REVIEW Los Adioses
I was predisposed to enjoy Los Adioses, Natalia Beristáin’s biopic about ‘mid-century modern’ Mexican feminist writer Rosario Castellanos. That the... Read Article
Mexican Films
Talking Poetry, Surrealism and Collecting Rubbish with Mexican Film-Maker Michel Lipkes
In his latest film Extraño pero verdadura (Strange But True, 2017), Michel Lipkes tells the story of two young lovers,... Read Article
REVIEW Portraits Of A Search
A woman traipses through scrubland, brushing aside dusty bushes with a stick, looking for a piece of clothing, a shoe;... Read Article
Golden Globes 2016: A Triumph For Mexico
The 73rd annual Golden Globes Awards generated a buzz as the greatest works of film and television of 2015 were... Read Article
REVIEW Güeros
Güeros (Mexican slang for a person with light hair) is the new film from Mexican director Alonso Ruizpalacios that has... Read Article
London’s East End Film Festival Returns With A Mexican Focus
This week, the annual multi-platform East End Film Festival (EEFF) will return for its fifteenth year in the capital, with... Read Article
We Want Things To Change In Mexico: An Interview With Amat Escalante
This time almost exactly one year ago, journalists at Cannes were still reeling from the screening of Amat Escalante’s gut-wrenching... Read Article
Mexican Comedies Come To London
The LOCO London Comedy Film Festival is coming to town from the 23rd until the 26th of January and it... Read Article
REVIEW Post Tenebras Lux
From the very start of Carlos Reygadas’s fourth feature film Post Tenebras Lux (winner of the coveted Best Director Award... Read Article
Schedule for Latin American Films at BFI London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival 2011 has now officially started. To save you the work of having to search through... Read Article
REVIEW Life is a Circus – A Review of Circo
The circus is tough, but it is also beautiful. So says ringmaster Juventino “Tino” Ponce at the beginning of Circo,... Read Article