No

It’s a strange notion that happiness can be packaged and bought like a bottle of ketchup. But in order for Chileans to overthrow their dictatorship in a 1988 election, this is what had to happen—enough citizens had to buy into the idea of a future state of happiness. And, as is the case for most products, happiness had to be advertised. Pablo Larrain’s fourth film and third installment of his trilogy about Chile’s dictatorship, No tells the story of how an advertising campaign for happiness overthrew 15 years of tyrannical rule....  read more

Lollapalooza Chile 2013 Lineup Announced

The 2013 edition of Lollapalooza Chile has announced its lineup, sampling from a wide variety of acts and genres. The headliners will be rockers Pearl Jam and the Black Keys. In addition, acts including Deadmau5, The Killers, Queens of the Stone Age and Nas will participate in the festival....  read more

The Chilean Building (El Edificio de los Chilenos)

Let’s start with the safe claim that family dynamics are one of the most deeply felt parts of anyone’s life. It’s biologically ingrained in us to not only need parents, but to want to need them, too. In her documentary, The Chilean Building (El Edificio de los Chilenos), Macarena Aguiló explores a microcosm of blood bonds and how this innate desire plays out when extraneous circumstances force parent-child relationships to take a new shape. What begins by seeming like an artful news story about the children of Chile’s 1970s revolutionaries ultimately amounts to a case study of a simple human...  read more

Pixies Play Special 33-Song Set for Chilean Miners

They may not be getting their own reality show, but the rescued Chilean miners got a pretty cool tribute last night....  read more