News of cinema

Work or freedom? New film 'Los delincuentes' poses viewers a dilemma

18-05-2023 20:59 Rodrigo Moreno's latest movie, focusing on a heist by two unassuming bank clerks, draws acclaim at Cannes.

NEW NETFLIX SERIES

Ricardo Darín to star in 'El Eternauta' Netflix series

25-04-2023 13:28 Legendary actor Ricardo Darín, the lead in the multi-award-winning film 'Argentina, 1985,' has announced that he will star in a new Netflix series based on the famous comics, 'El Eternauta.'

ARGENTINA AT THE OSCARS

Moreno Ocampo: Oscar hopeful 'Argentina, 1985' offers lessons on democracy

09-03-2023 09:03 Luis Moreno Ocampo was just 32 years old and had no trial experience when he was summoned to prosecute the leaders of the military junta as the brutal 1976-1985 dictatorship came to an end – a story retold in Oscar-nominated film 'Argentina, 1985.'

PERFORMING ARTS

Revive your spirit with cultural feast in Colonia del Sacramento

24-09-2022 06:00 The plague of Covid-19 has receded and Uruguay’s Festival Internacional de Colonia is returning for its fifth edition.

by Robert Cox

Theatre

Filmmaker Juan José Campanella returns a theatre to Buenos Aires

21-06-2022 14:48 Oscar-winning Argentine filmmaker Juan José Campanella has brought the Teatro Politeama back to life, boosting theatrical offerings for porteños in the aftermath of the pandemic.

TV & Film

Argentine TV series 'El Reino' wins big at Platino Awards in Madrid

02-05-2022 15:42 Argentine series, titled in English 'The Kingdom,' won multiple honours Sunday night at the Platino Awards, an event that rewards the best of the Ibero-American audiovisual world.

FILM & CINEMA

Spanish film explores trauma of 2015 Bataclan massacre

15-02-2022 14:18 Argentine actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart and French actress Noémie Merlant star in 'One Year, One Night,' as a young couple who survive the Bataclan concert hall attack but struggle to piece their lives back together in the aftermath.

FILM & CINEMA

Oscar winner Armando Bó to direct film based on ex-Herald editor Robert Cox

04-12-2021 00:30 Scribe behind Oscar-winning feature 'Birdman' to bring the Buenos Aires Herald newspaper to the silver screen. Film will look at former editor Robert Cox’s struggle to confront the military dictatorship about its crimes through the eyes of him and his family.

by James Grainger

OBITUARY

Filmmaker David 'Coco' Blaustein dies aged 86

18-08-2021 20:55 Documentary film-maker David Blaustein has died of a stroke at the age of 68, Culture Ministry confirms.

Coroanvirus pandemic

Cinemas, theatres and cultural spaces in City reopen at 30% capacity

18-06-2021 03:50 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta confirms that, starting Friday, cultural venues can “raise the curtain” once more after a long shutdown during the coronavirus pandemic.

Cinema

'Hamilton' creator celebrates Latino immigrant roots with 'In The Heights'

09-06-2021 01:23 Warner Bros.' big-screen version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In The Heights" arrives in US theaters Thursday — a lavish production that puts Latino stories, stars and filmmakers front and center.