19.4.09

Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts (2009)



Noisettes are a rock trio from London, England, formed in 2003 when Shingai Shoniwa and Dan Smith (formerly of the band SonarFly) began writing and playing more intensely than before. They met drummer Jamie Morrison in December 2003, and went straight into the studio to record their four-track debut, Three Moods of the Noisettes, which was released on Side Salad Records.

Eventually signing to Universal, they’ve since released five singles: IWE, Scratch Your Name, Don’t Give Up, Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit), and The Count of Monte Christo. Their debut album What’s The Time Mr Wolf? was released in 2007. A second album, “Wild Young Hearts” is due for release on the 30th March 2009.

In 2009, “Don’t Upset The Rhythm” appeared in a car advert for the Mazda 2. This should aid their popularity, as often seen with songs featuring in adverts.

'Wild Young Hearts' is the second album from London-based indie three-piece Noisettes, who have developed their sound to incorporate a greater influence from dance music than on their 2007 debut 'What's The Time Mr. Wolf'. Meanwhile, the rock guitar riffs remain throughout with lead singer Shingai Shoniwa again showing what a unique talent she is. Includes the infectious hit single 'Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)'.

Entrevista a Rafael Filipelli (Clarín)


Link (Clarín)

Hay una versión más larga --escrita-- y otra muuucho más larga --que jamás escribiré-- de esta charla con Rafael Filipelli. Si me dan el tiempo y las ganas, la subiré un día de estos. Igual, hay cosas en la edición de papel del diario que no están online.


18.4.09

Alexi Murdoch - Towards The Sun (2009)



Alexi Murdoch is a London-born, Scottish-bred, singer/songwriter who released a debut full length album, Time Without Consequence, June 6th, 2006. His commercial breakthrough first occurred with the self-published EP, Four Songs (EP), released initially in 2002. One song from the release, “Orange Sky,” grew in popularity after it was featured in the movie Garden State (but was not released on the soundtrack). The true oddity of the song “Orange Sky” and its success is the length; coming in at over 6 minutes long. In an interview, Alexi said when he took his music to a record company that the record company guy popped the disc into his computer rather than a stereo and then proceeded to stare at the counter on the screen waiting to see how long it took to get to the chorus, et cetera. This is when he supposedly knew he had to go the indie route and pursue a singular vision similar to the rest of bad boys of beard-o.

"Todos mienten", de Matías Piñeiro (Variety review)


A Revolver Films and El Pampero Cine presentation, in association with Universidad del Cine. Produced by Ivan Granovsky, Lionel Braverman, Pablo Chernov, Maria del Carmen Fernandez Montes.
Directed, written by Matias Pineiro.

With: Romina Paula, Maria Villar, Julia Martinez Rubio, Pilar Gamboa, Julian Larquier Tellarini, Julian Tello, Esteban Bigliardi, Esteban Lamothe.

By Robert Koehler

An elaborate game involving literature, a book draft, paintings and a family tree conceals a metaphorical fable on Argentina's history of dictatorship and progressivism in Matias Pineiro's "They All Lie." A circle of young people fall into a situation that starts with an innocent enough bonfire and ends with a whole house being torched, as personal peeves take on greater gravity. The full cleverness of the pic's conception will appeal most to those who know the reference points, though lovers of classic European art cinema could prove an audience at select fests, if not beyond.

Following up on his stylish and sharp debut, "The Stolen Man," 26-year-old Pineiro has emerged not only as one of his country's most interesting younger filmmakers, but also as an artist obsessed with Argentina's key 19th-century political enemies: populist strongman dictator Juan Martin de Rosas and progressive pol and literary leader Domingo Sarmiento. In "They All Lie," Sarmiento's great-great-granddaughter, Helena (Romina Paula, "Stolen") is on a mission to destroy de Rosas' lineage, repped here by arrogantly successful painter Joaquin Martin de Rosas (Esteban Lamothe).

But Helena's deeper intentions remain concealed, as the film devotes much of its time to the rapid, fierce verbal interactions of her friends, who are congregated at her family house outside Buenos Aires. The mood is tinged with post-graduate goofing off, sexual warfare and baroque, Jacques Rivette-style game-playing.

Take Monica (Maria Villar, also from "Stolen"), who seems to do little at first but play guitar and sing, but who later plays possum to spy on Helena, whom she learns is planning to leave everyone behind at the house. Or, take Isabel (busy thesp Julia Martinez Rubio), a painter who claims she's responsible for the work Joaquin maintains is his own.

In a brilliantly staged sequence, with Pineiro's roving camera acting as guide and observer, the friends discuss what sounds like a completely fictitious (though possibly true) account of how a Sarmiento family woman is born every eight years, and how de Rosas males are prone to keeling over after a child is born. While the extended scene seems at first to go on too long, it actually sets up the film's unexpected finale.

"They All Lie" thus weaves together a fluid, often fun, sometimes deliberately confusing game on one hand, and a fable of the history of Argentine political power on the other. The pic could even be read as a commentary on the current regime, with highly controversial President Cristina Kirchner repping de Rosas, and her opposition standing in for Sarmiento. While this element will carry considerable impact for Argentine viewers, the subtleties will be lost on others.Typical of the films produced by indie outfit El Pampero Cine, the acting is charged by a whip-smart, deadpan approach, overflowing with talk that seems to be delivered at the speed of sound, if not light. Paula, Villar and Rubio dominate the games from start to finish, with Lamothe making an impact near the very end.

Pineiro likes to refer to himself, in the French sense, as an "amateur," but the vid lensing, editing and overall production sense are undoubtedly pro, and the film has an overall texture that feels closest to indie French and German filmmaking. Plentiful chapter title cards become too cute by half.

Camera (color, HD), Fernando Lockett; editor, Delfina Castagnino; production designer, Ana Cambre; sound, Daniela Ale, Emilio Iglesias; assistant director, Alejo Franzetti. Reviewed at Buenos Aires Film Festival, April 28, 2009. Running time: 75 MIN.

17.4.09

The Gutter Twins, en Buenos Aires

The Gutter Twins, banda formada por Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees) y Greg Dulli (ex-Afghan Whigs, actualmente en Twilight Singers), tocará el 7 de julio en La Trastienda en el marco de su gira mundial.

