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GUN SHY (2017) Dir. Simon West
GUN SHY is a good natured, clever adventure caper with lots of fun and gags and Antonio Banderas as you have never seen him before!
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Artistic creativity has long been one the Latin World’s biggest exports. Beyond music and dance, Latin American and Spanish film, theatre and visual arts, offer their unique perspective on the world. La Clave Fest is celebrating…
'La Casa de Bernarda Alba' By Federico Garcia Lorca
Jorge de Juan directs a stunning new version of the intense and powerful play by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898- 1936), one of the greatest Spanish writers of the 20th century. A musician, a poet and a playwright Lorca died young…
A READERS GUIDE TO MEXICO
To read a book from or about Mexico is to transport yourself to another time or place. Novels from some of the great writers such as Rosario Castellanos or Elena Garro or beautifully observed memoirs also clash with the harsh…
SORCERY (BRUJERÍAS) 2023, by Chilean director Christopher Murray, based on true events, opens on June 14th 2024.
‘Dead birds for sorrow.’ With elements of mystery, myth, magic realism and horror, SORCERY, Set in the enigmatic Chilean island of Chiloè, in 1880, has a mesmerizing quality, that was recognized with awards at the Cinélatino…
AMERICAN STAR (2024) by Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego
Ian McShane excels as an assassin on his last assignment in Fuerteventura. A loner, partly by force of his choice of career, Wilson’s life is thrown into a turmoil when his target is delayed.
Top Ten Brazilian Things To Do This Summer
Despite it taking place over 6,000 miles away, London is gearing up for the 2016 Olympics as if we were hosting it here. What we spent on partying in the great summer of 2012 we are now preparing to shell out on summer parties…
Aquarius (2017 Dir. Kleber Filho Mendonça)
A richly painted portrait of Brazilian society, of corporate greed and, ultimately, of a woman of a certain age.
MAGDALENA, TE AMO (2024) by Andrea Calao
‘Magdalena, Te Amo’ (2024) is a moving short film about student sex workers in New York. Premiered at the New York Latino Film Festival, it has also been longlisted for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards.
Paco Peña's Flamencura
A truly memorable evening as London's favourite Flamenco guitarist brings Sadlers Wells to their feet.
Sylvia Libedinsky: Artist of the Absurd
Libedinsky’s new show “The Art of the Absurd” opens at the gx Gallery on Denmark Hill on February 7th. Mischievous and satirical, Libedinksy’s work challenges the viewer to think.
A Readers Guide to Argentina
Like its music, dance, theatre and art, Latin America is producer of some of the greatest literature that exists on the planet. But in this rich forest of words, it’s not easy to know where to start. Which is why we asked our…
A Deeper Love
In Part two of her response to the article 'Did Salsa dancers KIll Salsa Music', Kerry Ribchester argues that Britain's love affair with Salsa (Cuban salsa at least) has not died but evolved. Like with any true…
Loathe the term Latino? Blame it on the French
The word ‘Latino’ may conjure up style and swagger (Latino Life, of course, equalling all things cool). But having been created as a tool in Europe’s colonial tussle for territory, is the word really cool or has Latin America…
When You Pass Over My Tomb: a groundbreaking story of love after death
Style and substance come together in Daniel Goldman’s production of Sergio Blanco’s When You Pass Over My Tomb, a deeply thought-provoking exploration of “love and lust beyond the grave”.
OLIVIA AND THE CLOUDS (2024) visually exciting animated feature by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.
