REVIEW ‘Again Once Again’: Romina Paula Blurs Fiction and Reality in an Alternative Coming-Of-Age Movie
Again Once Again (De nuevo otra vez, 2019) is the debut film from Argentinian director Romina Paula, who blurs fiction and... Read Article
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The Struggle for Land in Brazil: an Interview with Camila Freitas, Director of ‘Landless’
Camila Freitas’ documentary Landless (Chão, 2019) follows the struggle of the MST – the Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil –... Read Article
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
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
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
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