No Cannes for Coppola (IndieWire)


Kathleen Talbert, a publicist for Francis Ford Coppola, has confirmed the director won’t bring “Tetro” starring Vincent Gallo to Cannes.

In a statement, Coppola says:

“While I very much appreciate the invitation, this is an independent film, self-financed and self released, and I felt that being invited for a non-competition gala screening wasn’t true to the personal and independent nature of this film. More important than Cannes, our team can focus all our time, energy and resources into the U.S. release this June 11th.”

Talbert told The Circuit that Coppola will release the film through a distribution arm of American Zoetrope, the studio the helmer founded in 1969 with George Lucas.

Following its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 10, “Tetro” will open in New York and LA before expanding to Seattle, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco , and Washington, D.C.

According to the film’s official site, the drama involves an Italian family of artists who have relocated to Buenos Aires.

The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice - Moon Colony Bloodbath (2009)


Starfucker - Jupiter (2009)


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Just over eight months after the release of their well-received self-titled debut, electro-pop upstarts Starfucker are putting out another album to coincide with the onset of the universal summertime adrenaline rush. The record is entitled Jupiter and is considered by the group to be a sister LP to their debut, bringing to light a smattering of songs that have already gone into heavy rotation in Starfucker’s live performances. Jupiter is scheduled to be released on May 5 on Badman.

Judging from the opening track “Medicine,” which can now be streamed at the band’s MySpace page, the Portland-based quartet seem steadfast in continuing their allegiance to synth bliss and distorted hooks, which is a noble venture if there ever was one. Prior to the release of Jupiter, Starfucker will be playing a host of shows at SXSW this year, having made Prefix’s list of Artists to Watch at SXSW 2009, and will continue to tour the rest of North America through the beginning of May. (Source: PrefixMag)


Sofia Coppola books Marmont film (Variety)


Sofia Coppola is checking into a new hotel for her next project.

The writer-director who shot her "Lost in Translation" at the Park Hyatt in Tokyo, practically making a character out of the antiseptic structure, will set her next film at the iconic Chateau Marmont in Hollywood.

Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning will star in the Focus Features dramedy "Somewhere," which Coppola penned.

Story centers on a bad-boy actor stumbling through a life of excess at the Chateau Marmont. With an unexpected visit from his 11-year-old daughter, he is forced to reexamine his life.

The filmmaker, who said she has been looking to make "an intimate story set in contemporary Los Angeles," received permission to shoot at the hotel, which has become notorious in recent years as a popular address for tabloid-friendly celebs. Film will lense in L.A. and Italy in June and July.

Project reunites Coppola with the film company with which she made the critical darling and box office hit "Lost in Translation."

"'Lost in Translation' remains among Focus' most beloved movies, so we have long looked forward to making another picture with Sofia," Focus CEO James Schamus said. "'Somewhere' will have all the witty, moving and empathetic qualities that characterize all her work."

"Somewhere" is something of a family affair. Coppola is producing with brother Roman Coppola ("The Darjeeling Limited") and G. Mac Brown ("Australia") through American Zoetrope. Father Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos and Paul Rassam are exec producing.

Pathe will have rights to the film in France, Benelux and Switzerland; and Tohokushinsa is taking Japan and select Asian territories. Medusa Film will have rights to "Somewhere" in Italy, while Focus will control rights in all other territories.

Project marks Sofia Coppola's fourth film. She also wrote and directed "The Virgin Suicides" and "Marie Antoinette."

Fanning most recently starred in "Phoebe in Wonderland."

Dorff will next appear in Michael Mann's "Public Enemies" for Universal Pictures.


16.4.09

Blank Dogs - Under and Under (2009)



Blank Dogs are a mysterious Brooklyn-based one-man band. Little is known about the main song-writer and the musicians he performs with live. In photos he always wears a mask or head wrap covering his face.

Over the past four years, Blank Dogs have released numerous vinyl LPs, 7" singles, cassettes and CDs. They also offered free downloads of their music on the now defunct www.blankdogs.blogspot.com. Their first live performance was held in New York in September, 2008.

Blank Dogs will release, Under And Under, their debut album on In The Red Records on May 26. JB Townsend of the Crystal Stilts and Vivian Girls will be featured on the album.

Cannes taps heavy hitters (Variety)


By Todd Mc Carthy

The upcoming Cannes Film Festival will be swimming in top international filmmakers, as directors including Ang Lee, Jane Campion, Michael Haneke, Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Pedro Almodovar, Bong Joon-ho, Marco Bellocchio, Lars von Trier and Johnnie To expect to square off for the Palme d'Or come May 13.

With one week to go before the April 23 announcement of the Official Selection, fest director Thierry Fremaux and his selection committee still have numerous films to watch, so this weekend will tell the tale as far as several titles are concerned. Unlike his predecessor Gilles Jacob, who tended to accept or reject films as he saw them over a period of months, Fremaux prefers to keep his options open to a certain extent until he's seen everything, leaving anxious filmmakers, distribs and sales companies in the dark until the final bell.

All the same, the lineup for the competition has come into focus in recent days, creating an image of a fest that will be heavy on Asian and Euro titles, light on films from Central and South America, Africa and the Middle East and iffy where Hollywood is concerned.

Tarantino's WWII saga "Inglourious Basterds," toplining Brad Pitt, was locked in a couple of weeks ago, but fest toppers only saw Lee's "Taking Woodstock," set during the fabled 1969 music event, this week and extended an immediate invitation to the Focus Features release. Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Emile Hirsch head the cast.

Word is that Francis Ford Coppola's Argentine family drama "Tetro," with Vincent Gallo, will be viewed imminently by the committee, and that Werner Herzog's "Bad Lieutenant" makeover, starring Nicolas Cage, is jockeying for a special screening or midnight slot. An almost certain midnight attraction will be Sam Raimi's horror-thriller "Drag Me to Hell," a Universal release toplining Justin Long and Alison Lohman that was very well received in incomplete form at the recent SXSW Film Festival.

Less confirmed word has it that Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," featuring Heath Ledger's final performance in a role that, after his death, came to be shared with Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law, may make its debut in Cannes.

Fest announced early on that Pete Docter's animated Pixar feature "Up" will open the fest, which runs through May 24.

