What to watch: Film Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road     3.5/5 stars Robin Davies Max is back! Cinema’s famously pissed-off Antipodean returns to the big screen after a 30-year...

Restaurant review: Donostia

Not far from the main strip of restaurants in La Macarena, Donostia is a hidden gem. The clientele consists of affluent Colombians and foreigners,...

Three prizes at Cannes Critics’ Week for Colombian film La Tierra y la Sombra

[caption id="attachment_6323" align="alignright" width="592"] Director Acevedo with one of his prizes[/caption] La Tierra y la Sombra takes three...

Colombian animated film Sabogal appears at Annecy Film Festival

Colombian animated film Sabogal shortlisted for Annecy Film Festival Colombian animated cinema makes its debut at one of the genre’s most...

Colombian cider to hit the shelves in Bogota’s bars

We meet the Colombian-Kiwi duo making Colombian cider in the capital In a converted garage, tucked away amongst the low-rise buildings of...

Toño Restrepo: Setting the Toño

Charlotte Mackenzie talks to the man who describes himself as a Bogotano with Caribbean-Paisa blood - songwriter, producer and broadcaster Toño...

Industrial music king BlackAngel plays in Bogota

[caption id="attachment_6302" align="alignright" width="458"] BlackAngel with some adoring fans at Loft Dayclub. Photo: Tania Maria de...

Business culture insights: How to know if somebody means yes

In the second of our series on Colombian business culture, Olly West speaks to Santiago Osorio, co-founder of Bogota-based hedge fund Andean Capital....

Bogotá day trips, the best one-day trips around Bogotá

Ahead of a joyously brilliant June which sees three bank holidays – we kid you not, three fantastically fabulous festivos full of fun times and...

FARC ends truce after army offensive

[caption id="attachment_6254" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Photo: farc-ep.org[/caption] Peace process on shaky ground after violence on both...