REVIEW Wiñaypacha (Eternidad) to Represent Peru at the 2019 Oscar and Goya Awards
Óscar Catacora’s Aymara-language feature, Wiñaypacha, has been chosen by Peru’s Ministry of Culture to represent the nation at both the... Read Article
REVIEW Obscuro Barroco
Obscuro Barroco is an acid-laced homage to the forces and characters that give life to Rio de Janeiro. Fragments of... Read Article
REVIEW A Winter to Remember (El Color de un Invierno)
Lucia has returned home to visit her parents for the winter holidays. Back in the cradle of her childhood fears... Read Article
REVIEW Why ‘Damn Kids’ Wins My Vote for Best Chilean Film at Raindance
Not often do you stay in your seat to read every name in the end credits of a film. I... Read Article
REVIEW Chile’s ‘Princesita’ Sparks Debate at London’s Raindance Film Festival
Princesita follows Tamara, a 12-year-old girl growing up in a cult in the rural south of Chile, being groomed towards... Read Article
REVIEW El Angel (The Angel)
Thirty-odd years into a life sentence one would imagine that the mind begins to wander. And so, around this time,... Read Article
REVIEW Baronesa
At this year’s opening night at Open City Documentary Festival, you’ll be able to watch Baronesa, a film directed by... Read Article
REVIEW La Familia
La Familia (The Family, 2018 / Dir: Gustavo Rondón Córdova) starts with a scene among feisty young rebels, the reality of... Read Article
REVIEW X500
Following the touching and action-packed La Playa D.C. (2012), former Colombian National University student, Juan Andres Arango, returns to present... Read Article
REVIEW Human Beings Can Be Transformed: Discussing Neon Bull with Gabriel Mascaro
I’ve seen few films that have left such an impression on me as Neon Bull (Original Portuguese Title: Boi Neon)... Read Article
REVIEW Rosa Chumbe
Rosa Chumbe is an intriguing debut feature length drama from Chinese-Peruvian director Jonatan Relayze. Yet despite moments of glimmering promise,... Read Article
REVIEW Los Adioses
I was predisposed to enjoy Los Adioses, Natalia Beristáin’s biopic about ‘mid-century modern’ Mexican feminist writer Rosario Castellanos. That the... Read Article