Other English-language fare will include Campion's U.K. production "Bright Star," a drama about the romance of 19th-century poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, starring Ben Wishaw and Abbie Cornish; Cannes regular von Trier's "Antichrist," a horror drama with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple who retreat to a secluded forest cabin after the death of their son; Loach's "Looking for Eric," about a troubled adolescent soccer fan who's counseled by former star Eric Cantona; prolific helmer To's French-financed "Vengeance," starring Johnny Hallyday as a hitman-turned-chef who heads to Hong Kong to avenge his daughter's death; and possibly English director Andrea Arnold's "Fish Tank," toplining Michael Fassbender in a tale of a 15-year-old whose life is turned upside down by her mother's new boyfriend. Pic looks to be in the Official Selection, although in which category remains uncertain.

Haneke's German entry, "The White Ribbon," examines incipient fascism at a rural school in 1913; like Coppola's film, it was shot in black-and-white. Almodovar's "Broken Embraces," which has already opened in Spain, is a multistrand melodrama starring Penelope Cruz, and vet Italian master Bellocchio's "Vincere" stars Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Filippo Timi in a study of Mussolini's secret lover and the couple's son Albino.

South Korea and China will be heavily represented this year. From the former come "The Host" director Bong's "Mother," a thriller about a woman's attempt to determine who framed her antisocial son for a ghastly murder, and "Oldboy" helmer Park Chan-wook's "Thirst," a vampire tale about a small-town priest transformed into a neck-biter by a medical experiment gone wrong.

Flying the Chinese flag will be "Summer Palace" director Lou Ye's "Spring Fever," about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings, and possibly Lu Chuan's "City of Life and Death" (aka "Nanking! Nanking!"), a large-scale telling of the 1937 massacre of Nanking by the Japanese army.

Also very likely for the competition are Malaysian auteur Tsai Ming-liang's French-financed "Face," about a Taiwanese director arrived in Paris to make a film about Salome, starring Mathieu Amalric, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Nathalie Baye, Laetitia Casta and Jean-Pierre Leaud; and Japanese fest regular Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Air Doll," about the love affair between a videostore clerk and an inflatable sex doll.

Two other possibilities are Palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman's first feature since 2002, "The Time That Remains," the story of a Palestinian family from the '40s to the present day, and Belgian director Jaco von Dormael's time-jumping fantasy "Mr. Nobody," with Diane Kruger and Jared Leto.

The final selection of French titles is regularly made at the very last minute, but the titles nearest the front of the line are Alain Resnais' "Les Herbes folles," Jacques Audiard's "A Prophet," Bruno Dumont's "Hadewijch," Xavier Giannoli's "In the Beginning," Robert Guediguian's "The Army of Crime" and Catherine Corsini's "Leaving."

Prominent in the Un Certain Regard sidebar will be two Romanian features: "Police, Adjective," directed by Corneliu Porumboiu ("12:08: East of Bucharest"), and "Tales From the Golden Age," an omnibus film produced by Palme laureate Cristian Mungiu ("4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"), with two episodes directed by him and others helmed by proteges.


Críticas de cine (16/04/09)


"Historias breves V", de varios directores

Link (Clarín)




"Live! La muerte en vivo", de Bill Guttentag

Link (Clarín)

Por motivos que desconozco, la crítica de "Cuatro vidas y un destino" no aparece en la edición online de "Clarín". O al menos yo no la encuentro en el curioso sistema de links que utilizan allí. Si alguien la ve, ¿me avisa?



Bob Dylan - "Feel A Change Comin' On" (mp3)


14.4.09

"77 Doronship", de Pablo Agüero (Variety review)


(France-Argentina) A Charivari Films (France)/Sureno Films (Argentina) presentation. Produced by Elise Jalladeau, Pablo Aguero. Directed, written by Pablo Aguero.

With: Francisco Moron, Anne Chretien, Paula Giovanetti, Pablo Aguero.
(Spanish, French dialogue)
A continent apart, geographically and stylistically, from his abstruse autobiographical debut, "Salamandra," Pablo Aguero's "77 Doronship" is as curious and distinct as its title. Pic is effectively a two-hander between an old Argentine boho in Paris and his grandson's pregnant wife, its only significant hiccup an awkwardly integrated set of sequences shot a decade earlier. A charming sensibility peeps through, however, lending warmth to a slight, likable work -- unusual in that it was helmed by an Argentine and is performed largely in French, which may give the film a leg up in Euro markets after nice fest run.

Anne (Anne Chretien) is pregnant in her Paris flat, but husband Jose (only heard in world-weary voiceover by Aguerohimself) has left her in the lurch. Out of nowhere enters Jose's grandfather Francisco (Francisco Moron, speaking a Spanish-thickened French with casual confidence), who's expecting to see Jose.

A befuddled Anne has no idea what to do with the indomitable spirit of this old, disarmingly frank and talkative stranger, puffing and drinking away like a guy in his 20s. He also falls asleep at a moment's notice, and what Anne can't see are Francisco's dreams, in which a young girl (Paula Giovanetti) flees from her village and ventures into the desert, where she's given refuge by a kindly Francisco.

Inevitably, Francisco's persistent ways break down Anne's resistance to letting him stay with her, and, in Aguero's fairly arch visual manner, Francisco's kindly behavior in his dreams transfers to his nurturing Anne as she approaches childbirth. In between are such choice miniature sequences as Francisco taking Anne to Pere Lachaise to visit a spot where he first met his late wife, or Francisco celebrating his 86th birthday alone by lighting 86 candles -- and nearly torching the cake in the process.

The desert dream footage (often resembling an Alejandro Jodorowski film made for kids) was shot by Aguero 10 years ago, and is accompanied by a strong, percussive score by Sergio Dawi. Though the director stages some moments in the new film to match the old material, the separate pieces never quite meld together, despite Aguero and editor Nelly Quettier's best efforts. More immediately affecting are Moron and Chretien simply and naturally interacting together, two lost souls finding an unexpected connection.

Vid lensing is lovely and suitable to this chamber film, which eschews any picture-postcard views of Paris. Odd title derives from Jose's voiceover explanation that if he chants the word "doronship" 77 times, he'll become a father and return home to Anne and child.

