• Soundtracks: the invisible string between movies and their audience

    Soundtracks: the invisible string between movies and their audience

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    Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) If someone asks you what movie comes to mind when you hear the songs listed below, what would it be? “My Heart Will Go On”, by Celine Dion. “Take My Breath Away”, by Berlin. “Eye of the Tiger”, by Survivor. “I Will Always Love You”, by Whitney Houston.  “(I’ve Had)…

  • What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s the essence of good storytelling? Academically speaking it’s a combination of plot, characters, conflict, and resolutions. However, a certain Chilean documentarist would say that there has to be a soul linked to the intimate, profound observations one can catch in the everydayness of often overlooked subjects. Maite Alberdi Maite Alberdi is a film director,…