REVIEW Ema
Pablo Larraín updates our concept of the modern fiction film with Ema, a feature-length showreel of modern Valparaíso through emotive... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Off the Road’ Draws on Western, Musical and Documentary Styles to Portray Life in Baja California del Sur
Long shots of the quiet, endless, stretch of desert peppered with dusty cacti and brave tufts of grass set the... Read Article
REVIEW Nona. If They Soak Me, I’ll Burn Them
Nona. If They Soak Me, I’ll Burn Them is a curious mix of personal memoir, dark humour and Pinochet-era inflicted... Read Article
REVIEW Chulas Fronteras / Del Mero Corazon
Chulas Fronteras (Beautiful Borders, 1976) and Del Mero Corazon (Straight From The Heart, 1979) are two documentaries from film-maker Les... Read Article
REVIEW Monos
Monos follows a band of eight teenage rebels, a faction of the faceless ‘Organisation’, on a mission to watch over... Read Article
REVIEW Amazônia Groove
At the beginning of this documentary we are told: “The river is this moving synthesis of our culture’s flow. This... Read Article
REVIEW Que Vola?
Earlier in the year, I reviewed a new album on the estimable French label, Nø Format. I described Que Vola?’s... Read Article
REVIEW The Cordillera of Dreams
If you have ever flown over the Andes mountain range, you might have been struck by their sheer height. Even... Read Article
REVIEW The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, is a new “tropical melodrama” adapted from Martha Batalha’s novel A Vida Invisível de... Read Article