Camera (color, DV), Benjamin Echazarreta, Andres Fontana; editor, Nelly Quettier; music, Sergio Dawi; sound (stereo), Romain Gueltzl; re-recording mixer, Benoit Gargonne; assistant director, Celine Bansart. Reviewed at Buenos Aires Film Festival, April 3, 2009. Running time: 75 MIN.

The Kingsbury Manx - Ascenseur Ouvert! (2009)


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t has been four long years since we last heard from The Kingsbury Manx. But if the strength of this new batch of songs is any indication, it has been well worth the wait.

At the end of 2005, things were good in Manxville. The four North Carolina lads made the jump to a larger label (Yep Roc) for the release The Fast Rise and Fall of The South. The record was produced by Wilco keyboard player, Mike Jorgensen. The press was good, and a short stint on the road with Wilco and a full US tour with then label mates The Standard followed. The dust settled, and things started to change. Marriages happened. Houses were bought. Children were born, and for the first time, there was a second generation of lil Manxers crawling around. Priorities shiftedor did they? A funny thing happened. Main songwriters Bill Taylor and Ryan Richardson wrote more prolifically then ever. The Manx muse kept busy. Before long, the band re-convened and began playing again, working out the new material. But this time, rather than book a straight week in an out of town studio, the boys re-visited the site of their original genesis and started booking the odd day or weekend at Duck Kee.

The return to Duck Kee in late 2006 felt like home all over again. Over the course of the next year and a half, 14 brand new songs were recorded. These songs are unmistakably the same band that started recording at Duck Kee back in 1999, but Ascenseur Ouvert! is no mere re-treading of old territory. Their sound has expanded, shifted, and moved into regions hitherto unexpected. From the upbeat Brill-pop of Over the Oeuvre to the spidery guitar hooks that punctuate the shuffle of Well, Whatever to the somber chamber-creepiness of Minos Maze, this is an al-bum of pleasant surprises. Fans of the vocal harmonies will be smiling ear to ear upon hear-ing the six part vocal rondo in the coda of Indian Isle.

Ascenseur Ouvert! is broken French for Elevator Open! and is meant as a command. The Manx are too slow moving a band for the stairway, so they have bypassed it for the elevator. Up! To where? To inspiration, to newness. To take a hold of ones own destiny and realize that victory is not in sound scans or opening up for Coldplay but in a babys first step or the pleasure of fixing a leaking sink in your own house. The relief of getting off work at midnight and running into an old friend. Of still being tuned in to the celestial radio station and giving its harmonies form. The sky wont yield / inches for the field sings Taylor in the beautifully literary Well, what-ever. And its okay. The tapestry of life is rich, and the Kingsbury Manx knowing their place in it, have new resolve never to forget what was always important in the first place.

Lars von Trier's "Antichrist" (Trailer)

13.4.09

Adult film star Marilyn Chambers dies at 56


LOS ANGELES (AP) — A friend of adult film star Marilyn Chambers says the actress has been found dead at her home in northern Los Angeles County.

Peggy McGinn says the 56-year-old Chambers was found by her 17-year-old daughter Sunday night and the cause of death has not been determined.

Chambers starred in the 1972 film "Behind the Green Door," which was more widely distributed and attracted a more mainstream audience than the usual adult fare.

Chambers, whose given name was Marilyn Briggs, was once a model for Ivory Snow. She was among the first porn superstars when the stag films of the 1940s through 1960s gave way to the more polished sex films of the 1970s.


Buen arranque del Arte Cinema


Finalmente se abrió el Arte Cinema en Constitución. Para mí, que conozco el barrio --viví mucho tiempo en la zona sur del Gran Buenos Aires y mi arribo a la Capital era por allí y trabajo desde hace siglos en un diario que queda a unas pocas cuadras--, parecía una apuesta bastante arriesgada. La esquina donde se ubica el cine no se caracteriza por ser una de las más "amables" de la ciudad y la idea de tres salas de arte allí resultaba compleja de entender.

Los resultados del primer fin de semana parecen demostrar que me he equivocado. "El asaltante", de Pablo Fendrik (película ideal para la zona...) llevó más de mil espectadores, "La teta asustada" superó los 500 y en una sala de apenas 54 butacas, el documental "El telón de azúcar" se acercó a los 400 espectadores. Según los dueños de la sala, la ocupación total rondó el 50 por ciento.

Habrá que esperar si es el efecto de la novedad o si el éxito se mantiene. Hasta ahora, aseguran, no se registraron percances, más allá de una señora que se cayó por las escaleras (posta, no es broma!). Prometen pronto un ciclo con filmes de Terence Davies. Nada mal...

La Historia según Roberto Rossellini: una enciclopedia audiovisual


El Complejo Teatral de Buenos Aires y la Fundación Cinemateca Argentina han organizado un ciclo denominado La Historia según Roberto Rossellini: una enciclopedia audiovisual, que se llevará a cabo del jueves 16 al jueves 23 de abril, en la Sala Leopoldo Lugones del Teatro San Martín (Avda.Corrientes 1530). El ciclo está compuesto por cuatro telefilms realizados en los años 60 y 70, durante la última etapa en la carrera del gran realizador italiano. Observando las figuras y momentos más relevantes del mundo occidental, pero al mismo tiempo haciendo foco en los pequeños detalles de la vida diaria, Rossellini estaba decidido no tanto a representar la Historia sino a revivirla, sin adornos y con todo el dramatismo de lo cotidiano. Estos films realizados para la televisión europea son obras que iluminan las ideas que han hecho del mundo el lugar en el cual vivimos.

La crisis de la cultura

En 1963, en el transcurso de una conferencia celebrada en la librería Einaudi de Roma, Roberto Rossellini anunció que quería retirarse del cine para acercarse a la televisión y llevar a cabo una compleja enciclopedia audiovisual. Rossellini dejó el cine porque debía luchar contra el principal peligro del mundo moderno, consistente en observar cómo la crisis de la cultura conduce a los seres humanos hacia la irracionalidad: "Nos estamos precipitando a gran velocidad por un barranco. Pero muy pocos quieren darse cuenta... Somos incapaces de admitir que nuestra sociedad, tal como está construida, puede llegar a morir. Y, curiosamente, no faltan en el transcurso de nuestra historia ejemplos de grandes civilizaciones humanas que después de unos años de apogeo hayan acabado extinguiéndose".

