Colombian cinema drew international attention with Ciro Guerra's work in the 2010s, and Alejandro Landes's Monos (2019) confirmed the country as a serious force, earning an Academy Award submission and widespread festival acclaim. Its films often grapple with conflict, isolation and survival in ways that feel urgent rather than rhetorical. Browse Macca's Colombian reviews below.
Rating: 4.0★
There's a moment early in Memoria where Tilda Swinton's character jolts awake at a sound nobody else seems to hear, a deep, resonant thud that comes from nowhere and goes nowhere, and I genuinely wasn't sure what kind of film I was watching. Horror?
Genre Drama
★★★ — Monos (2019)
Genre Drama
★★★ — Wandering Girl (2018)
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