Sad Girlz
Newcomer Fernanda Tovar’s ‘Sad Girlz’ avoids a gloomy look but keeps a serious approach to the film’s theme of sexual abuse.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Sep 25, 2026 | San Sebastian 2026, Cine Verdict, Festivals |
Newcomer Fernanda Tovar’s ‘Sad Girlz’ avoids a gloomy look but keeps a serious approach to the film’s theme of sexual abuse.
Read MorePosted by Lucy Virgen | Mar 8, 2026 | Cine Verdict, Featured |
The new Mexican Film Law, still in the process of debate and approval, raises curiosity, hope and suspicion.
Read MorePosted 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.
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