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Film & Theatre
'The Sleepwalkers' by Paula Hernández

The latest film by Argentine director Paula Hernández who continues her successful run of intimate dramas with ‘The Sleepwalkers’ (Los Sonٞámbulos-2019). Selected to represent Argentina at the 93rd Academy Awards, it tells the…

Film & Theatre
'3 Feet' Dir. Giselle Geney

This charming children’s short film '3 Feet' by Colombian director Giselle Geney is an unaffected and delightful tale of the challenges and dilemmas facing children when faced with the conflict between their dreams and…

Film & Theatre
‘I'm No Longer Here' Dir Fernando Frías de la Parra

Selected to represent Mexico at the 93rd Academy Awards this debut from Fernando Frías de la Parra is profoundly accomplished, bringing a new and highly original voice to Mexican cinema. Garlanded at multiple festivals, the film…

Film & Theatre
THE MOLE AGENT (2020) Dir. Maite Alberdi

“I love the fact that everything I would like to invent already exists; the challenge is to find it!” With this attitude, Chilean director Maite Alberdi brings her highly original eye to her documentaries, not least THE MOLE…

Film & Theatre
Seré Millones Dir. Omar Neri, Fernando Krichmar & Mónica Simoncini

They robbed the bank then and now they will rob it again for a movie about the heist! Nicknamed ‘The Blowtorch Heroes’ by their political party, Oscar ‘El Gordo’ Serrano and Ángel ‘El Turco’ Abus (with his wife Laura ‘Beba’ Zona…

Film & Theatre
‘Ropes’ (Cuerdas) Dir. José Luis Montecinos

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. With multiple awards for his six short films behind him, writer/ director José Luis Montecinos has finally plunged into his first feature with a dark thriller laced with horror at every turn.

Music
Mariza Canta Amália

Mariza, the singer that helped bring Fado into the 21st century pays tribute to the late Amália Rodrigues, the Queen of Fado, up there with the great voices of 20th century, in her latest album. Dr. Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho,…

Film & Theatre
‘ASFIXIA’ Dir. Kenya Márquez

Mexican writer/director Kenya Márquez excels with her second feature ‘Asfixia’ (Suffocation 2018), to be screened (free) online at the Raindance Film Festival 2020, in the Female Gaze strand. It is a tale of redemption and love,…

Film & Theatre
Nuevo Orden (2020) Dir. Michel Franco

In ‘New Order’ (2020) the third feature written and directed by Mexican Michel Franco, no one is innocent. There is no ‘get out of jail free card’ here! Michel Franco’s powerful film, screened at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival…

Film & Theatre
ELLA ES CRISTINA Dir. Gonzalo Maza

Life is in colour but sometimes we need to see it in black and white. In ‘Ella es Cristina’ (This is Cristina, 2020), award-winning Chilean writer/ director Gonzalo Maza explores the power of female friendship set against the…

Film & Theatre
'Sin Señas Particulares' Dir. Fernanda Valadez

The Devil is Alive and well on the Mexican Border in ‘Sin Señas Particulares’ (Identifying Features - 2020), one of the Latino highlights at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival - a moving, multi-award-winning Opera Prima from…

Film & Theatre
75 Days (2020) Dir. Marc Romero

Screened at the 2020 London Spanish Film Festival, in his film ‘75 Days’ (2020) Writer/director Marc Romero re-visits a horrifying real-life event that remains a brutal and dark mystery. In 1992, in an area known as Alcàsser,…

Film & Theatre
'Memory House' Dir João Paulo Miranda María

Set in modern-day Brazil, with a fantastical narrative using hallucinations and dreams, in his film Memory House 2020, João Paulo Miranda María explores the lonely and tortured life of Cristovam as he suffers the harsh clash of…

Film & Theatre
'Window to the Sea' Directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez

“Those that take risks get the life they want”, not as easy as it sounds, but pretty close to the decisions made by María (Emma Suárez) in this very moving film about love and loss, when María discovers she only has a few months…

Film & Theatre
‘Los Conductos’ (2020) Directed by Camilo Restrepo

Colombian experimental filmmaker, writer and director Camilo Restrepo, known for 5 award-winning short films, including ‘La Bouche 2015’, has won the Berlinale’s GWFF Best First Feature Award with his ópera prima ‘Los Conductos…

Film & Theatre, Arts and Culture
BELFONSO - A Story of Love and Betrayal

Belfonso is a powerful tableau-video tale of love, jealousy, rage and betrayal played out between three dwarf characters. It is the result of an artistic collaboration between Argentine painter Ricardo Cinalli and the Argentine…

Society and Politics, Arts and Culture
'Britain and the Dictatorships of Argentina and Chile' by Grace Livingstone

Ask anyone active in the British left during the 1970s and 1980s and they are likely to remember stories about Chile: Hawker Hunter jets bombing the presidential palace, the murderous Pinochet regime (1973-1990), Chilean refugees…

Film & Theatre
THE UNCERTAIN KINGDOM

THE LIFE TREE, directed by Paul Frankl, is a mystical film forming part of this exciting compilation of short films called THE UNCERTAIN KINGDOM.

