Mexican Cinema

Lost In The Night review – violent drama hampered by convention

By David Jenkins

Mexican provocateur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for mainstream respectability in this intriguing tale of a young man’s torrid search for his missing mother.

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Lost in the Night – first-look review

By David Jenkins

Mexican provocateur Amat Escalante makes a half-cocked bid for mainstream respectability in this intriguing tale of a young man’s torrid search for his missing mother.

Prayers For The Stolen

By Marina Ashioti

Tatiana Huezo’s first narrative feature is a masterfully evocative portrait of coming of age in the shadow of Mexico’s narco wars.

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An oral history of Y tu mamá también

By Jason Wood

Read an exclusive extract from ‘The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema’, featuring interviews with Alfonso Cuarón, Emmanuel Lubezki and more.

Alfonso Cuarón: Observe the Moments

By Adam Woodward

The Mexican writer/director describes coming home to make Roma, his most profoundly personal film to date.

Roma

By David Jenkins

Alfonso Cuaròn’s monumental love poem to Mexico and the woman who made him a man.

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The Mexican film festival that’s building bridges with North America

By Adam Woodward

The director of the Los Cabos International Film Festival discusses the importance of supporting filmmakers across the border.

Meet the young female directors leading Mexico’s cinema revolution

By Matt Turner

Documentary filmmakers Betzabé García and Tatiana Huezo are giving a voice to victims of violent abuse.

Could a Speedy Gonzales movie be the antidote to Donald Trump’s America?

By Phil W Bayles

The beloved Looney Toon is set to make his big screen bow courtesy of Warner Bros.

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