La Zona
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La Zona

Privacy is one of the most precious things we have. Freedom from intrusion, disturbance and the view of others; privacy is a right. What happens…

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Maldeamores
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Maldeamores

Last year, the Puerto Rican film Maldeamores (translated as Lovesickness) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival to a great reception, and after making the rounds of…

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La Misma Luna
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La Misma Luna

It’s almost impossible not to like La Misma Luna, the heartstring-plucking story of Carlitos, a clever little Mexican boy who crosses the border alone to…

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Perro Come Perro
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Perro Come Perro

Colombian director Carlos Moreno’s debut film Perro Come Perro, which premiered at Sundance and was shown at the Miami International Film Festival, captures the universal…

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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
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The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

I remember my first Copa del Mundo as a thinking human being.  It took place in Spain, and I was 9 years old — the…

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Live!
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Live!

Move over Bamboozled. Here comes the next shocking satire about U.S. mass voyeurism and our submersion of the sadistic elements in our nature as illuminated…

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Three Amigos Make a Splash at Oscars
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Three Amigos Make a Splash at Oscars

Tres mexicanos buscan unas reliquias doradas en el sur de California…
It sounds like a movie tag-line (probably for a bad western), but for directors…

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A Review of Pedro Almodovar’s Volver
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A Review of Pedro Almodovar’s Volver

Tom Stein reviews Pedro Almodovar’s new (and much expected) film, Volver. Alas, when compared to Talk to Her and All About my Mother, his latest…

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Temporada de patos
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Temporada de patos

Cuando el director Fernando Eimbcke le comunicó a sus productores que su guión sobre titulado Temporada de patos iba a ser filmado en blanco y…

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Quanto Vale ou é Por Quilo? (What is it Worth?)
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Quanto Vale ou é Por Quilo? (What is it Worth?)

When most Americans think about slavery, they usually think of racism and not the capitalist values that allowed the establishment of the system in the…

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Contrabando y Emocion
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Contrabando y Emocion

You know the story. You’ve heard it on the news for years, especially with the recent buzz about the controversial Guía del Migrante Mexicano and…

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