Music
Imperio Bamba: 'Mis Cosas Favoritas' Review

London-based Imperio Bamba's sound mixes cumbia, chicha and afro with psychedelic synths and screaming guitars. Arden Farrow reviews their EP 'Mis Cosas Favoritas' which includes the single 'Los Amantes'…

Music
J Balvin: 'Colores' Review

Bright, bold and vivacious? Yep, that's J Balvin for you. Well him AND his brand new album 'Colores', the 10 track Album that brings hope and colour in times of uncertainty. Here's our song-by-song review...

Film & Theatre
'Rage of Narcissus' wowed audiences at the Pleasance Theatre

Thrilling, captivating, and unexpectedly horrifying are just a few words that can be used to describe ‘Rage of Narcissus.’ Sam Crane -the solo performer that narrates this ghostly thriller- tells a fictionalized version of the…

Film & Theatre
LEONA

In a moving film set in the Syrian Jewish community in Mexico, director Isaac Cherem examines how cultural pressures affect a young girl who breaks with tradition and falls in love with a non-Jewish lad.

Film & Theatre
The House of Bernarda Alba returns to the Cervantes Theatre to critical acclaim.

Thanks to its consistent success, the Cervantes Theatre has brought back their excellent production of The House of Bernarda Alba, directed by Jorge de Juan. Now, the third version of this powerful play, steeped in passion and…

Arts and Culture
Picasso and Paper

This exhibition at the Royal Academy has concentrated on Pablo Picasso’s output on paper, which entails a large number of drawings and different inventive and dazzling works in many formats, from pastels, lincuts, watercolours,…

Arts and Culture
Something Contagious

CONTAGIO (Contagion) is an exciting new group exhibition of nine Latin American artists covering a wide range of different techniques and styles. Based at the CECILIA BRUNSON GALLERY and curated by gallery artist Jaime Gili,…

Music
REYKO @ The Waiting Room

REYKO kicked off the new year with an exceptional London concert in The Waiting Room. A concert hall filled with music enthusiasts, fans, and curious Londoners wanting to know more about this mystical Spanish band, making it the…

Film & Theatre
KLAUS (2019) Dir Sergio Pablos

“A true, selfless act always sparks another”. Sparkling winner of this year's Bafta for 'Best Animated Film, 'Netflix’s first animated feature KLAUS, by its sheer exuberance, inventive story-line and characters,…

Dance
Danza Acosta @ sadlers Wells

The world-renowned ballet superstar, Carlos Acosta, whose dancing career began with break dancing on the streets of Havana, brought his contemporary dance troupe to London for their latest performance "Evolution" at the…

Film & Theatre, Dance
ON YOUR FEET

The story of how a child fled from Cuba to Miami to become a global superstar needs spicing up, but the rhythm is gonna get you, says Elizabeth Mistry

Film & Theatre
MONOS (2019) DIR Alejandro Landes

In action thriller MONOS,which has just won the 'Best Film' Award at the 2019, 63rd BFI London Film Festival, Director Alejandro Landes takes us on a dramatic & vertiginous ride that rises to giddy heights, with no…

Film & Theatre
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (2019) Dir Ciro Guerra

In a sharp critique of the worst aspects of colonialism ‘Waiting for the Barbarians’, the feature film by Ciro Guerra (faithfully adapted from J M Coetzee’s 1980s novel of the same name) examines the wilful ignorance and…

Arts and Culture
‘I AM AWAKE’ - Paraguayan artist Feliciano Centurión

Feliciano Centurión’s whimsical and moving works are on display at the Cecilia Brunson Gallery September 19th – December 13th 2019.

Film & Theatre
Dance to live: “The Dancer Thieves” Dir by Anglo-Peruvian director Lali Houghton

Anglo-Peruvian film director Lali Houghton’s film “The Dancer Thieves”- explores the healing qualities of dance on a group of prisoners in Burkina Faso.

Food
Zuaya

A 'real' Latin fusion experience and delicious transportation to South America – perfect for the middle of a dreary London week.

Film & Theatre
INFECTION (2019) Dir Flavio Pedota (Venezuela/ Mexico)

Venezuelan film director Flavio Pedota’s debut feature ‘INFECTION’ hit the screens of the Raindance Film Festival with a disturbing zombie movie that reflects the socio-economic and political drama that is also unfolding in his…

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