Alarm over Film Museum archive after new storage site floods
The Buenos Aires film community sounded the alarm on Wednesday after heavy rain flooded the new storage facility of the Pablo Ducrós Hicken...
Agustin MangoOctober 13, 20260
The Victors: a fresh and unsettling take on Malvinas lands right on time
In Argentina, where independent films can take years to make and even longer to reach theaters, it is rare for one to premiere...
Agustin MangoSeptember 13, 20260
The evolving ritual of Buenos Aires coffee
“Who was the first person to serve you coffee?” Coffee expert and journalist Sabrina Cuculiansky always poses that question when trying to explain...
Agustin MangoSeptember 12, 20260
Los Sorias: the legendary Argentine book that remains a secret abroad
The longest Argentine novel ever written, Los Sorias survived as a single manuscript for a decade before it was finally published — and...
Agustin MangoAugust 14, 20260
Buenos Aires film clubs offer an antidote to the algorithm
Buenos Aires’ cinephiles are going back to basics: getting together to watch good films. Anywhere. As blockbuster releases clog multiplex theaters and isolated...
Agustin MangoAugust 7, 20260
The woman who built modern Argentine cinema
Lita Stantic directed only one film but managed to change Argentine cinema forever. The 85-year-old producer, whose decades-long work is the object of...
Agustin MangoJuly 9, 20260
Get Out!: Locro feasts, new tango, and Richard Linklater
Yes, this weekend it’s all about Argentina’s quarterfinals match against Switzerland. But there is life apart from the World Cup (apparently), and Independence...
Agustin MangoJuly 8, 20260
Argentine film community rallies to defend ousted film museum director
The Argentine film community is in an uproar over the firing of Buenos Aires Film Museum director Paula Félix-Didier, who confirmed on Friday...
Agustin MangoJune 19, 20260
Family, inspiration and intimacy: Borges love for English
Long before Jorge Luis Borges became one of the world’s most influential writers in the Spanish language, English was already woven into his...
Agustin MangoJune 13, 20260
Playwright Lola Arias on war, hate, and the insanity of labeling artists state parasites
Ten years after Minefield transformed the Malvinas War into a haunting piece of documentary theater, Argentine playwright Lola Arias is still asking the...
Agustin MangoJune 9, 20260
