REVIEW ‘Nudo Mixteco’ Unravels the Experiences of Three Women in a Traditional Mixtec village
Morality is a rocky terrain; messy and tangled. Unravelling the very ‘Mexican Knot’ that the film is named after, actor-cum... Read Article
Mexican Films
Latin American Films Abound at This Year’s BFI London Film Festival
Filmmaking heavyweights, A-list talent, an aural journey in Colombia’s capital, Maradona’s Hand of God… The BFI London Film Festival, which... Read Article
¡VIVA! Spanish and Latin American Film Festival returns to Manchester’s HOME Cinema for its 27th edition this August
Films from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Paraguay will be screened as part of the 27th ¡VIVA!... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Things We Dare Not Do’: A Heartwarming Coming-of-Age Story with a Twist
Things We Dare Not Do (Cosas que no hacemos, 2020) is a heartwarming coming-of-age story with a twist. Mexican cinematographer... Read Article
REVIEW ‘I’m No Longer Here’: A Coming-of-Age Story About Music and Migration
I’m No Longer Here (Ya No Estoy Aquí) is a remarkable new film by Mexican Director Fernando Frías de la... Read Article
REVIEW ‘Los Lobos’: Brothers Fend For Themselves in a Mexican Equivalent to ‘The Florida Project’
Los Lobos (The Wolves, 2020, directed by Samuel Kishi) is the story of an undocumented Mexican family who’ve recently arrived... Read Article
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