Driven by a renewed aesthetic commitment from publishers, cinema, and social media, titles by Dostoevsky, Austen, or Homer rank among the bestsellers. Booksellers and editors analyze the phenomenon that revalues the book as an object and also rescues local literature.
I have many enemies who wish me harm. I have earned them fair and square. I also wish them harm. I pray every night that they sink into misery, slowly agonize, and leave this world whining.
The executive talks with Culto about the ambitious plan of the streaming platform in Latin America, which includes a million-dollar investment for the next four years. “We are doing all the 90s and the early 2000s. Cecilia Bolocco has to be there,” she says about the return of the production about the former Argentine president. In addition, she evaluates the options of making a new movie about 31 Minutos.
The writer and editor presents his new book of stories, His corpse advances towards the sea. On the occasion of this release, he reflects on love, death, the growth of La Furia del Libro – the fair he founded – and the current moment of the Chilean publishing scene.
Catalina and the Bordonas de Oro and the Shogun project can represent two different angles of the Chilean songbook. They are from generations separated in time and space. Also, the former bets on the exuberance of rhythms, while the latter assumes an internal journey. For its part, Lambchop jumps from Nashville to the world.
From Los Prisioneros to Café Tacuba, Divididos, Molotov, Bersuit, and Julieta Venegas, the Argentine built a way of producing that turned Latin American identity into a sonic force capable of crossing borders. We review his work as a producer just days before his visit to Chile.
Menem will focus mainly on the politician’s second term as president of Argentina, which lasted from 1995 to 1999. Leonardo Sbaraglia and Juan Minujín will reprise their roles from the first cycle.
Catedrales is based on the novel of the same name by Argentine writer Claudia Piñeiro and features the performances of Vivianne Dietz, Octavia Bernasconi, Ignacia Baeza, and Amparo Noguera. It follows the devastating story of a family destroyed by a crime. Check out its preview here.
The novel by American Caro Claire Burke tackles in a biting tone the phenomenon of women who adopt and promote – especially on social media – the traditional roles of wife and mother, adhering to the standards of the 20th century. It is a sales sensation, will have its film version directed by Anne Hathaway, and is already available in Spanish.
One of the iconic indie bands that shaped the Chilean 21st-century songbook returns with a year-end show, a decade after their indefinite hiatus. Read the details here.