REVIEW The Personal and the Political: Essential Brazilian Documentaries by Petra Costa and Maria Augusta Ramos
Petra Costa’s dreamlike, semi-autobiographical films The Edge of Democracy, Elena and Undertow Eyes contain a mixture of highly personal themes... Read Article
Hay Festival in Mexico: Free Online Events with Writers, Artists and Journalists
The Hay Festivals are a series of literature and art festivals held annually around the world, bringing writers and readers... Read Article
REVIEW From Queen of Socialites to Outsider: ‘The Good Girls’ is the Flipside of Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’
The screen remains blank during the opening voiceover of Las niñas bien (2018, dir. Alejandra Márquez), while the protagonist, Sofia... Read Article
An Inventory of My Life: PowerPaola on ‘Virus Tropical’ and Turning a Graphic Novel into a Film
[Lee en español aquí] PowerPaola is a Quito-born-Cali-raised artist, cartoonist, and writer. Her hit autobiographical graphic novel, Virus Tropical (2011),... Read Article
Un inventario de mi vida: PowerPaola sobre la adaptación cinematográfica de su novela gráfica Virus Tropical
[Click here for English] PowerPaola es una artista, historietista, y escritora ecuato-colombiana. Su autobiografía gráfica, Virus Tropical (2011), se convirtió... Read Article
Black Brazilian Cinema: Directors and Actors to Watch
In an interview with Filmmaker Magazine, the L.A. Rebellion director, Billy Woodberry (of Bless Their Little Hearts, 1983), stressed how... Read Article
Latin American LGBTQ+ Cinema: Notable Films to Watch
Today, there is a good number of Latin American LGBTQ+ movies to peruse, if not yet back in cinemas, then... Read Article
REVIEW Virus Tropical
Virus Tropical (2018, dir. Santiago Caicedo) is a beautifully-animated coming-of-age film based on Ecuadorian-Colombian artist Power Paola’s 2011 autobiographical graphic... Read Article
Sounds and Colours Launch 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign
At the end of last year we began making plans for our 10th anniversary, which would largely consist of a... Read Article