Tag: Sebastián Silva
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Rotting in the Sun review – self-mocking whodunnit with a jawdropping twist
An obnoxious influencer pitches a TV project to an entitled director in this deeply unflattering portrait of privilege that quickly becomes a crime storySebastián Silva’s slippery black comedy begins something like a cross between Curb Your Enthusiasm and Girls. Silva plays a version of himself, a film director called Sebastián Silva living in Mexico City;…
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‘The Eternal Memory’ Trailer: Director Maite Alberdi Explores Chilean History & Trauma Through Memory & A Great Love
In 2017, we put a feature together on the burgeoning Chilean New Wave of cinema: Beyond Pablo Larraín: 6 Chilean Directors You Should Know. They included filmmakers you probably are very familiar with, including Sebastián Lelio and Sebastián Silva. But cut to six years later, if we updated it, there would be many more— many…
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Sebastián Silva’s Gay Sundance Comedy ‘Rotting in the Sun’ Acquired by Mubi (Exclusive)
Sebastián Silva’s Mexico-set meta-comedy “Rotting in the Sun” has finally found a home in the U.S. and elsewhere after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023.IndieWire exclusively shares that Mubi has acquired the rights to the latest button-pushing work from the filmmaker behind “The Maid,” “Nasty Baby,” and “Crystal Fairy.” The Park City…