Sujo
The killing of a Mexican cartel boss puts his 4-year-old son in danger in a powerful, often mythic evocation of life lived on the edge of death, Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s engrossing drama ‘Sujo’.
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Posted by Deborah Young | Sep 24, 2024 | Cine Verdict, Featured, Festivals, International Oscars 2025, San Sebastian 2024 |
The killing of a Mexican cartel boss puts his 4-year-old son in danger in a powerful, often mythic evocation of life lived on the edge of death, Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez’s engrossing drama ‘Sujo’.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Feb 18, 2024 | Festivals, Berlinale 2024 |
Santiago Lozano Álvarez finds an original way – lyrical and exuberant – to talk about the murders, disappearances and ecocide in Colombia in ‘I Saw Three Black Lights’.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Aug 6, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023 |
With ‘All the Fires’, first-time director Mauricio Calderón Rico rises to the challenge of a sensitive coming-of-ager with LGBTQ+ interest and a personal style.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Aug 2, 2023 | Festivals, Locarno 2023 |
Spectacle Every Day: The Many Seasons of Mexican Popular Cinema is a retrospective that comes to the Locarno Film Festival full of diversity, history and joy.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Feb 20, 2023 | Berlin, Berlin 2023, Featured, Festivals |
In Totem Mexican director Lila Avilés shows sensibility and a strong hand. In Berlin Festival competition
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