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Películas @ About.com:

2011-03-10T13:06:00.002-05:00

Estimados lectores, la falta de actividad en los últimos meses no se debe a que he dejado de escribir sobre cine, sino que he estado escribiendo en About.com, el popular sitio parte de The New York Times Company. Soy el nuevo guía de películas en español, y aunque eventualmente seguiré actualizando este blog, el sitio de About demandará lo suficiente para mantenerme ocupado. Por favor, visiten

Could You Please Pinch Me?

2010-11-24T15:02:00.008-05:00

Note: This post has a Spanish version below. Nota: Este artículo tiene una versión en español abajo. Yes, I know, it's just a tweet, it's only 119 characters. Yes, this story may end up with hundreds of authors... but I'm one of them! Yesterday I read the news about Tim Burton (Big Fish, Batman, Corpse Bride, etc.) inviting the Twitter world to co-write a story through tweets. And there I am;

Amazon Studios: The End of Submission Fees

2010-11-18T22:29:00.003-05:00

Yes, it's too good to be true. But it's true... Amazon.com is today not only the biggest shopping mall in the world, but also a case-study of the most accurate e-commerce model—with the best customer service. They revolutionized the world of retail since their beginnings, and revolutionized the world of e-books a couple of years ago with Kindle. But this wasn't enough, because they realized

Cinema Tropical Awards

2010-10-27T00:53:00.005-04:00

On Friday night I was lucky enough to participate in a little piece of history for Latin American films in New York. Cinema Tropical held a fantastic awards ceremony in the Times Center: The 10 Best Latin American Films of the Decade. Filmmakers Lucrecia Martel, Carlos Reygadas, and Felipe Lacerda were among the stars of the night that wouldn't be possible without the tireless work of Carlos

El Alpedornauta

2010-09-10T13:48:00.003-04:00

Es un honor y placer compartir con ustedes el blog de un gran amigo, pensador, escritor, y por sobre todas las cosas, un tipo que está al pedo. ¡Y cómo influencia! Este artículo de su blog es una gran muestra: El Posmodernismo y el Fin de los Grandes Relatos Y ya que el Alpedornauta la cita, aquí también tienen la entrevista a Ágnes Heller en la Revista Ñ. Disfruten y reflexionen... Foto:

SANFIC 6 entregó premios

2010-08-24T11:44:00.003-04:00

SANFIC (Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine), es, según sus organizadores, "una plataforma cinematográfica, cultural, artística, industrial, educativa y un símbolo privilegiado de la ciudad y el país." En la sexta versión del festival, SANFIC6, el festival propuso dos competencias de largometrajes: una internacional y otra de cine chileno. A continuación los galardonados: Competencia

Just One Kiss

2010-07-28T12:06:00.011-04:00

July 16 was the release date for two very different movies: Inception (Christopher Nolan) and Kisses (Lance Daly). They differ in a few ways: 1) Nolan is an accomplished filmmaker known world wide, and Daly, an up and coming filmmaker based in Ireland, but not well known in America.2) Nolan's film is a sci-fi with a budget of $160M. Daly's film is a drama about two kids that run away from home

El Secreto de Campanella

2010-06-27T11:22:00.001-04:00

El escritor/director de cine y televisión Juan José Campanella logró la fama internacional al ganar a comienzos del año el Oscar a mejor película extranjera con El Secreto de Sus Ojos. Pero para muchos, él ya gozaba de merecida fama por películas como Luna de Avellaneda (2004) y El Hijo de la Novia (2001), esta última también nominada al Oscar a mejor película extranjera. Por si esto fuera poco,

¡Costó un Perú!

2010-05-24T15:01:00.005-04:00

La película Octubre, de los hermanos peruanos Diego y Daniel Vega, ha ganado el Premio del Jurado en el super prestigioso Festival de Cannes, sección "Una Cierta Mirada". Es la primera vez que una película peruana logra semejante premio, y es un orgullo latinoamericano para toda la región, especialmente porque se trata de un film de bajísimo presupuesto ($75,000) y alta sensibilidad. En la

From Havana to New York

2010-04-09T22:31:00.004-04:00

Every year since 2000, the Havana Film Festival New York brings the best of Latin American cinema to the city that never sleeps. This year —the 11th in a row— the festival will be held from April 16 through 23. People will have the chance to not only see more than 40 films from most of the Latin American countries, but also to chat and ask questions to many of the guest filmmakers. In this

V-me wants you to C-it

2010-03-07T22:07:00.005-05:00

V-me, the Spanish television network, celebrates its third anniversary in March with a new line-up of entertainment content in Spanish. With more than two dozen new series, all U.S. Hispanic premieres, V-me combines new original productions with acquisitions from world-class producers including PRISA, BBC, National Geographic, Artear, Turner Latin America, and Off-the-Fence. "V-me brings quality

Iberoamérica viaja a Berlín

2010-02-08T19:54:00.008-05:00

A partir del 11 de febrero el Festival Internacional de Cine de Berlín (más conocido como la Berlinale), abrirá sus puertas nuevamente, acogiendo no sólo a películas que competirán por el famoso Oso de Oro, sino también a diversas iniciativas que transcurren en paralelo al festival, como ser el Talent Campus o el Co-Production Market. Cinco películas hispanas participarán de este mercado