Para frenar el desastre, el objetivo de las imágenes debía consistir en fomentar la cultura y el conocimiento. La idea de crisis de la cultura puede ser vista como el motor que alimentó buena parte de las películas que Rossellini realizó para televisión, algunas de las cuales reconstruyen biografías de figuras ilustres de la historia del pensamiento. En ellas, el personaje biografiado pone en crisis los parámetros de su propia época con unas ideas que van más allá de las impuestas por la cultura de su tiempo. (…) En todos los trabajos biográficos, quizá con la excepción de La toma del poder de Luis XIV (1966), Rossellini no cesó de reivindicar la racionalidad del individuo como motor de la historia que pone en orden el caos. El desafío lanzado por Rossellini supuso la irrupción de una nueva tensión entre conocimiento y espectáculo en el corazón de las imágenes. ¿Qué significado posee la idea de artista como educador en el audiovisual contemporáneo? Rossellini destruyó la idea de que el cine sólo era posible construirlo desde el cine, un modelo de creación que había estado alimentado desde el interior de la cinefilia, para abrir las películas a las coordenadas de la vida, hacia la búsqueda de una utópica verdad y, posteriormente, ponerlas en relación con la historia del pensamiento occidental. (…)

Su proyecto televisivo se convirtió en una pequeña revolución incomprendida, situada en el territorio de la utopía, y cuestionó los elementos constitutivos de una sociedad del espectáculo que condenaba la cultura y el conocimiento al exilio, para imponer el imperio de las apariencias y de la semi-cultura. Rossellini fue uno de los primeros artistas pensadores que intuyó la auténtica dimensión del desastre que iba a vivir la cultura en la época posmoderna. El cineasta se convirtió en un maestro de escuela dispuesto a enseñar algunas cosas sobre antiguas civilizaciones, a informar sobre los momentos de crisis de la humanidad y sobre el sentido profundo de la memoria histórica.

Ángel Quintana.

La agenda completa del ciclo es la siguiente:

Jueves 16: La toma del poder de Luis XIV

(La prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV; Francia, 1966)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Giulio Cesare Silvagni.

Retrato de los primeros años de reinado del “Rey Sol” en el cual Rossellini reinventa el film de época. La muerte del Cardenal Mazarin, la construcción del Palacio de Versalles, las extravagantes comidas de la corte real, reconstruidos con la misma fascinación por el detalle de sus films neorrealistas sobre la Italia de posguerra. La toma del poder de Luis XIV se anima a llevar a una figura de enorme importancia histórica al nivel de un simple mortal.

“La participación en el guión del historiador Philippe Erlanger por exigencia de la televisión francesa fue un tema controvertido: la pasión de Rossellini por la biografía tradicionalista de Erlanger sobre Luis XIV entraba en contradicción con sus propias ideas sobre las relaciones entre cine e historia. El director era más partidario del método de los historiadores de la denominada ‘Escuela de los Annales’, que reivindicaban una historia más centrada en la descripción de los hechos cotidianos. En cualquier caso, Rossellini acabó haciendo una lectura personal y condujo el film a su propio terreno. Con este trabajo se abre un nuevo camino en las relaciones entre la imagen cinematográfica y la Historia, por un interesante proceso de desdramatización de esta última. La narración avanza a partir de cierta síntesis que constituye una gran innovación respecto de todo el cine de carácter histórico” (Ángel Quintana).

A las 14.30, 17, 19.30 y 22 horas ( 94’ )

Viernes 17: Blaise Pascal

(Francia/Italia, 1972)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini

Con Pierre Arditi, Giuseppe Addobati, Teresa Ricci.

En esta biografía atmosférica y evocativa, Rossellini da vida al filósofo y matemático Blaise Pascal quien, entre la persecución religiosa y la ignorancia, creyó en la armonía entre Dios y la ciencia.

“La intencionalidad didáctica de Rossellini obligaba a informar sobre la filosofía de Pascal pero, a diferencia de Los Hechos de los Apóstoles, no podía partir de la idea de la prédica doctrinaria para transmitir las principales máximas filosóficas. Tampoco el personaje de Pascal era como Sócrates, que expuso su filosofía oralmente a sus discípulos. Rossellini resolvió el problema construyendo escenas en las que Pascal discute con otros personajes y convierte cualquier reflexión filosófica en un hecho enmarcado en la vida cotidiana. Para el realizador, Pascal ejemplificaba el conflicto que surge, a partir del siglo XVII, entre el conocimiento científico y los principios de la fe. Pero Blaise Pascal es también la biografía de una persona débil, atrapada por la enfermedad y el sufrimiento” (Ángel Quintana).

A las 14.30, 18 y 21 horas ( 129’ )

Sábado 18: La toma del poder de Luis XIV

(La prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV; Francia, 1966)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Giulio Cesare Silvagni.

(ver miércoles 15)

A las 14.30 horas ( 94’ )

La era de los Cosimo de Medici

(L'Etá di Cosimo de Medici; Italia., 1972)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Marcello Di Falco, Virginio Gazzolo, Tom Felleghi.

Una saga en tres partes que evoca la vida social, económica y religiosa en la Florencia del siglo XV a través de dos figuras-faro: el banquero Cosimo de Medici y el teórico del arte León Battista Alberti.

“Rossellini se planteó describir el surgimiento de una nueva época: el Renacimiento. La idea inicial era realizar dos films sobre el Quattrocento italiano. El primero, sobre el papel de los Medici en el desarrollo comercial de Florencia, y el otro sobre León Battista Alberti (personaje de uno de los capítulos de La edad del hierro) como figura clave en la difusión de los ideales humanistas. Finalmente mezcló ambas personalidades en un hilo narrativo unitario: una serie que documenta la estructura social, política, económica, artística, científica y cultural de Florencia durante el Renacimiento. La estructura en tres capítulos facilitó a Rossellini la realización de un gran fresco histórico sobre el período” (Ángel Quintana).

( 255’ duración total)

A las 17 horas parte 1 ( 83’ )

A las 19.30 horas parte 2 ( 82’ )

A las 22 horas parte 3 ( 92’ )

Nota: la entrada será válida para ver el film completo en continuado, pero también podrán adquirirse entradas individuales para cada función.

