Tag: colombia
Review: LOS CONDUCTOS, A Tale of Two Cities Told in Ingenious Ways
Fernando Úsaga Higuíta and Luis Felipe Lozano star in a daring, dazzling cinematic exercise, directed by Camilo Restrepo, that once again proves the future of cinema is in Latin America.
SXSW 2022 Review: A VANISHING FOG, Surreal Eco Elegy with Transcendental Cinematography
Directed by Augusto Sandino, the mysterious drama from Colombia stars Christian Ballesteros, Nury Márquez and Sebastian Pii.
New York 2021 Review: MEMORIA, Body Memories in Visual/Sonic Masterpiece
Tilda Swinton stars in a new film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. As with the Thai auteur's other films, watching it is like sleepwalking through unfamiliar territory.
Morbido 2019 Review: LUZ THE FLOWER OF EVIL Is A Gorgeous Act of Provocation
The sudden loss of a mother can extract a terrible psychological toll on any family - in any culture or any era. Consider Luz*: The Flower Of Evil, one of the most extreme cases in this regard. A widowed father,...
Friday One Sheet: LUZ THE FLOWER OF EVIL, A Colombian Tableaux
This gorgeous, if terrifying (perhaps maddening is a better word) look at family and religion in the high altitude wilderness of Colombia has a series of 'character' posters which play more like tableaux or scene setting evocations. They are in...
Now Streaming: FRONTERA VERDE, All Is Not Quiet on the Green Frontier
Juana del Rio, Nelson Camayo, Angela Cano and Miguel Dionisio Ramon star; Ciro Guerra ('Embrace of the Serpent') directs the first episode.
MONOS Trailer Observes the Calm Before the Chaos
And now for something calming, until chaos erupts. Directed by Alejandro Landes, Monos appears to start in relative peace and tranquility, as a group of people enjoy life in a beautiful, remote area. Slowly, however, the trailer adds bits and...
Review: BIRDS OF PASSAGE, How the Drug Trade Changes People
Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra have made a beautiful film about Wayuu culture and the drug trade.
THE SACRIFICE Trailer: Strange Bird Deaths and an Awakening Monster, From THE SQUAD Director
Director Jaime Osorio Marquez made his feature debut six years ago with the very moody and impressive The Squad (El Paramo). (Here's my review, as well as one by my colleague Swarez. Now he's returning with his sophomore feature, The...
SXSW 2017 Review: BAD LUCKY GOAT, Two Siblings on a Comic Dramatic Journey
A brother, a sister, a goat. A relaxed charmer, Bad Lucky Goat is some kind of wonderful. It starts with an appetizer that establishes its milieu, a ramshackle island community in the Caribbean. The area is in Colombia, South America,...
Review: EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, A Spiritual Quest With A Political Regret
Inspired by Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evans Schultes, the first explorers of the Colombian Amazon, Embrace of the Serpent is a spiritual quest with a political regret. We follow two stories of German explorers (one of them is Jan Bijvoet...
Warsaw 2015 Review: ALIAS MARIA, Disturbing Tale of Child Soldiers
The sophomore feature of Colombian director José Luis Rugeles, Alias Maria world-premiered in the Cannes Un Certain Regard sidebar before being programmed in the Warsaw Film Festival's Discoveries section which rounds up cherry-picked worthy-to-see films from around the festival...
Review: OUT OF THE DARK, Strong And Persuasive Suspense In South America
Attention, white people: Why do you keep going where you're not wanted? At first blush, Out of the Dark falls easily into the category of horror films in which white people -- usually Americans -- trespass into unknown territories, leading...
Meet The Characters Of Colombian Super Hero Film ZAMBO DENDE
It was just a couple weeks ago that ScreenAnarchy caught wind of Chilean martial artist Marko Zaror joining the cast of Zambo Dende - an adaptation of a Colombian super hero comic book being backed by Disney - and we've...
Marko Zaror To Play Colombian Superhero ZAMBO DENDE?
What next for Chilean martial arts star Marko Zaror? It would appear a move into the world of superheroes with a role in Colombian superhero effort Zambo Dende, with director Riccardo Gabrielli R tweeting out yesterday "@markozaror mañana nos vemos...
