigative documentary on a very dark chapter of the nation’s not-too-distant history: the “death flights” carried out by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

FILM & CINEMA

Director Daniel Burman tackles tradition, gender identity with ‘Transmitzvah’

23-05-2024 14:37 Argentine director Daniel Burman debuts ‘Transmitzvah’ at Cannes film festival. While trans identity needs to be included in cinema, it must not be the be-all and end-all, he explains.

CINEMA

Cecilia Roth denounces 'dismantling' of cultural industry

19-04-2024 16:51 Argentine actress Cecilia Roth has denounced the dismantling of Argentina’s cultural industry, pointing the finger firmly at the economic policies of President Javier Milei.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Jorge Luis Borges was ‘the most British of Latin America’s writers’

31-01-2024 15:40 Argentina’s most famous author holds great attraction for British writers, scientists, artists and filmmakers – no surprise given his family history and command of both the Spanish and English written word.

CINEMA & FILM

Milei backtracks on cinema cuts after protests spread abroad

23-01-2024 20:41 President Javier Milei’s plan to strip Argentina's film industry of public funding, along with other cultural areas, may be prompting the government to backtrack in part.

FILM & CINEMA

Oscar-tipped 'Society of the Snow' gives voice to Andes plane crash dead

07-01-2024 16:21 Roberto Canessa has spent most of his life recounting the astonishing tale of how he survived a plane crash, two avalanches and a diet of human flesh before trekking across freezing mountains to save himself and his friends. Now the infamous tragedy in the Andes is the subject of a major new Netflix movie: 'La sociedad de la nieve.'