Flying High
Identidades, redención y el misterio creativo
Birdman Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu USA, 2014 The stuff of superhero movies—a fireball flies through the sky, apparently falling. Cut to a room where a man in briefs gives his…
Top 10: Cine mexicano 2014
Una vez más llega la hora de hacer la revisión de fin de año en cuanto a cine mexicano se refiere y aunque en apariencia no fue un año espectacular…
Waiting for August
Parece que del estado actual de las cosas no hay escapatoria. La globalización ha dado con todo al más insospechado rincón del planeta, arropando fría y desmesuradamente al mundo con…
Literally Short Film Awards
El pasado 4 de noviembre fueron elegidos y anunciados los ganadores del Literally Short Film Awards 2014, llevado a cabo en celebración del décimo aniversario de Literal, Latin American Voices.…
Interestellar
En un año no muy remoto, el mundo se acaba y no hay, aparentemente, muchas esperanzas para salvarlo. La solución más viable y atractiva es encontrar un nuevo planeta para…
Remarks on an Unlikely Angelology
Mr. Angel (2013) is an award-winning documentary by Dan Hunt. From the title one would expect it to be about a religious theme. Quite the contrary, it is about a…
Bestia de Cardo
Cardo, un pueblo de República Dominicana sumido en la oscuridad. Un árbol familiar dividido. Una mujer joven, Moira (Sánchez Moreno), regresa a una ciudad que brilla en medio de las…
Taking It Back
Taking It Back (2014), written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Andreas Schmied, is an unusual romantic comedy. Patrick Angerer (Michael Ostrowski) is one of many workers protesting at the Falkendorf…
Patong Girl
Susanna Salonen, best known for her camera work in Run Lola Run (1998), brings a German wave of fresh air to the Austin Film Festival with her new feature Patong…
In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Girl is Queen
How do we define mental health? Is there a clear line we must cross before we are considered clinically insane? Australian filmmaker Nick Matthews explores these ideas with his new…
Hellion
After watching a movie like Hellion (2014), you can only imagine the history and depth that sits behind it. Hellion was written and directed by Texas filmmaker Kat Candler, starring…
Patrick Smith: Behind the Scenes
For those of you that were unaware of Literal’s debut in the film world with Ensoulment (2013), let me tell you right now: Literal produced a feature documentary last year, and it’s called Ensoulment: A…
Birdman Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu USA, 2014 The stuff of superhero movies—a fireball flies through the sky, apparently falling. Cut to a room where a man in briefs gives his…
Top 10: Cine mexicano 2014
Una vez más llega la hora de hacer la revisión de fin de año en cuanto a cine mexicano se refiere y aunque en apariencia no fue un año espectacular…
Waiting for August
Parece que del estado actual de las cosas no hay escapatoria. La globalización ha dado con todo al más insospechado rincón del planeta, arropando fría y desmesuradamente al mundo con…
Literally Short Film Awards
El pasado 4 de noviembre fueron elegidos y anunciados los ganadores del Literally Short Film Awards 2014, llevado a cabo en celebración del décimo aniversario de Literal, Latin American Voices.…
Interestellar
En un año no muy remoto, el mundo se acaba y no hay, aparentemente, muchas esperanzas para salvarlo. La solución más viable y atractiva es encontrar un nuevo planeta para…
Remarks on an Unlikely Angelology
Mr. Angel (2013) is an award-winning documentary by Dan Hunt. From the title one would expect it to be about a religious theme. Quite the contrary, it is about a…
Bestia de Cardo
Cardo, un pueblo de República Dominicana sumido en la oscuridad. Un árbol familiar dividido. Una mujer joven, Moira (Sánchez Moreno), regresa a una ciudad que brilla en medio de las…
Taking It Back
Taking It Back (2014), written and directed by Austrian filmmaker Andreas Schmied, is an unusual romantic comedy. Patrick Angerer (Michael Ostrowski) is one of many workers protesting at the Falkendorf…
Patong Girl
Susanna Salonen, best known for her camera work in Run Lola Run (1998), brings a German wave of fresh air to the Austin Film Festival with her new feature Patong…
In the Land of the Blind the One Eyed Girl is Queen
How do we define mental health? Is there a clear line we must cross before we are considered clinically insane? Australian filmmaker Nick Matthews explores these ideas with his new…
Hellion
After watching a movie like Hellion (2014), you can only imagine the history and depth that sits behind it. Hellion was written and directed by Texas filmmaker Kat Candler, starring…
Patrick Smith: Behind the Scenes
For those of you that were unaware of Literal’s debut in the film world with Ensoulment (2013), let me tell you right now: Literal produced a feature documentary last year, and it’s called Ensoulment: A…