REVIEW Transit Havana
Director Daniel Abma has created a film that shows the reality of Cuba in many layers, some of which are subtle and some that are not. The name of the film itself, Transit Havana gives one the impression... Read Article
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Buenos Aires Blues: Five Must-See Argentine Films
There are almost as many Argentine movies about the military dictatorship of the 70’s and the disappeared as there are Spanish movies about transsexuals. Granted, some of them are pretty good (Garage Olimpo, Chronicle of an Escape), but... Read Article
The magic realism of Peruvian Claudia Llosa’s ‘La Teta Asustada’ and ‘Madeinusa’
The film world rarely publicises women directors, and sometimes, when pressed, it can be hard to think of any at all. For the most part, the film director still occupies what Francis Ford Coppola called the ‘last truly... Read Article
REVIEW The Story of Me (O Contador de Histórias)
The Story of Me follows the early life of the celebrated Brazilian storyteller Roberto Carlos Ramos. It is significant that he is identified as a storyteller rather than a writer not only because he mostly writes children’s books... Read Article
REVIEW Blue Eyes (Olhos Azuis)
Not an easy watch, but in the best way; a pretty heavy, dark and brooding independent film with a twist that refreshingly speaks up and makes a poetically ironic and bold comment on the American immigration system and... Read Article
REVIEW Tamboro
If there is one film that should be used as an introduction for anyone wanting to visit Brazil it is this. Situated somewhere between an elaborate tourism advert and Godfrey Reggio’s Koyaanisqatsi this is a lush slow-burning voyage... Read Article
REVIEW Times of Peace (Tempos de Paz)
A man arrives in Brazil looking to start a new life on the day the Second World War finishes. However, Brazil is technically still at war. Customs officials suspect he is a Nazi seeking refuge. Locked in a... Read Article
REVIEW Lula, The Son of Brazil (Lula, O Filho do Brasil) (2010)
There can be few more timely showings at this year’s Brazilian film festival than Fábio Barreto’s Lula, The Son of Brazil. With the presidential successor to the film’s protagonist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva due to be named... Read Article
2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London 1st-5th Sept
The 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London, organised by Inffinito, will be starting on Wednesday 1st September with Lula, The Son of Brazil and we couldn’t be anymore excited. We’ve been busy watching the films in preparation and... Read Article
Southbank Centre adds to an already bulging selection of Brazilian cinema
Running in parallel with the 2nd Brazilian Film Festival of London, with its opening BAFTA night and screenings at Apollo Piccadilly (see the programme here), will be a further assortment of Brazilian flicks at the Southbank Centre. Largely... Read Article
Brazilian Film Festival in London
Inffinito will be bringing the Brazilian Film Festival to London for the second year running. Eleven films in total will be shown from September 1st ’til 5th, beginning with the BAFTA-hosted opening night featuring the premiere of Lula,... Read Article
Separado! – a journey into the Welsh teahouses of Brazil and Argentina
Star Trek meets Buena Vista Social Club in this psychedelic western musical as Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) takes us on a pan continental road trip in search of his long lost Patagonian uncle, the... Read Article