Happiness is coming? Happiness is here! Say ‘Yes’ to our interview with Pablo Larrain, the director of No; a recent nominee for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Simon Miraudo delivers his review of that movie – perhaps the best of 2013 so far – at the end of the episode. [audio https://qfxblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/talk-hard-no.mp3] Show Notes: Apologies […]
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Interview: Pablo Larrain (No)
April 18, 2013 
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By Simon Miraudo April 18, 2013 Pablo Larrain is over it. After three consecutive films detailing life under General Augusto Pinochet in his home country of Chile, he is eager to tackle a different subject. Thankfully, his unofficial trilogy of darkly comic social commentaries is capped with his best feature yet: No. It follows the […]
Continue readingThe medium is the message – No review
February 18, 2013 0 Comments
By Simon Miraudo February 18, 2013 It’s the rare movie that celebrates marketing minds. Even the heroes of TV’s Mad Men are presented as having questionable professional ethics, what with their uncanny ability to peddle cigarettes and their willingness to promote such blights on U.S. culture as Richard Nixon and jai alai. Pablo Larraín‘s No […]
Continue readingMIFF bringing big batch of Cannes titles to fest
June 21, 2012 1 Comment
Not much more than two weeks after we had the First Glimpse release, Melbourne International Film Festival have announced another load of films, this time highlighting the haul of over 35 features they picked up from Cannes. As well as previously announced big hitting flicks such as the Palme d’Or winner Amour and Wes Anderson’s […]
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