Archive for March, 2009
Guadalajara Film Festival: 'Those Who Remain,' 'Round Trip' scoop prizes at Guadalajara film fest
Those Who Remain,’ ‘Round Trip’ scoop prizes at Guadalajara film fest.
Video: Peter Gabriel asks for political will to end impunity over Ciudad Juarez’s dead women
Peter Gabriel implored President Calderon to show “real political will, muscle and budget” in investigating the hundreds of unsolved murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez.
Video: ‘Those Who Remain’ focuses on families left behind in Mexico by migrants
The homes that Mexican migrants come from are often a jumping-off point for filmmakers, but Rulfo and Hagerman chose to stay at the point of departure to see how those who remain deal with their reduced numbers.
Guadalajara Film Festival: Road-trippers follow the signals in 'Round Trip'
Throw together two feisty characters from different sides of life’s tracks. It’s an old strategy but it works, as demonstrated by “Viaje Redondo”, Mexican director Gerardo Tort’s road-trip chick flick.
Guadalajara Film Festival: 'El Enemigo' examines the morality of revenge
“El Enemigo” (The Enemy) is one of the movies competing for the Guadalajara International Film Festival’s Best Ibero-American Fiction Feature Film this year.
Video: Mexico's butterfly reserve alights in the soul
They first catch the eye as tiny, ghost-like flashes. It takes a moment to fix the flitting shapes.
Guadalajara Film Festival: Secret special effects of 'Hellboy' and 'Pan's Labyrinth' revealed
Guillermo del Toro’s imagination is a fascinating abyss full of the kind of monsters that inhabit both our dreams and our nightmares.
Guadalajara — the story so far
I’m on the hoof, but wanted to report on some of the films I’ve seen so far here at the Guadalajara International Film Festival.
Video: Narcocorridos inspire Mexico City mural
After writing a song for los Tigres Del Norte about the controversial 670-mile fence project along the U.S.-Mexico border, Cristina Rubalcava got to listening to some of the band’s narcocorridos and created a mural that illustrates phrases from them.
Video: Be an illegal immigrant for a day
In El Alberto, a small village over 1000km from the border between Mexico and the US, tourists can pay to experience what it’s like being an illegal migrant.
Gael Garcia Bernal to be recognized for contributions to film at upcoming Guadalajara festival
Gael Garcia Bernal is to be honored at the upcoming International Film Festival in Guadalajara for his contributions to cinema.
Photojournalism show explains 2008 in Mexico
Mexico City’s Museo de la Ciudad is playing host to a photojournalism exhibition — Expofotoperiodismo — that features nearly 50 photos from 2008.
Video: Legal graffiti hits the walls of Mexico City
In a country with such a rich artistic heritage of mural-ism, graffiti is a popular past-time for many of Mexico´s youth.
El Santo memories on display — but far away
An exhibition honoring lucha libre legend El Santo opened in Mexico City late last month, marking the 25th anniversary of the fighter-turned-film-star’s death.
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