International: Latin America

ABRACADAVER International Trailer: Hulu to Stream Mexican Heist Comedy, Starting This Wednesday

Starting this Wednesday Hulu subscribers can watch Pancho Rodriguez's heist comedy Abracadaver. Our friend Guido Rud of FilmSharks out of Buenos Aires produced the flick with Rodriguez.    A teaser and trailer were released recently. Check them both out, down...

Toronto 2024 Review: CARNIVAL IS OVER, Neo-Noir Thriller Packed With Humor, Danger and Twists

Leandra Lea and Irandhir Santos star in Fernando Coimbra's third feature, a contemporary noir based in Rio.

EUREKA Review: Swimming With Fascinating Ideas

Viggo Mortensen and Chiara Mastroianni star in Lisandro Alonso's new film.

NO ENTRES/DO NOT ENTER International Trailer: New Found Footage Screamer From MORGUE's Hugo J. Cardozo

Two YouTuber friends decide to enter a forbidden place that will become the worst nightmare of their lives.

1978 Official Trailer: The Onetti Brothers Disrupt The Beautiful Game, With Hard Violence!

During the World Cup final between Argentina and Holland, in times of military dictatorship, a group of torturers violently breaks into a home and kidnaps a group of young people to take them to a clandestine detention center.   What...

DOMINIQUE Official Trailer: Revenge Has (Another) New Name

Dominique is a brilliant assassin left for dead in a small South American village. After the only man she cares about is savagely killed, Dominique sacrifices herself to protect his innocent family and trains them to wage a war against...

1978: First Images From The New Horror Flick by The Onetti Brothers

Well, from the looks of it the Onetti Brothers - Luciano and Nico - (Abrakadabra, What The Waters Left Behind) are back with another dose of hardcore horror from Argentina. The first look at their new film, 1978, have been...

Locarno 2024 Interview: MEXICO 86 Director César Diáz on Blending Personal Trauma with Political Thrillers, Mother-Son Relationships, Guatemala's Dark History

Belgian-Guatemalan filmmaker César Díaz delves deeper into his personal past with his latest film, which intertwines the intimate struggles of family with the broader socio-political turmoil of the Guatemalan Civil War.

Locarno 2024 Review: MEXICO 86, Revolution and Motherhood Collide

Directed by César Díaz, the film delves into the intense conflict between revolutionary ideals and maternal duty, set against the politically charged backdrop of 1980s Mexico.

WOMEN IN BLUE (LAS AZULES) Review: Mexican Knights

Barbara Mori, Ximena Sariñana, Natalia Téllez and Amorita Rasgado star as Mexico's first female police officers in a new series, debuting on Apple TV+.

Fantasia 2024 Review: PARVULOS, Coming of Age in The Darkest of Ages

Three brothers, Salvador, Oliver and Benjamin, have been forced to fend for themselves, holed up in a stone house in the middle of the forest. Their family fled there after a catastrophic event wiped out large swaths of the population....

Sanfic-Morbido Lab Announces 2024 Lineup

The fifth edition of the Santiago Int’l Film Festival’s Morbido Lab announced the six titles participating this year.   Variety reports that Coffee Table's Caye Cesas and Eli Roth's former co-writer Guillermo Amoedo will have projects there this year. Mi...

BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL Blu-ray Review: Stop Swindling Me

Glauber Rocha's trail-blazing existential Western paints deserts and hinterlands in black and white. And red. Now available from the Criterion Collection.

Tarsem Singh's THE FALL: 4K Restoration Will Stream on MUBI This September

Tarsem Singh's incredible The Fall has gotten a 4K restoration and MUBI have announced that they'll stram it on their platform at the end of September. The following territories will be able to do so: US, Canada, Latin America, the UK,...

RITA: Shudder Announces Acquisition of Jayro Bustamante's Fantasy

Shudder have announced that they have acquired Jayro Bustamante's latest pic Rita and will release it on the platform on November 22nd. Rita will have its World Premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival on Thursday, July 25th.    Thirteen-year-old Rita...

MAR.IA: Oh Great, A.I. is Taking Over Porn, And Not in a Good Way

Funny. We know we'd come across the Argentine horror flick MAR.IA recently. Not because of the porn, wierdos, but because we've covered films from its co-directors Gabriel Crieco and Nicanor Loreti over the years so we were sure we had talked...

CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT Interview: Director Tomás Gómez Bustillo Talks His Magical Ghost Story

Tomás Gómez Bustillo wears glasses and a warm but reserved smile. The second this young director realizes he is speaking to another Argentine, we switch to Spanish, and his sentences become longer, peppered with curses, as we like to do....

CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT Review: High Concept, Gentle Humor, Constant Surprises

Tomás Gómez Bustillo directed, Monica Villa and Horacio Anibal Marassi star in a magical realist triumph from Argentina.

ALGUIEN ESTA EN LA PUERTA (SOMEONE'S AT THE DOOR) Teaser Trailer For Adrian Garcia Bogliano's New Film

Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Here's a teaser trailer and first image from Someone's At The Door (Alguien esta en la puerta), the new movie from Adrian Garcia Bogliano (La exorcista, Here Comes The Devil).   Variety had the...

PÁRVULOS Exclusive: New Images From Isaac Ezban's Coming-of-Age Horror Flick

Three young brothers living in a cabin in the middle of the woods hide a dark, disturbing secret in their basement.