Emma Watson films in Argentina. Buenos Aires doubles as Chile and New York

Emma Watson films German action film with Buenos Aires doubling as Chile. At the same time a romantic comedy from the US uses Buenos Aires as a New York location double. Continue reading →

Walter Salles produces Santiago Mitre’s second film – a remake of the controversial “La Patota”

By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey Walter Salles’ production house VideoFilmes will be co-producing Santiago Mitre’s second film “La Patota”, a remake of Daniel Tinayre’s classic 1960 social thriller. The international co-production is a result of a 2010 film fund intended to finance four co-productions a year between the countries of Argentina and Brazil. Salles, the … Continue reading →

Academy Award winning Argentine film “The Secret in Their Eyes” gets a US remake

By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey It’s been no secret that Argentine crime thriller The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos in Spanish) would be getting a US remake after winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2010. As of May 13th the cast and crew have been finally revealed: the … Continue reading →

Argentine Films Dominate Local Box Office

By contributing blogger Benjamín Harguindey In an unprecedented turn of events for Argentine cinema, this month’s movie-going Top 5 has been dominated by local productions: the 3D animated family movie Foosball (Metegol), the romantic comedy León’s Heart (Corazón de león), the thriller 7th Floor (Séptimo) and the drama Wakolda, recently nominated on the Oscar shortlist. Foosball … Continue reading →

Mercedes Sosa’s Encore

by Benjamín Haguindey, contributing blogger The documentary “The Voice of Latin America” (Mercedes Sosa: La voz de America Latina) has been brewing for over three years now, ever since the passing of singer Mercedes Sosa in 2009 at the age of 74. It consists of a joint effort between filmmaker Rodrigo Vila and Sosa’s son, … Continue reading →

“Bomba”, or How I learned to stop worrying and love the car bomb

by Benjamín Harguindey, contributing blogger Bomba (Bomb, 2013) is a closed-space, real-time thriller mostly set within the confines of a taxi with a car bomb in it: the driver need only honk to blow himself, the car and his passenger to smithereens. The movie follows teenage Walter (Alan Daicz), an out-of-towner who just got his … Continue reading →

BAFICI: My First Million Viewers. A Roundtable of Film Success Stories

By Benjamín Harguindey, contributting blogger In light of the 15th BAFICI, festival director Marcelo Panozzo hosted a roundtable (“without the table”, was the joke) on Thursday 11th with some of the country’s most successful filmmakers: directors Pablo Trapero, Juan Taratuto and Hernán Goldfrid, and producer Axel Kuschevatsky talked business and answered questions in an event … Continue reading →

“Memory of the Dead” (La Memoria del Muerto): Horror film offers more than blood and gore, is a thrilling supernatural adventure

by Francois Coulombe, contributing blogger Blood coming out of the head. Blood coming out of the mouth. Blood on the walls. Girls fighting in a blood pool. Blood sacrifice. Person sewing her own eyes shut (with blood coming out) If you’re a fan of horror, “Memory of the Dead” (La Memoria del Muerto) has it … Continue reading →

“Matrimonio” a Love Story Set in Mid-Life with Cecilia Roth

by Francois Coulombe, contributing blogger Loosely inspired from James Joyce‘s “Ulysses”, “Matrimonio” is a glimpse in the married life of Esteban (Darío Grandinetti) and Molly (Cecilia Roth). A typical mid aged couple who has stopped fuc… functioning.  Esteban is going mad trying to patch his relationship and Molly is going insane over having a broken … Continue reading →

“Días de Vinilo” Rom-Com pleases Audiences with Laughs, Music and Nostalgia

by Atzin Ortiz, contributing blogger There’s nothing wrong with being a crowd-pleaser (actually, a great one is a fine virtue few films can truly claim). Last night’s screening of “Días de Vinilo” was sold out and the audience laughed out loud (the guy next to me was incredibly enthusiastic). After having a smash hit with … Continue reading →