Arts & Culture Archives - Page 5 of 27

A Guatemalan Classic On the Nightmare of Dictatorship

Miguel Ángel Asturias’s masterpiece achieved lasting fame by trading political specifics for tragic grandeur.

In a rural corner of Argentina, this music label has spent decades cultivating a unique sound.

An Argentine director’s film series turns the Bard’s plays inside out to find new roles for female characters.

Will Marisa Monte’s latest album open a door to greater recognition for Latin American artists?

After decades of praise, some are souring on the late literary icon. A new book defends his legacy.

Brazilian millennials love this writer from the 1980s—and his tender depictions of queer life in the big city.

A pyrotechnic Brazilian pianist and a transgender Mexican “witch” put daring new twists on established musical convention.

A Swedish–Costa Rican director takes an unexpected approach to themes of sexuality and religious devotion.

An innovative after-school program boosts students’ performance in the classroom – and on stage.

A Colombian novelist puts a fictional spin on the extraordinary biography of director Sergio Cabrera.

The Peruvian novelist brings Central America’s bloody Cold War past to life – with a surprising political angle.

Mauricio Cárdenas proposes something radical for these times: a pragmatic focus on recent accomplishments.

Modern-day footage gets a sci-fi twist in this exploration of the vexed legacy of Mexico’s Spanish conquest.

The Dominican musician’s genre-defying performances make a virtue of pandemic-imposed constraints.