Tag: Cinema

Memories of Underdevelopment: A Cinematic Masterpiece That Reimagined Post-Revolutionary Cuba
In the swirling heat of Havana’s 1960s, amid the fervor of revolution and rupture, Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea released Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo, 1968)—a film that would forever transform the landscape of Latin American cinema. Crafted with intellectual sharpness and emotional ambivalence, the film dared to interrogate its own revolution with eyes […]
July 29, 2025

Five Hours of Blackout in Cannes Before the Closing of the Festival
Blackout in Cannes early this Saturday morning, which forced to stop the last screenings of the Festival, which began to fear for its closing gala scheduled for the night, a cut that the authorities attribute to a sabotage that lasted five hours. RELATED: Anomalies Revealed in Spain’s Power Grid Weeks Before Major Blackout Around 160,000 […]
May 24, 2025

Film Director David Lynch Dies at Age 78
On television, his series ‘Twin Peaks’ (1989-1991) redefined the format, becoming a benchmark of contemporary television narrative. Related: Cuban Actress Corina Mestre Dies at 69 in Havana The world of art and film is in mourning after the passing of iconic American director, producer and screenwriter David Lynch, who left an indelible mark on contemporary […]
January 16, 2025

Latin American Cinema after the 50s, Social Commitment
Latin American cinema took a completely new turn in the 1950s, going from a purely commercial approach, as in its beginnings, to taking the pulse of the region’s economic and social evolution. RELATED: Latin America: Impressive Guinness World Records The first film to inaugurate this type of cinema is entitled “Los olvidados,” a work by […]
March 5, 2024

Latin American Cinema in First Decade of the 20th Century
Cinema in Latin America resembles its peoples, representing, at least potentially, a very propitious space for the development of audiovisual industries worthy of enriching the identity processes and imaginaries of each people. RELATED: Higher or University Education in Venezuela However, it is often neglected by the authorities in charge of its promotion and by governments […]