Interviews

At 35 years old, Ismael Cruz Córdova is an actor who does not give up. Born in Aguas Buenas (Puerto Rico), Ismael knew from childhood that his profession would be an actor.

With a trajectory that spans more than 20 years, Spanish director J. A.

The series Santa Evita, based on the bestselling novel by Tomás Eloy Martínez, directed by Rodrigo García, and produced by Salma Hayek, has become a true phenomenon around the world, thanks to a plot that, like the novel, cunningly combines real events with pure fiction. Although the performances of Ernesto Alterio, Darío Grandinetti, Diego Velázquez and Francesc Orella are notable, the heaviest weight falls on the actress chosen to play Eva Duarte, the Uruguayan Natalia Oreiro.

During the casting of Superman (Richard Donner, 1978), Sylvester Stallone was considered for the role among hundreds of actors. Ultimately, then-unknown Christopher Reeve was cast in what became a landmark role for both him and superhero movies.

It's not every day that a Latin American film wins prizes at a top-level festival. Tengo sueños eléctricos (I Have Electric Dreams), the feature debut by Costa Rican Valentina Maurel won three of the main awards at the Locarno Festival in Switzerland: best actress for its protagonist, the adolescent Daniela Marín Navarro, best actor for the thespian who plays her father, Reinaldo Amien, and best director for Maurel.

Pakistan is not known for its animation. Animated cinema, especially traditional feature film animation, is noticeably absent in that country.

Although Jorge Gurvich feels he’s an integral part of Israeli cinema, if something distinguishes him within that small but powerful industry, it is his Latin American soul. This can be seen in his most recent film, Back to Maracanã, a co-production with Brazil and Germany that just arrived in theaters in his adoptive country after touring numerous festivals around the world.

Twin Peaks, co-created by television veteran Mark Frost and auteur filmmaker David Lynch, was a trailblazing work which influenced not only countless other TV shows and future creators, but the trajectory of the medium itself. A bright-burning mélange of soapy melodrama, murder mystery, offbeat humor, psychological horror, and the supernatural, the show debuted as a mid-season replacement in April 1990, and became an instant zeitgeist hit.

The title of the documentary film The Territory refers to a 7,000-square mile region in the Brazilian state of Rondônia. It is the sovereign land of the Uru-eu-wau-wau and other Indigenous groups.

Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo have directed four of Marvel Studios' most epic movies. They started out directing TV sitcoms like Arrested Development and Community and occasional feature films like Welcome to Collinwood and You, Me and Dupree.