Based of the Graham Greene novel about a revolutionary priest in Central America. Read More »
Tag Archives: Mexico
Simon of the Desert (1965) Luis Buñuel, Claudio Brook, Silvia Pinal, Enrique Álvarez Félix, Short, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
The ascetic Simón believes he is a sinner and decides to self-inflict a sacrifice, living like a hermit on the top of a pedestal Read More »
This Strange Passion (1953) Luis Buñuel, Arturo de Córdova, Delia Garcés, Aurora Walker, Drama, Romance
Francisco is rich, rather strict on principles, and still a bachelor. Read More »
Viridiana (1961) Luis Buñuel, Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Comedy, Drama
Viridiana, a young novice about to take her final vows as a nun, accedes, moved purely by a sense of obligation, to a request from her widowed uncle to visit him. Read More »
Castle of Purity (1973) Arturo Ripstein, Claudio Brook, Rita Macedo, Arturo Beristáin, Drama
The story of a disciplined and sexually driven man who keeps his family isolated in his home for years to protect them from the “evil nature” Read More »
The Phantom Gunslinger (1970) Albert Zugsmith, Troy Donahue, Sabrina, Elizabeth Campbell, Western
The Phantom Gunslinger is place from the city of”Tucca Flats.” The peaceful existence of this town is interrupted by the arrival of a bunch of bandits, such as Algernon, Big Sam, Cookie, along with a few others. The sheriff leaves city, but not before naming Bill because his successor. Bill, regrettably, does not carry or even understand how to use a gun, as well as the outlaws take over Tucca Flats. Read More »
The Soldiers of Pancho Villa (1959) Ismael Rodríguez, María Félix, Dolores del Rio, Emilio Fernández, Drama, Romance, War
The Cucaracha is a courageous woman soldier who directs a group of comparable women to the fray from the forces of the Villa colonel, Zeta. Read More »
Lucifer (2014) Gust Van den Berghe, María Acosta, Jeronimo Soto Bravo, Norma Pablo, Drama
On his downfall from Heaven to Hell, Lucifer passes through the earthly paradise, a village in Mexico, where elderly Lupita and her granddaughter Maria live. Read More »
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1954) Luis Buñuel, Dan O’Herlihy, Jaime Fernández, Felipe de Alba, Adventure, Drama
On 30 September 1659, the aristocratic British Robinson Crusoe’s ship sinks and he miraculously survives on a deserted island somewhere in South America. Read More »
The Beginning and the End (1993) Arturo Ripstein, Ernesto Laguardia, Julieta Egurrola, Blanca Guerra, Drama
The film tells the story of the Boteros, a middle-class Mexican family struggling against poverty after their father’s death. Read More »