After killing his underworld boss, a man turns to the CIA for help, but finds the opposite extreme of terrorism Read More »
Tag Archives: Mexico
Slaughter (1972) Jack Starrett, Jim Brown, Stella Stevens, Rip Torn
Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob Read More »
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989) Roland Joffé, Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia
In real life, Robert Oppenheimer was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project Read More »
The Virgin of Lust / La virgen de la lujuria (2002) Arturo Ripstein, Luis Felipe Tovar, Ariadna Gil, Patricia Reyes Spíndola
In Vera Cruz in the 1940s, Nacho, an Indian, waits tables at Don Lázaro’s café at Hotel Ofélia. Read More »
Rossana / La red (1953) Emilio Fernández, Rossana Podestà, Crox Alvarado, Armando Silvestre
Antonio dives for sponges which are sold by his sweetheart Rossana. Read More »
Herod’s Law / La ley de Herodes (1999) Luis Estrada, Damián Alcázar, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Delia Casanova
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 »
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 »
In Between Dying / 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 »
Strawberry and Chocolate / 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 / 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 »