Victoria Linares: “It gave them a sense of being seen” | Screen buzz
Victoria Linares’ second feature, which screens at this year’s T&T Film Festival, continues the filmmaker’s assured manipulation of artifice and performance — exposing cinema’s seductive lies — to arrive at deeper truths. She talks to Jonathan Ali about the process
Peak to peak | Bucket list
Towering over the Caribbean’s often-photographed beaches and bays are gruelling hikes to challenge even the hardiest outdoor adventurers. Kristine de Abreu takes you up the island peaks that summon the most intrepid among us
Head for heights | Round Trip
There’s nothing like the thrill of a higher perspective, far above the ground — from ziplining to rock-climbing to floating in a hot-air balloon. Get ready to soar
No money, no love
Laura Amelia Guzmán is recounting a story that would make any filmmaker shiver with dread. Last November at the International Film...
Bookshelf (March/April 2002)
PICK OF THE MONTH Collected Poems 1937-1989 A. J. Seymour, ed. Ian McDonald & J. de Weever (Blue Parrot Press 2000, 303pp) Small birds...
Leticia Tonos: love story
On 23 September, 2013, an extraordinary event occurred in the Dominican Republic. In a ruling viewed throughout the Caribbean and beyond as...
Stand apart: Kristy Collado
As a child in the Dominican Republic, designer Kristy Collado found the process of bringing her ideas to life simply magical. Today her...
Walking With the Conquerors in the Dominican Republic
I had forgotten one important thing about Santo Domingo. Its ability to surprise. By that I don’t really mean to imply that...
