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Ken Korman on Pablo Larrain's Oscar-nominated political thriller by Ken Korman Argo meets TV's Mad Men in No, an engaging, Oscar-nominated political thriller from Chilean director Pablo Larrain. No tells the fictionalized story of Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), an advertising man in 1988 Chile who uses techniques borrowed from American TV to power an election campaign that would topple dictator Augusto Pinochet's 15-year reign ? but only if he can persuade a reluctant and fearful electorate to vote "no" in a referendum called solely to placate Pinochet's international critics.? [ Read more ]

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