Neruda, 2016. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Gael García Bernal, Luis Gnecco, and Mercedes Morán. SYNOPSIS: A revered poet and politician is forced into refuge after clashing with the Chilean government. A complicated game of cat and mouse ensues between the poet and the police officer assigned to arrest him. Taking the conflict between poet and political […]
Pablo Larrain replaces Kathryn Bigelow on True American
Jackie and Neruda director Pablo Larrain has signed on to replace Kathryn Bigelow on True American, Annapurna Pictures’ upcoming adaptation of Anand Giriharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas. Taking place in Texas in the days following 9/11, the film follows “Rais Bhuiyan, a Muslim immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran […]
Movie Review – Jackie (2016)
Jackie, 2016. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup and John Hurt. SYNOPSIS: The assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, his funeral and the days immediately afterwards are related from the perspective of his wife, Jackie. One of the most shocking moments in 20th century history, one that reverberated around […]
Movie Review – The Club (2015)
The Club, 2015. Directed by Pablo Larrain. Starring Alfredo Castran, Roberto Farias, Antonia Zegers, Jaime Vadell, Alejandro Goic, Alejandro Sieveking, Marcelo Alonso, Jose Soza and Francisco Reyes. SYNOPSIS: A crisis counsellor is sent by the Catholic Church to a small Chilean beach town where disgraced members of the clergy, suspected of crimes ranging from child […]