Mexican Films
REVIEW From Queen of Socialites to Outsider: ‘The Good Girls’ is the Flipside of Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’
The screen remains blank during the opening voiceover of Las niñas bien (2018, dir. Alejandra Márquez), while the protagonist, Sofia... Read Article
REVIEW The Chambermaid
Lila Aviles’ debut film The Chambermaid (La Camarista) starts out strongly by introducing a quiet, mousy Eve that dutifully cleans,... Read Article
REVIEW Our Time
Renowned Mexican auteur Carlos Reygadas’ latest feature Our Time (Nuestro Tiempo) is a 3-hour study of a modern relationship gone... Read Article
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
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