Any person who spent their teenage years in Latin America in the mid-90s will have danced to “Bolero Falaz”, one of Colombian rock band Aterciopelados’ biggest hits. And who was the mastermind behind that amazingly catchy track? Not... Read Article
I set about watching Liverpool with enthusiasm, thinking I was about to discover a gem of the Argentinean B-class film industry. Unknown actors, a storyline that didn’t give much away, the barren landscape of the south of Argentina…... Read Article
Folk music has never been my cup of tea. My parents spent their teenage years rebelling against the cultural isolation imposed by Onganía’s dictatorship (1966-1970) and, as a result, have always embraced and encouraged in their daughters a... Read Article
A film directed by Pablo Trapero (El Bonaerense, Crane World, Rolling Family) and acted by Ricardo Darín (The Secret in their Eyes, Luna de Avellaneda, The Son of the Bride) is an artistic concoction meant to be unforgettable.... Read Article
Roberto Bolaño was a multi-award winning Chilean novelist and poet (The Savage Detectives, 2666) whose books have been translated into English after his passing in 2003. The Third Reich (El Tercer Reich) was written in 1989 but published... Read Article
Like every other big city in the world, there is a musicality that oozes from the streets of Buenos Aires. The incessant humming of old, rusty buses trying to make their way through cobbled roads, explosive symphonies of... Read Article
