Fiction and Reality Clash in ‘El Father Plays Himself’: An Interview with Director Mo Scarpelli
Mo Scarpelli’s documentary El Father Plays Himself (2020) is a compelling look at the making of a film set in... Read Article
Venezuelan Cinema
REVIEW ‘Once Upon a Time in Venezuela’: Venezuela’s Oscars Candidate is a Compelling (and Frustrating) Documentary
Mother Earth has reached her breaking point: the current pandemic is just another sign that humanity, as it exists today,... 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
Andrés Duque – Intuitive Film-making in a Chaotic World
He never went to film school but Andrés Duque has established a reputation for very personal experimental films. His work,... Read Article
An Interview With Miguel Ferrari, Director of Venezuela’s LGBT-themed Blue and Not So Pink
A group of middle-aged bolivarianas are cackling away behind me. Along with the capital’s Venezuelan community, I’ve come to London’s... Read Article
Free Screening of Venezuelan film Blue and Not So Pink at London’s Bolivar Hall: Friday 6th March
Bolívar Hall in central London will this coming Friday play host to a free screening of the Venezuelan film Blue... Read Article
Venezuelan Film ‘Pelo Malo’ in UK Cinemas from Friday
Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) is a critically-acclaimed new Venezuelan film from writer/director Mariana Rondón, which will be showing in UK... Read Article
TRAILER: Pelo Malo (Bad Hair)
Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) is a new Venezuelan film from writer/director Mariana Rondón that won the prestigious Golden Shell at... Read Article
REVIEW The Zero Hour
Zero Hour is a Venezuelan thriller with the usual mix of gun-blazing between slum-hardened gangsters and over-zealous police, except with... Read Article
REVIEW Hermano
Against a culture of drugs, crime, delinquency, violence, poverty and random acts of meanness, what hope is there? We follow... Read Article