From Here And There

2010-01-17T10:59:00.009-05:00

Two Latino films open this month. One of them is from the Bronx, New York. The other one is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Although the stories are very different —even the genres—, both main characters share an important condition: the need of a change. Falling Awake (2009), written and directed by Cuban born Agustín (El Vacilón, 2009), tells the story of a young Latino musician in the Bronx,

The Ten Best Latin American Films of the Decade

2009-12-28T10:29:00.012-05:00

Cinema Tropical has compiled a list of the Top Ten Latin American Films of the Decade (2000-2009), based on a survey of distinguished critics, scholars and film professionals based in the New York City area. I was invited and honored to be one of them. This first-ever survey of its kind was culled from 35 prominent local voices in film whose work has been devoted to the promotion and

Tres Microrrelatos Tres

2009-11-17T22:27:00.003-05:00

Ejercicios de 250 palabras para un concurso de microrrelatos de abogados en España.RECOGIENDO FRUTOSPalabras: litigio, vendimia, denuncia, globo, tecladoEra irracional sentirse tan desesperanzado, vacío como un globo desinflado; aquella tarde me faltaba el aire. Comprendí que no podía seguir priorizando expedientes y tribunales por sobre el resto de mi vida. El último litigio perdido —el soldador

10 Selected Tweets @pablogoldbarg

2009-10-25T23:43:00.008-04:00

“El camino se hizo más angosto, y las personas empezaron a comprimirse como si fuesen dedos estrujados por las garras de un gigante.” “Today at the NYC marathon there was a couple (she 85; he 75) running while I was kissing a bagel with cream cheese.” “Should I quit coffee or writing?” “¿Cómo animarse, desde la cotidianidad arropada de un día cualquiera, a escribir sobre el artista que

Luz, Cámara, Acción

2009-09-23T23:40:00.001-04:00

"Se enciende la luz sobre la cámara, entran al restaurante técnicos, asistentes de producción, avanzan hacia mi mesa cuidando los cables, periodista con micrófono en mano. ¿Es a mí? Sí, sí. Creo que me gané un premio, ¡estoy en televisión! Mi corazón late más fuerte, no puedo evitar sonreír, asombrarme, dejar de comer. ¿Será una invitación a algún programa de preguntas y

Writing at Grub Street

2009-08-18T00:03:00.003-04:00

Writing exercise @ Boston's Grub Street workshop:1) You must use a "blue bike"2) You must include the quote "If you do it again, I’ll cut your xxxxx off."3) One character must be Hannah Sheets, an olympian.4) You have 15 minutes to come up with a story. The StoryHannah Sheets didn’t want to be recognized for anyone in the street after such a disappointing performance in the Olympics. She was

Los Libros de Cortázar

2009-07-20T00:24:00.006-04:00

Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) es considerado uno de los autores más innovadores y originales de todos los tiempos; un maestro del relato corto, la prosa poética y la narración breve en general. Pero sus cuentos no fueron únicos hitos en la historia de la literatura: su novela Rayuela (1963) inauguró una nueva forma de hacer literatura en Latinoamérica, rompiendo los moldes clásicos mediante

My 2009 Movie Rentals Favorites So Far

2009-06-27T18:28:00.001-04:00

This is a list of the best movies I rented in the first half of this year 2009. Some of them are old, but who doesn't have an old list of must watch in the drawers? So, if you ran out of options, or if you are not interested in watching any new releases, here a list of nice independent films:Synecdoche, New York(USA, 2008)by Charlie KaufmanSon of Rambow(England, 2007)by Garth JenningsThe Lives of

Tribeca 2009: School Desk

2009-05-26T13:45:00.002-04:00

Picture this: you tell your family and friends that you have an idea for a new movie about a Colombian woman coming to the U.S. with her two children and husband. Two weeks after arrival, he abandons them, she then must struggle as a single mother against all odds: including hunger, homelessness, a home-made abortion. Your friends will probably think this story is too much; not realistic.Well,

Tribeca 2009: In The Bottom

2009-04-27T12:12:00.001-04:00

Like she did in her debut film XXY (2007), the first sequences of writer/director Lucía Puenzo’s El Niño Pez (The Fish Child, 2009) submerge us in a dream-like submarine world. While the beginning credits fade in and out we can fly (well, swim) in our imagination and recollection of memories. According to Roland Barthes, the ultimate goal of any literary work is to make the reader participate as

7 Soles: Interview with Pedro Ultreras and Gustavo Sánchez Parra

2009-03-21T12:09:00.001-04:00

This U.S. premiere marks the beginning of the filmmaking career for writer-director Pedro Ultreras, a three times Emmy-nominated Mexican journalist who worked for Telemundo among others, now living in New York. The movie depicts faithfully how the immigrants are treated during their journeys to the U.S., searching with hope for a better future. “El Negro” (Gustavo Sánchez Parra) is hired to

Feeding The Pigeons

2009-02-10T13:16:00.001-05:00

The smart use of talented kids in film and television is a guaranteed formula for success. We will never forget Gary Coleman in the television series Different Strokes, Haley Joel Osment in The Sixth Sense (1999,) and so many others in advertising. It automatically grabs our attention and wins our hearts, even if the story is not so good. But nobody since Larry Clark/Harmony Korine’s Kids (1995)

Indy 2008 Honors Key Figures

2008-12-29T11:25:00.002-05:00

This year has gone like the wind and most of the films I watched were what is usually called "independent". Today there is a blur line to divide independent films from non-independent, probably because the big studios already took over the independent film world to what they consider a market with budgets under $10M. But we know most of the real indy films sometimes have budgets under $1M. Anyway