Domingo 19: La toma del poder de Luis XIV

(La prise du pouvoir par Louis XIV; Francia, 1966)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Jean-Marie Patte, Raymond Jourdan, Giulio Cesare Silvagni.

(ver miércoles 15)

A las 14.30 horas ( 94’ )

La era de los Cosimo de Medici

(L'Etá di Cosimo de Medici; Italia., 1972)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Marcello Di Falco, Virginio Gazzolo, Tom Felleghi.

( 255’ duración total)

A las 17 horas parte 1 ( 83’ )

A las 19.30 horas parte 2 ( 82’ )

A las 22 horas parte 3 ( 92’ )

Nota: la entrada será válida para ver el film completo en continuado, pero también podrán adquirirse entradas individuales para cada función.

Martes 21: Cartesius – parte 1

(Francia/Italia, 1973)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Ugo Cardea, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy.

El retrato de Rossellini sobre el “Padre de la filosofía moderna”, René Descartes (en latín, Renatus Cartesius), describe la lucha agónica de este pensador del siglo XVII en sus intentos por demostrar la supremacía de la razón.

“Cartesius es la obra más radical de la producción televisiva de Rossellini. El principal movimiento dramático del film se centra en la observación del proceso de maduración de la trayectoria intelectual del filósofo, entendida como el paso previo para la elaboración del famoso discurso cartesiano. A diferencia de Blaise Pascal, donde se planteaba la gran crisis interior del filósofo y su lucha constante para superar el dolor físico, Rene Descartes aparece siempre como un hombre que actúa según los dictámenes de la razón. Los debates entre ciencia, fe y razón, que marcaron algunas de las biografías anteriores del director, parecen aquí superados. Como en Sócrates, la principal preocupación de Rossellini es filmar las palabras, atrapar las ideas para poder transmitirlas al espectador con la máxima claridad y simplificación”. (Ángel Quintana).

A las 14.30, 17, 19.30 y 22 horas parte 1 ( 74’ )

Miércoles 22: Cartesius – parte 2

(Francia/Italia, 1973)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Ugo Cardea, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy.

A las 14.30, 17, 19.30 y 22 horas parte 2 ( 88’ )

Jueves 23: Cartesius – Versión completa

(Francia/Italia, 1973)

Dirección: Roberto Rossellini.

Con Ugo Cardea, Anne Pouchie, Claude Vertí

A las 14.30, 18 y 21 horas partes 1 y 2 ( 162’ total).


The Wedding Present - The Complete Peel Sessions (1986-2004)



A huge six CD set containing all of the band's Peel sessions and live appearances taken from the legendary John Peel BBC radio show.

Starting out at session one in early 1986 this box set charts the band through their early trademark sound of fast interfering guitars right through to 2004 when then only recently reformed they recorded their last session for the great DJ. Nothing is left out and pretty much something from all the bands albums found its way to being bashed out in the famous Maida Vale studios.

Entrevista a Kelly Reichardt


Versión extendida de la entrevista publicada en el diario Clarín de hoy y que se puede leer aquí.

Su paso por Buenos Aires fue breve, pero dejó secuelas. Los que han podido ver los tres filmes --y los varios cortos-- suyos que el BAFICI presentó en una retrospectiva seguramente no los olvidarán. Ella se llama Kelly Reichardt y es, hoy por hoy, la directora más celebrada y reconocida mundialmente del cine independiente norteamericano.

Reichardt hizo un primer laRgo, "River of Grass", en 1994, y luego se dedicó a la enseñanza e hizo cortos hasta poder financiar su segundo largometraje, "Old Joy" (2006). El filme, premiado en diversos festivales, se caracterizaba por una apuesta hacia la contemplación centrando su historia en dos amigos que emprenden un viaje. Su más reciente filme, "Wendy & Lucy", aún más premiado que el anterior y lanzado en Cannes 2008, tiene como protagonista a Michelle Williams (la que fuera mujer de Heath Ledger), como una joven que decide dejar todo e irse, con su perro, a vivir a Alaska. Pero en su travesía se encuentra con una serie de dificultades.

Antes de volver al norte de Nueva York, donde vive y enseña, Reichardt habló con "Clarín" acerca de su cine y sus influencias. "Enseño cine en la Universidad así que me es difícil saber bien qué es lo que me influencia --dice--. De los norteamericanos me gustan desde Monte Hellman y Todd Haynes hasta Nicholas Ray o Douglas Sirk, pero tal vez la influencia mayor para mí sea la de Abbas Kiarostami. De su cine me gusta cómo mezcla actores profesionales con gente real, la atención que le presta al sonido y su búsqueda del naturalismo".

El cine norteamericano, y aún más el independiente, hace mucho hincapié en el diálogo. Tus películas, en cambio, apuestan más a la contemplación, respetan los silencios...

En mis clases, trato de que los alumnos se acostumbren a narrar visualmente y no se apoyen siempre en diálogos. Creo que mucho cine independiente, el llamado "mumblecore" por ejemplo, depende mucho de los diálogos. Yo trato de alejarme de eso. Cuando escribo guiones me interesan más los detalles de los lugares que las historias. Los personajes son muy internos y tienen que hacer físico lo que les pasa, no ponerlo en palabras. Y cuando hablan no lo hacen para dar información.

Otra cosa llamativa es la extensión de las escenas, los planos largos, alejados del corte habitual, cada vez más rápido, del cine de Hollywood...


Cada cinco segundos hay un corte, es cierto. La verdad es que no veo muchas películas nuevas. Trato de salir y hacer otras cosas. Las que veo tienen que ver con lo que me gusta. Cosas como "Killer of Sheep", de Charles Burnett, que relanzaron el año pasado. Y me gustaron mucho "Luz silenciosa", de Carlos Reygadas, y "Liverpool", de Lisandro Alonso. Me gustan todos los filmes de Alonso. Y sino, vuelvo a ver Ray, Kiarostami o Fassbinder. Cuando viajo y estoy en un hotel, pongo un poco la tele y ahí es donde noto cómo ha cambiado la forma de narrar.

¿Cómo surgió "Wendy & Lucy"?


