Many Costa Ricans are beholden to “Jurassic Park” because Michael Crichton found inspiration in Isla del Coco, the nation’s remote Pacific island and the basis for Isla Nublar.
The 2014 International Cinema Festival will explore the concept of peaceful coexistence from a variety of angles, by way of 73 different features and shorts.
Founded in Switzerland in 2003, Shnit is billed as a “shortfilmfestival” that screens at various “playgrounds” around the world. (Aside from San José, playgrounds include Bangkok, Cairo, and Kyoto, among other cities.)
If you’ve ever wondered what a dystopian, 80s-style, surfing-based action movie filmed in Costa Rica would look like, 2015 may be the year you find out.
Nothing says “cosmopolitan” like an international film festival, and thanks to Cine Magaly, San José will host two weeks of European films in this charming downtown cinema.
The real highlight of the evening was the arrival of the original Italia 90 players. Most of those World Cup teammates have lived quiet lives since the mid-1990s, and the chance to see them together in public was a rare treat.
By Hollywood standards, “Presos” barely qualifies as an independent film: The production’s total budget is about $600,000, and there are about 35 speaking roles, plus extras.
