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‘Naco es Chido’ in theatres now!

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:55:41 +0000

Please visit BotellitaDeJerez.com for more details on upcoming screenings!

‘Arizona-me’ Immigration Spoof

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:10:28 +0000

Iñarritu’s ‘Biutiful’ goes to Cannes

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:00:55 +0000

Diego Luna’s “Abel”

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:45:52 +0000

Guaranteed to be something you’ve never seen before, “Abel,” helmed by Mexican actor Diego Luna making his feature-directing debut, is the tale of a psychologically troubled nine-year-old boy who imagines he is the head of his fractured family. It’s a bittersweet, if slight, story, buoyed by a winning and heartfelt performance by non-pro Christopher Ruiz-Esparza in the title role. Fans of Luna and the New Mexican cinema will want to check it out and it’s a natural for worldwide festivals but might be a tough sell for theatrical outlets.

Luna, aided by cinematographer Patrick Murguia’s beautiful and subtle use of color, has created a totally lived in environment dominated by the frazzled matriarch Cecilia (Karina Gidi) since her husband Anselmo (Jose Maria Yazpik) left two years ago. We never know if this is the beginning of Abel’s problems but as the film opens his mother is taking him home from a mental institution where he’s been for the last two years.

[link: Diego Luna on producers]

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Alejandro Gonzáles Iñarritú does Nike

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:31:03 +0000

Helmed by Academy Award-nominated director Alejandro González Iñárritu, the spot is a frenzy of quick-cut, hyperspeed storytelling. Like Iñárritu’s movies (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores Perros), the ad jumps lithely among multiple plotlines.* But while Iñárritu’s feature films often substitute temporal disorientation for a well-devised narrative, and soapy melodrama for gravitas, here the bouncy mood and compacted running time are a perfect match for the director’s over-the-top impulses.

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El Chingonario

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:06:35 +0000

Javier Solórzano entrevista a Pilar Montes de Oca sobre “El Chingonario”

Parte 1 de 2

Parte 2 de 2

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Frijolywood members interviewed

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:43:42 +0000

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Revolución – Official Trailer

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:19:38 +0000

Enjoy the official trailer for “Revolucion” a film by Rodrigo Garcia

Revolución

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:24:30 +0000

The Mexican revolution began one hundred years ago with the overthrow of the country’s dictatorial President Porfirio Díaz. Revolución is a portmanteau film in which ten directors look back in ten short films at the violent upheaval that was to bring dramatic changes to the country. In his film, 30/30, Rodrigo Plá observes commemorative events and local politicians’ speeches. In EL CURA NICOLÁS COLGADO by Amat Escalanate, a boy and a girl come across a priest hanging in a tree. In ESTE ES MI REINO, Carlos Reygadas describes a group of proud Mexicans who invite their foreign friends to join them for a celebration in the country. In LA TIENDA DE RAYA Mariana Chenillo reminds us that, even today, workers are sometimes paid in coupons, which, just as in pre-revolutionary Mexico, they can only redeem in shops owned by their employers. Patricia Riggen’s film, LINDO Y QUERIDO, revolves around an American’s dying wish to be buried in the land he was once forced to leave. The titular protagonist LUCIO in Gael García Bernal’s film is enlightened by his cousin, Omar, as to the sometimes contradictory meanings of certain national symbols. Daniel has an unpleasant altercation with his wife in Diego Luna’s PACÍFICO. He winds up at the beach where he begins to realise that he can only fulfil his dreams by being at home with his family. In R-100 by Gerardo Narango, two workers try to run away from their past; Rodrigo García has the ghosts of deceased revolutionaries pay a visit to Los Angeles in LA 7TH Y ALVARADO, and, in LA BIENVENIDA, Fernando Eimbcke portrays a village that awaits the arrival of a special guest.

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Del Plato a la Pantalla

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:37 +0000

Read article in El Pais