Con Jonathan (Raymond, su coguionista) pensamos la historia justo después de la reelección de Bush. A eso se sumó lo del huracán Katrina y darnos cuenta de la cantidad de gente que quedaba marginada, afuera del sistema, como cayéndose del mapa. La brecha entre ricos y pobres era más grande que nunca. Wendy es una chica que se da cuenta que no tiene oportunidades y sale a buscar algo mejor. Pero sin el beneficio de la educación, la posición social o el dinero, no puede avanzar. Hay una mitología en mi país que es la de ir al Oeste para triunfar y queríamos mostrar que no siempre es tan así.

Es poco el cine norteamericano que habla de clases sociales, de pobreza...


Es que la gente quiere ver escapismo, ir al cine a distraerse. Eso no me parece mal. Pero tendría que haber espacio para otras cosas. Ultimamente hay películas como "Ballast" o "Goodbye Solo" que hablan de otras cosas. Pero siempre serán para poco público y se verán en las grandes ciudades. Ni siquiera en las ciudades con grandes universidades se están viendo. Los jóvenes no van al cine, se quedan en sus casas con sus computadoras. El cine de arte está muriendo.

Reichardt dice que le costó conseguir financiación para su película, pero que la elección de Williams en el papel principal no fue decisivo. "Tenía el dinero antes de tenerla a ella --dice--. Me siento afuera de la industria, no entiendo como funciona. Es como una comunidad cerrada y hoy no te alcanza ni con tener un actor conocido. Por suerte hay algunas pocas compañías que siguen interesadas en hacer otras cosas."

Reichardt admite que, cuando terminó la película, tenía la sensación de que no había quedado nada bien. De hecho, ni siquiera sabía si iba a ser un largo ("era algo muy chiquito, experimental, que edité en mi departamento durante meses") Y se sorprendió cuando la película fue elegida para Cannes, apareció en muchas listas de críticos como uno de los mejores filmes del año y más aún cuando el filme se mantuvo nueve semanas en cartel en una sala neoyorquina. "Mis expectativas eran muy bajas --confiesa--. Pensé que sólo iba a durar dos".

La directora cuenta que su nuevo proyecto es un western, pero uno muy diferente de los de acción y aventuras que la gente está acostumbrada a ver. "Es minimalista, pero de cualquier manera, para mí, es una producción grande, necesitamos caballos y esas cosas. Será más complicado." ¿Tiene título? "No todavía --dice--, pero internamente la llamamos 'There Won't Be Blood' "

12.4.09

Entrevista a Claudia Llosa


Contra la información: Iraqi Short Films (Lumiere)


Mark Kozelek - Find Me, Ruben Olivares: Live in Spain (2009)



Find Me, Ruben Olivares: Live in Spain is the first of two new live albums released in spring 2009 by Mark Kozelek. Find Me, Ruben Olivares was made available starting from April 1, 2009, available as a free gift with any order of a CD, t-shirt or vinyl purchased from Caldo Verde Records’ website, much like 2008’s giveaway CD 7 Songs Belfast. The limited edition album was recorded live at Lata de Bombillas in Zaragoza on November 28, 2008, and at Be Cool in Barcelona on November 29, 2008.

"El último verano de la Boyita", de Julia Solomonoff (Variety review)


El ultimo verano de La Boyita
(Argentina-Spain-France) A Travesia Producciones, Lucia Seabra, Domenica Films (Argentina)/El Deseo (Spain)/Epicentre Films (France) production. Produced by Jose Oscar Salvia, Maria Teresa Arida, Julia Solomonoff. Executive producer, Salvia. Co-producers, Agustin Almodovar, Esther Garcia, Daniel Chabannes de Sars, Corentin Dong-Jin Senechal. Directed, written by Julia Solomonoff.

With: Guadalupe Alonso, Nicolas Treise, Mirella Pascual, Gabo Correa, Guillermo Pfenning, Maria Clara Merendino, Arnoldo Triese.
(Spanish dialogue)

By ROBERT KOEHLER

Julia Solomonoff recovers somewhat from her disastrous second feature, "Sisters," with the more grounded if underdeveloped coming-of-age tale "The Last Summer of La Boyita." Though the pic starts -- again, unconvincingly -- with two sisters in conflict, the core involves the younger sibling venturing off to a Pampas farm for a summer break from her family, and encountering sexual curiosities amid the bulls and fields. With universally familiar Argentine tropes and images on ample display, this is a project clearly designed for international export, and will sell accordingly, including a good chance in the hard-to-get Stateside market.

Derived from the writer-director's childhood experiences, the film's self-declared summery mood conceals a dark and disturbed period in the 1970s, during Argentina's long military dictatorship. Indeed, the entire work is conceived as softly as possible to appeal to auds, especially those who associate rural Argentina with cattle-strewn landscapes and gauchos, while retaining a few of the realist touches of far more unsparing pics-in-the-sticks such as Albertina Carri's "La rabia" and Alejo Taube's "Una de dos."

The oddest link, though, is with Lucia Puenzo's modest hit, "XXY," which also explored adolescent hermaphroditism. The suggestion of some kind of national obsession with the unusual sexual condition became the talk of Buenos Aires fest crowds after the world preem screening.

Weakest section is the opener, in which little but precocious Jorgelina (a bright Guadalupe Alonso) is bothered by the behavior of older sis Luciana (Maria Clara Merendino), as she refuses to take dips in the river near their family's camping trailer (known as a "La Boyita"). Luciana is starting to have her periods, a prospect Jorgelina views with disgust. Her problems compounded by sibling sniping and their parents' considerable strain, Jorgelina is sent to a ranch and some supposed peace and quiet.

There, on a big spread with plenty of space for cattle and horses, Jorgelina's attention -- and the film's -- focuses on ranch hand Mario (Nicolas Treise), a hard-working young urchin who lives in one of the barns. Jorgelina senses something special about the physically intense but emotionally withdrawn boy.

The two share books, horse rides and long, empty stretches of wandering and talking, but a few details come through that finally shift the story's concerns. Luciana's realization that Mario has both male and female organs doesn't horrify her, but it doesn't do much else, either.

