There are some movies that, via conception, feel like creatively taking their idea to the breaking point. El Conde (2023), which reimagines a real-life dictator as a two-and-a-half-century-old vampire, feels like one…
Tag: Guillermo Calderón
After a successful US-backed coup in the 1970s, the dictator Augusto Pinochet ruled the South American Republic of Chile for nearly two decades, from 1973 to 1990. During that period, which is…
Few movie makers are brave enough to use biting satire and razor-sharp wit to visualize the dark chapters of history. Pablo Larrain, who is a master at historical drama, does that with…
Burning Patience (2022): Romance is a genre that I have often observed people either loving or hating. Some find the fantasy elusive, while the same elusiveness makes some others cherish it. Often…