Colombia

Slamdance Film Festival 2024: PETRO
Slamdance Film Festival 2024: PETRO

Director Sean Mattison, along with producer Trevor Martin and their team, follows Petro from his campaign’s inception on through the historic election day.

MY NEIGHBOUR ADOLF: Uneven And Tonally Unsure
MY NEIGHBOUR ADOLF: Uneven And Tonally Unsure

My Neighbour Adolf had within its DNA the potential for something good, but alas an inability to strike a consistent tone means the talents of its stars.

DAYS OF THE WHALE: An Irresistibly Muted Portrait Of Adolescence
DAYS OF THE WHALE: An Irresistibly Muted Portrait Of Adolescence

Despite taking place in a city with a ubiquitous gang subculture, Days of the Whale is unconventionally warm and luminous.

MONOS: A Hypnotic Look At Guerrilla Warfare
MONOS: A Hypnotic Look At Guerrilla Warfare

Monos isn’t simply a film you watch, it’s an unflinching descent into chaos in the best way possible, haunting you long after the film has ended.

SECOND STAR ON THE RIGHT: An Affecting Dive Into Maturity
SECOND STAR ON THE RIGHT: An Affecting Dive Into Maturity

Ruth Caudeli’s Second Star on the Right winningly captures our varying levels of maturation and individualism, with beauty and style.

DAYS OF THE WHALE: A Moving Subtle Picture With A Terrific Political Punch
DAYS OF THE WHALE: A Moving Subtle Picture With A Terrific Political Punch

Days of the Whale is a wonderfully engaging and weighted debut by Catalina Arroyave, showing she’s a filmmaker to watch out for.

The Genre-Busting Power Of BIRDS OF PASSAGE
The Genre-Busting Power Of BIRDS OF PASSAGE

Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego’s Birds of Passage takes us to the Guajira Peninsula, a…

Milwaukee Film Festival 2018: BIRDS OF PASSAGE: This One Will Stay In Your Mind For Quite Some Time
Milwaukee Film Festival 2018: BIRDS OF PASSAGE

In the spring of 2016, Embrace of the Serpent, “[Y]oung people, when they see this…

Orbiter 9: Indie Sci-fi Just About Lives On
ORBITER 9: Indie Sci-fi Just About Lives On

Orbiter 9 recalls independently minded sci-fi films such as Sunshine and Moon – but lives in the shadow of its very obvious inspirations.

Embrace the Serpent
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT: Dark, Expressive, Haunting

The most damaging and offensive cliché in films that explore colonialism and its effects on indigenous nations is the notion of the noble savage, as well as the white savior. Approaching this film the inevitable trepidations set in, but were soon quelled, as Embrace of the Serpent proved to be simultaneously intelligent and willfully authentic. Director Ciro Guerra film adheres to territorial formalism without subverting the cultural atmosphere and originality.