The conceptual weakness of Solomonoff's film is that it barely develops any of the emotional or dramatic ideas that seep to the surface, and insists on containing Jorgelina as a character merely reacting to things around her. Thus, it's impossible to detect that the girl has really gained any fresh insights after her adventure. This may be why "Last Summer" doesn't so much conclude as come to a halt.

Careful casting (credited to Maria Laura Berch) of the young leads is crucial to whatever real success the pic has, with Alonso and Treise urged to behave as naturally with each other as possible. Adult actors are merely along for the ride.

Lucio Bonelli's expressive, sun-drenched cinematography is in line with the textured, realist look of much of auteurist Argentine cinema, and the lack of music is a plus.

Camera (color), Lucio Bonelli; editors, Andres Tambornino, Rosario Suarez; music, Sebastian Escofet; production designer, Mariela Ripodas; costume designer, Natalia Vacs; sound (Dolby Digital), Adriano Salgado; sound designer, Lena Esquenazi; re-recording mixer, Diego Gat; casting, Maria Laura Berch. Reviewed at Buenos Aires Film Festival, March 30, 2009. Running time: 88 MIN.

10.4.09

"Castro", de Alejo Moguillansky (Variety Review)


(Argentina) An El Pampero Cine/Costa Films presentation, in association with Universidad del Cine. Produced by Mariano Llinas, Laura Citarella. Executive producer, Eduardo Costantini. Directed, written, edited by Alejo Moguillansky, based on the novel "Murphy" by Samuel Beckett.

With: Edgardo Castro, Julia Martinez Rubio, Alberto Suarez, Carla Crespo, Esteban Lamothe, Gerardo Naumann, Rita Carou, Fernando Llosa, Julian Tello, Esteban Bigliardi, Laura Paredes, Walter Jacob, Luciana Acuna.
A sneaky, frantic and smart creation from the filmmaking team based at Buenos Aires shingle El Pampero Cine, "Castro" is a genuinely original (and oh-so-loose) variation on Samuel Beckett's novel "Murphy," in which a neurotic husband tries to get away from his wife. When they're not running at full gallop through much of the film, they're talking at nearly the speed of light, all of which compounds the rush of heady absurdity that will distinguish writer-director Alejo Moguillansky's film in the international marketplace. Top prize at the Buenos Aires fest will hardly hurt its prospects of breaking beyond local-cine haunts.

If the previous El Pampero project, "Extraordinary Stories" (which Moguillansky edited for director Mariano Llanas, who produces here), drew on fiction writer Adolfo Bioy-Casares for inspiration, "Castro" pulls as much from the early action movies of William Friedkin and the films of Jacques Rivette as it does from Beckett, to create an absurdist effect with high-wire tension.

Moguillansky preserves a central conceit from "Murphy": a set of characters who are in constant motion in pursuit of a title character who would just as soon check out of the rat race and sever ties with his past. The difference here is that Castro (Edgardo Castro) is no longer Beckett's inert, static hero; he's running from the first frame, chased by a bunch of guys hired by peeved wife Rebeca Thompson(Carla Crespo).

The giddy sensation of watching characters inexplicably running full-speed through busy city streets, sometimes involving difficult stunt maneuvers (supervised by choreographer Luciana Acuna), is like experiencing a postmodern Mack Sennett two-reeler filtered through Rivette's "Celine and Julie Go Boating." The more extended the pursuit, the funnier"Castro" becomes, and it's fair to assume most auds won't have seen anything quite like it.

Underlying the antics -- which involve some car stunts that must be seen to be believed for their charming, non-CGI appearance -- is the sad tale of a man who's convinced that he's through with his wife, and that he'll lose his sense of identity if he gets a job. Among his many issues, though, is that g.f. Celia (Julia Martinez Rubio, the unofficial star of El Pampero's little cosmos) demands that he land one, or else she'll dump him.

Nobody, on the other hand, messes with Rebeca, who bosses around a motley crew of hapless underlings charged with finding Castro: Acuna (Esteban Lamothe), hopping around on crutches; Willie (Gerardo Naumann); and Samuel (Alberto Suarez), whose nefarious secret messages are part of the film's nonplot "plot," designed by Moguillansky to make a mockery of movie plotting itself.

True to Beckett, little changes in the end -- how could it? -- but the final images could become a classic moment in contemporary Argentine film.

While Argentine listeners who know the cast members from their many notable stage appearances will enjoy the ultra-rapid-fire line deliveries (frequently at a persistent monotone Rubio and Crespo have totally mastered), non-Spanish listeners will have to work hard to keep up with the subtitles, but no more than with some of those talk-filled stretches in Eric Rohmer films. Cast is aces up and down the line, with Castro's Castro a melancholy portrait of a modern man yearning for some kind of escape.

Projected vid image was a bit blown out, but Gustavo Biazzi's lensing comes through beautifully nonetheless. Ulises Conti's piano-based score has its vital cues, and some that are a bit twee.

Camera (color, DV, Super 16), Gustavo Biazzi; music, Ulises Conti; production designer, Ana Cambre; sound (Dolby Digital), Rodrigo Sanchez; choreographer, Luciana Acuna. Reviewed at Buenos Aires Film Festival, April 1, 2009. Running time: 88 MIN.

9.4.09

Juana Molina: A Swirling Sonic Dreamland (Live on NPR World Café)



April 9, 2009 -
After a stint on TV in her native Argentina, Juana Molina has made a name for herself by crafting intricate soundscapes reflective of her native culture. It's easy to get lost in her mix of acoustic guitar, ambient electronica and soothing vocals. Molina is known for writing, mixing and performing her otherworldly tracks, as she carefully assembles each fragile piece with homemade loops and recording equipment.

Following the more natural approach to songwriting of her album Son, Molina's new fifth album, Un Dia, marks a departure from previous works. Though the disc retains her intimate sound, its hypnotically pulsing rhythms weave between dissonant melodies and swooning looped vocals to create a textured sonic landscape.

In this session, Molina discusses how her sitcom celebrity influenced her career as a musician, as well as the elements that make her sound accessible to both Spanish-speaking and non-Spanish-speaking audiences.


Criticas de cine: 09/04/08


Crítica de "Belle toujours", de Manoel de Oliveira

Link (Clarín)



Crítica de "El niño pez", de Lucía Puenzo


Crítica de "El telón de azúcar", de Camila Guzmán