Tag: Cinema

by Gavin O'Toole • October 1, 2026

Decapitation structures a bold new take on cinematic theory. Review: The Visual Guillotine: The Cinematic Cut and Politics in Latin America, Thomas Matusiak, 2026, University of Minnesota Press

Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico

by Gavin O'Toole • October 23, 2025

Predatory patriarchs in films can fuel rebellion. Review: Fathers, Masculinity, and Authoritarianism in Latin American Cinema, Irina Dzero, 2025, University of Florida Press

Categories: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, South America, Uruguay, Venezuela

by Gavin O'Toole • August 16, 2025

The rape of the Amazon has generated a unique cultural archive. The Environment in Brazilian Culture: Literature, Cinema, and the Arts, edited by Patricia Vieira, 2025, University of Florida Press

Categories: Brazil, Ecuador, South America

by Gavin O'Toole • July 16, 2025

A long-forgotten Mexican film enriched the internationalism that distinguished Tito’s Yugoslavia

Categories: Europe, International, Mexico, North America, Yugoslavia (the former)

by Gavin O'Toole • January 17, 2025

Documentaries offer a unique insight into South America’s authoritarian trauma. Transnational Memories and Post-Dictatorship Cinema: Brazil, Chile and Argentina, Tatiana Signorelli Heise, 2024, Palgrave Macmillan

Categories: Argentina, Brazil, South America

Emilia (Pérez) in Paris

by Georgina Jiménez • January 13, 2025

A French director has committed a cultural crime against Mexico, writes Georgina Jiménez

Categories: Europe, France, International, Mexico, North America, United States

Mexico’s Soviet kiss

by Gavin O'Toole • September 14, 2024

A telenovela was shaping global culture before neoliberalism spoiled the party. Romancing Yesenia: How a Mexican Melodrama Shaped Global Popular Culture, Masha Salazkina, 2024, University of California Press

Categories: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, North America, South America, United States