Carlos M Quintela’s La obra del siglo (2015) came to Cine Las Americas with one of the festival’s most intriguing premises: Three generations of men living in the shadows of an unfinished Soviet nuclear power plant meant to mark the future of Cuban energy independence. We highlighted this film as one to…
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Cine Las Americas Review: Polski
I didn’t walk into the Marchesa with the plan of reviewing Polski (2015). The short was shown on a Thursday afternoon, the very first one after the powerful opening-night film Magallanes (which Nat Zingg reviewed here), and was meant to set up the feature for that session, Como ganar enemigos. The description I had…
Cine Preview: 5 Films to See at Cine Las Americas
Cine Las Americas starts next week. Austin’s anual Latin American film festival opens on May 4th with the Peruvian Film Magallenes and closes on the 8th with Viaje, from Costa Rica. Pterodáctilo has long been a big supporter of this event, as can be seen in our reviews of the 2015 festival (see them here,…
Cine Las Américas Review: Hotel Nueva Isla
Hotel Nueva Isla (2014) is not an easy movie to watch, though that may be the point. With very little dialogue, the film follows Jorge as he fruitlessly attempts to restore a dilapidated hotel. Even after his co-inhabitants leave out of concerns over their personal safety, Jorge and his dog stay behind…