After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mexico
Profile of a Killer AKA Satanás (2007) Andrés Baiz, Marcela Valencia, Blas Jaramillo, Lucia Rengifo
Three parallel stories that occur in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre Read More »
Cruces sobre el yermo (1967) Alberto Mariscal, Julio Aldama, Sonia Infante, Eric del Castillo
“Crosses Across the Wilderness” begins as a Spaghetti Western style revenge story. Read More »
The Bastards AKA Los bastardos (2008) Amat Escalante, Jesus Moises Rodriguez, Rubén Sosa, Nina Zavarin
A 24 hour period in the lives of Fausto and Jesus, two undocumented Mexican day-laborers in L.A. Read More »
In Between Dying AKA Sepelenmis Ölümler Arasinda (2020) Hilal Baydarov, Orkhan Iskandarli, Rana Asgarova, Huseyn Nasirov
‘In Between Dying’ is the love story of Davud, a young man trying to find his “real” family Read More »
Like Water for Chocolate AKA Como agua para chocolate (1992) Alfonso Arau, Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
In a forgotten Mexico village Tita and Pedro fall in love, but their marriage is forbidden as to traditions. Read More »
Strawberry and Chocolate AKA Fresa y chocolate (1993) Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío, Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra
Diego, a cultivated, homosexual and skeptical young man, falls in love with a young heterosexual communist Read More »
Homework AKA La tarea (1991) Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, María Rojo, José Alonso
Virginia (Maria Rojo) is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. Read More »
Sitting Bull (1954) Sidney Salkow, Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence Read More »
Four Moons AKA Cuatro lunas (2014) Sergio Tovar Velarde, Antonio Velázquez, Alejandro de la Madrid, Cesar Ramos
Four stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret Read More »
Full Speed Ahead AKA A.T.M.: ¡¡A toda máquina!! (1951) Ismael Rodríguez, Pedro Infante, Luis Aguilar, Aurora Segura
A drifter lands a job as an officer in México City’s elite motorcycle police unit Read More »
The Honorary Consul (1983) John Mackenzie, Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins
During the rule of brutal right wing military juntas in Paraguay Read More »
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) Mike Newell, Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder Read More »
On The Empty Balcony AKA En el balcón vacío (1961) Jomí García Ascot, Alicia Bergua, Martín Bergua, María Luisa Elio
This film is about a woman who was a child refugee from the Spanish Civil War Read More »
The Savage Is Loose (1974) George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, John David Carson
In 1902, John, his wife Maida (his real-life wife) and their infant son David Read More »