“Like they don’t see something is pulling them apart.” In ‘Olivia and the Clouds’, relationships flounder, steeped in memories and hopes as animator, film maker, professor and artist from the Dominican Republic, Pichardo-…
Nheengatu – Conquest and Resistance in the Amazon
Travelling by boat along the deep Amazon forest, Portuguese Film director José Barahona searches for a language that was all but obliterated when his ancestors imposed their own language upon the native population in Brazil.…
LATIN LONDONER #62 - Gigi Tisminetzky. Actor, Writer, Theatre Director
Gigi Tisminetzky is a multi-lingual Argentine actor and theatre maker. After arriving in London at 16 to train at LAMDA and The Drama Centre, Gigi embarked on a cross-border TV career which include 'Devils' on Sky and …
FEELING AZUL
The Legendary Blue Demon Junior is heading back to London to thrill Lucha Libre fans for one night only in spectacular fashion under the dome of the Royal Albert Hall, 30 years to the day, he tells Elizabeth Mistry, since his…
'HAMLET' by Peruvian company Teatro La Plaza, at The Barbican Theatre
This captivating piece of theatre is Hamlet as we have never seen it before, in a fresh perspective from the first Peruvian company to perform at The Barbican. Inspired by how Shakespeare’s timeless play about the search for self…
Acosting Fame
Carlos Acosta, arguably the best ballet dancer of his generation and London’s most famous Latino, looks back on his thirteen years in London, during which he went from the Royal Ballet's principle dancer to global ballet…
Latin Flare
Love is really all that matters when it comes to relationships, so it is with great ‘Flare’ that the BFI brings a sizzling new selection of movies, including from Latin America, to celebrate Gay, Lesbian and Trans film-making.…
LATIN LONDONER #51 - Gabriela Garcia, Actor, Writer
Born in Mexico, Gabriela García was nominated for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Nina in 'In The Heights' (King’s Cross Theatre), and Best Actress for her performance as Gracie in 'Lunatic 19s: A…
SUJO (2024) by creative Mexican duo Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez
With ‘SUJO,’ a cartel drama, award-winning writer/directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez bring a new slant to the ‘shadow of violence’ that haunts Mexico to the 2024 BFI London Film Festival.
‘In her Place’ (El Lugar de la Otra) Dir. Maite Alberdi
Chilean director Maite Alberdi, nominated for two Oscars, with 28 wins and no fewer than 39 nominations under her belt, has released her first feature film ‘IN HER PLACE’. Emanating from the celebrated Fábula Productions stable…
Giullianna Martinez - A New Face for Tituba
Ahead of her performance as Tituba in Anthony Lau’s upcoming production of The Crucible, American-Colombian actress Giullianna Martinez talks to LatinoLife about this exciting retelling of a classic play.
Surrogate Latino #2 Monika Molnar - Samba Dancer and Teacher
Monika Molnar is a Hungarian from Slovakia and two times LUKAS winner of the Brazilian Dance Teacher Award. Here is her story
Alfredo Jarr: This is Not America
Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar has caused controversy in the past with his project titled A Logo For America which originally appeared on a billboard in Times Square in the 1980s, and now it has appeared in London where it was…
Ana Maria Pacheco's ‘DISPERSING THE NIGHT’ Sculpture exhibition at Salisbury Cathedral
A not-to-be-missed exhibition of original works by Ana Maria Pacheco.
Most Beautiful Island (2017 Dir. Ana Asensio)
This Polanski-esque penetrating thrilller, set in New York, is a fantastic debut from a new female multi-talented Spanish director, screenwriter, actor and producer
LATIN LONDONER #55 - Giullianna Martínez, Actor, Producer, Writer
In 2024 Florida-raised Colombian actress Giullianna Martínez became the UK's first Latinx actress to play Tituba in 'The Crucible' (Crucible Theatre). Her one woman show 'HóPe' follows two interwoven…
In Search of the New Brazil
The Brazilian film 'Aquarius' received rave reviews following its World Premiere at Cannes where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Jury Prize, and the Cannes Grand Prix. Just as captivating for the world’s…
Soldier's Woman
In an exclusive interview for Latino Life, Clorrie Yeomans talks to filmmaker Patricia Wiesse Risso about her new documentary 'Mujer de Soldado' (Soldier’s Woman) which serves to break the silence surrounding the human…
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