Tag Archives: Venezuela

A timely, personalised story about the collapse of Venezuela

Joyce Glasser reviews La Soledad (August 18, 2017) 89 min Venezuelan films, like news about the country itself, seldom make it to our shores, so the timing of La Soledad, Canadian resident Jorge Thiel ...

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An unmissable cinematic experience

Joyce Glasser reviews The Embrace of the Serpent (June 10, 2016) (El abrazo de la serpiente) In his extraordinary film, The Embrace of the Serpent, director and co-writer Ciro Guerra does more than te ...

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The traditional family is disappearing faster than prejudice and poverty

Joyce Glasser reviews Bad Hair (Pelo Malo) (January 30, 2015) News broadcasts of the late President Hugo Chavez’s failing health serve as a metaphorical backdrop for the malaise in the lives of widow ...

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