Like Water for Chocolate
With the gorgeous period costumes, the romance, and the familial dynamics, you would think that Like Water for Chocolate’s latest…
F#Ck1Ng Social Media
Dir. Jorge Ulloa
There is no shortage of TV shows that dive deep into the weird wired world of social media, but F#Ck1Ng…
Misfortune
Dir. Analeine Cal y Mayor & Joe Rendón
Misfortune (Mala fortuna) is a telenovela that doesn’t shy away from the genre’s goofy qualities. It’s predictable and a little…
Identifying Features
Dir. Fernanda Valadez
Rather than talking about what it takes to get to the other side of the border, Identifying Features instead focuses…
ZeroZeroZero
The drug trade is international, but it is rarely portrayed as such on TV. Drug thrillers often take place in…
Radical
Dir. Christopher Zalla
Going to school can be tough, moreso in a neglected, corrupt and violent town with not much opportunities to improve.…
Birds of Passage
Dir. Ciro Guerra & Cristina Gallego
Organized crime and drug dealing has been a topic of many a film, sometimes even glamorizing the whole endeavor, but…
Santa Sangre
Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
With an acrobat in a sanitarium, elephant trunks spouting blood, and a religious cult whose patron saint is a rape…
I Dream in Another Language
Dir. Ernesto Contreras
An indigenous language is dying, and the last two people who speak it have not spoken to each other in…
What Remains On The Way
Dir. Danilo Do Carmo & Jakob Krese
Over 100 hours of footage were shot for this documentary chronicling the fraught journey that thousands make to reach the…
Triangle Of Sadness
Dir. Ruben Östlund
Among the sea of class satires released in the last year, Triangle of Sadness is one of the better ones.…
Hell
Dir. Luis Estrada
Better known through its original Spanish name El Infierno, Hell is an underrated crime thriller that satirizes Mexico at the…
Deep Crimson
Dir. Arturo Ripstein
While love and longing can transform people into their best selves, it has famously transformed couples into their worst selves…
After Lucia
Dir. Michel Franco
As much as we like to imagine children being innocent, schoolyard bullying does happen, and sometimes it goes way past…
Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You
Dir. Maryse Sistach
Going through troubles can be made easier by having a friend. That’s true in Mexican drama Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears…
Sin Nombre
Dir. Cary Fukunaga & Cary Joji Fukunaga
A foreign film on par with City of God, and carrying its heritage of naturalistic performances and raw stories. Sin Nombre will take…
The Devil's Backbone
Dir. Guillermo del Toro
Pan’s Labyrinth is often considered director Guillermo Del Toro’s best film, and rightfully so. But if you’re looking for a…