Film Reviews

Elephantine elegy

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Georgina Jiménez explains why
Tusk is not Alejandro Jodorowksy’s greatest work, but still leaves viewers scratching their heads

 

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Coming for colonialism

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Michael Caylo-Baradi analyses how Heading South by French director Laurent Cantet explores through sex tourism the complex colonial legacies that coexist in modern Haiti Continue reading

Silent movie

Eugene Carey explains why Norman should have got to know the mother-in-law first before inviting her to live in the marital home Continue reading

Women on top

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Sin dejar huella, María Novaro’s Mexican Thelma and Louise, pulls
off one of the most skilful feats in cinema

 

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Morally unfit

The Fall of Fujimori was acclaimed for providing an intimate portrait of the exiled Peruvian leader - but ducked the vexing question of US support for him Continue reading

Symbolic separation

Patricia Riggen’s first feature, La misma luna, challenges the stereotypes that have so far defined the illegal Mexican immigrant Continue reading

Empowered bastards

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Michael Caylo-Baradi analyses how Los bastardos by Mexican director Amat Escalante reverses the power dynamic for California’s undocumented labourers

 

 

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Lost city… and opportunity

The Lost City was a labour of love for Andy Garcia but offers a strangely disconnected and predictably loaded vision of Cuban political history Continue reading

Troubadour in trouble

Romántico puts a very human face on the harsh economic reality that drives illegal Mexican immigration to the US Continue reading

Bitter price for a sweeter life

Anyone concerned with fair trade must see The Price of Sugar, which exposes modern slavery in the Dominican Republic Continue reading

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