Ibrahim Ferrer: Bolero Ultimo
The voice of a 20th-century Caribbean dream finally fell silent back in August, when the 78-year-old Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died...
A Man, a Boat, a Fish
Perhaps it’s a rather harsh judgment, but Ernest Hemingway has not aged well. In fact, it is hard to think of a 20th-century writer who...
Feeling Havana
Cracked concrete blocks that soar skyward between elegant single-story houses. Peeling art deco treasures squashed against brand-new...
Rebel with a camera: Carlos Lechuga
Melaza, the debut feature film from Cuban writer and director Carlos Lechuga, opens with a shot of a sun-drenched field of sugarcane, the...