Michaela Pontellini

On Sunday the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival came to a close and I was lucky to catch one of the last screenings, Joven y Alocada. The Chilean film was

Pastorela, a Mexican film produced in 2011, screened at Harbour Centre as part of last week’s Latin American Film Festival and was met with peals of laughter and shocked gasps.

Civilización, directed by Rubén Guzman, screened this Saturday morning at the Latin American Film Festival as part of their Argentinean program. The film, a documentary about controversial Argentinean artist León

is a revealing look into the life of Ai Weiwei, one of China’s most famous contemporary artists and political figures.  Filmmaker Alison Klayman began her film in 2008, and looks

The beautiful weather the past few months has afforded me with the opportunity to regularly walk to work. On my way I pass by the mass of parking lots beside

One of the greatest mystery’s released this year is the little known story of an American rock musician. Searching For Sugar Man draws viewers into the unknown and spins an

Relationships and our perception of love when we are in them are at the heart of Take This Waltz, Sarah Polley’s sophomore feature film. I was actually very excited for

Tradition and modernity clash in Joshua Marston’s latest film. The director of Maria Full of Grace, makes his return to feature length films with The Forgiveness of Blood, an understated

There are few images that dominate Western perspectives of the Middle East more so than the burqa. Seen by many in the West as an instrument of women’s oppression, there