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[1948]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=right valign=center><b>on this page: <p><a href=#directors>filmmakers of Mexico</a> <p><a href=#actors>actors of Mexico</a> <p><a href=#books>books on Mexican cinema</a> <p><a href=#movies>selected movies of Mexico</a> <br><a href="#soon">NEW movies, coming soon</a> <p><a href=#links>links</a> </b></td></tr></table> <p><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/4484/?field-keywords=mexico+cinema" target="_blank">browse cinema book catalog / Mexico at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/284935/" target="_blank">Mexico's films on DVD at Amazon.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/162187/" target="_blank">Mexico's films on VHS at Amazon.com</a> <p><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=53252" target="_blank">Mexican Movies poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com</a> <br><a href="http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?aid=90827&PPID=1&c=c&FilterType1=1&ItemType=1&Search=79354" target="_blank">Spanish-Language Movie Posters catalog at AllPosters [dot] com</a> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Mexico" target="_blank">Cinema of Mexico entry at Wikipedia</a> <p><a href="http://www.academiamexicana.com/" target="_blank">Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, A.C.</a> <br><a href="http://www.academiamexicana.com/academia/historiaariel.htm" target="_blank">History of the Ariel Award [est. 1947]</a> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Ariel_Awards_Mexico/" target="_blank">list of Ariel Awards at Internet Movie Database</a> <p><a href=Hispanic.htm target="_blank">Magic Lantern's Hispanic-American Cinema Page</a> <p><a href=bilingual.htm target="_blank">'Simultaneous Bilingual Film Production' Page</a> <br><a name="books"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Books&nbsp&nbsp;on&nbsp&nbsp;Mexican&nbsp&nbsp;Cinema</b></big></big></font> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=nordellbookst-20&path=tg/browse/-/301731/" target="_blank">'Libros en Español : Entretenimiento : Peliculas' Department at Amazon</a> <p><table border=0 width=700> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mas! Cine Mexicano Mexican Movie Posters" width=106 height=139 src="covers/CineMexicanoMasAS.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"&iexcl;Mas! Cine Mexicano: Sensational Mexican Movie Posters,<br>1957-1990" [2007]<br>by Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr.</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811854493/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Chronicle Books 10&frac12x8 pb [3/2007] for $13.57</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexico On Film" width=106 height=158 src="covers/MexicoOnFilmADLG.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexico On Film: National Identity & International Relations" [2006]<br>by Armida de la Garza</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0954316169/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Arena Books 9x6 pb [12/2006] for $30.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Movies in the United States" width=103 height=147 src="covers/MexicanMoviesUS.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexican Movies In The United States: A History of The Films, Theaters & Audiences, 1920-1960" [2006]<br>by Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr.; Foreword by Carl J. Mora</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786425458/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">McFarland & Co. 9&frac12x7 hardcover [7/2006] for $0.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican National Cinema" width=100 height=154 src="covers/MexNatlCinemaAN.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexican National Cinema" [2005]<br>by Andrea Noble</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415230101/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9x6 pb [12/2005] for $31.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0415230098/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Routledge 9&frac14x6&frac14 [12/2005] for $135.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Cinema 1896-2004 book by Carl J. Mora" border=1 width=103 height=151 src="covers/MexicanCinemaReflectionsCJM.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexican Cinema: Reflections of A Society, 1896-2004"<br>[orig 1982; 3rd edition 2005] by Carl J. Mora</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786420839/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [10/2005] for $46.90</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520043049/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press 2nd edition 9x6 pb [2/90] for $18.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001H09TRW/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press hardcover [7/82] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Masked Wrestler & Monster Filmography book by Robert Michael Cotter" width=106 height=151 src="covers/MexicanMaskedWrestlerFilmographyRMC.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography" [2005]<br>by Robert Michael 'Bobb' Cotter</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786441046/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [4/2008] for $39.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786420227/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [4/2005] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Filmography" width=100 height=140 src="covers/MexFilmographyDW.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"The Mexican Filmography, 1916-2001" [2003]<br>by <a href="http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dwilt/cv.html" target="_blank">David E. Wilt</a></big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786415371/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">McFarland & Co. 11&frac14x8&frac34x2 inches thick! hardcover [12/2003] for $195.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Buñuel & Mexico, Crisis of National Cinema book by Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz" width=105 height=159 src="covers/BunuelMexicoCrisisERAM.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"Buñuel and Mexico: The Crisis of National Cinema" [2003]<br>by Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520239520/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [11/2003] for $65.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Women Filmmakers in Mexico" width=100 height=150 src="covers/WomenFilmmakersMexicoER.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Women Filmmakers In Mexico: The Country of Which We Dream"<br>[2001] by Elissa J. Rashkin</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292771096/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 9x6&frac14 pb [4/2001] for $22.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292771088/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 9&frac14x6&frac14 hardcover [4/2001] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Cine Mexicano Poster Art" width=100 height=131 src="covers/CineMexicanoPosterArt.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Cine Mexicano: Poster Art From The Golden Age, 1936-1956" [2001]<br>by Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr.</big> <br><font color=maroon>Over 150 color reproductions from Agrasánchez's poster archive, with an Introduction by Charles Ramrex Berg</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0811830586/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Chronicle Books English-language 10&frac12x8 pb [4/2001] for $14.96</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexico's Cinema" width=100 height=153 src="covers/MexicosCinemaHM.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film & Filmmakers" [1999]<br>Edited by Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0842026827/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Scholarly Resources Books 9x6 pb [11/99] for $27.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0842026819/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Scholarly Resources Books 9&frac12x6&frac14 hardcover [11/99] for $72.00</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Poster Art From The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema book by Rogelio Agrasánchez" border=1 width=106 height=141 src="covers/CartelesEpocaOroCineMexicano.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Carteles de La Epoca de Oro del Ciné Mexicano / Poster Art From The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, 1936-57" [1998]<br>by Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr.</big><br><font color=maroon>Over 200 color reproductions from Agrasánchez's poster archive, with a bilingual Introduction by Charles Ramrex Berg</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292704852/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 11&frac14x8&frac34 bilingual hardcover [1/98] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Cinema, Mexican Woman book by Joanne Hershfield" width=105 height=159 src="covers/MexicanCinemaMexicanWomanJH.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexican Cinema / Mexican Woman, 1940-1950" [1996]<br>by Joanne Hershfield</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0816516375/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ AZ Press 9x6 pb [11/96] for $19.95</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0816516367/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ AZ Press 9x6&frac14 hardcover [11/96] out of print/used</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Mexican Cinema" width=108 height=126 src="covers/MexicanCinemaPAP.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"Mexican Cinema" [1996]<br>Edited by Paulo Antonio Paranagua</big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0851705162/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">British Film Institute 9&frac34x8 pb [4/96] out of print/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0851705154/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">British Film Institute 10x8&frac14 hardcover [4/96] out of print/rare</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Mexican Cinema, Interviews With Thirteen Directors book by Beatriz Reyes Nevares" width=105 height=161 src="covers/MexicanCinemaInterviews13DirectorsBRN.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"The Mexican Cinema: Interviews With Thirteen Directors" [1976]<br>by Beatríz Reyes Nevares, Translations by Carl J. Mora & Elizabeth Gard</big> <br><font color=maroon>interviewees include Luis Alcoriza, <a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a>, Felipe Cazals, José Estrada, Emilio 'El Indio' Fernandez, Jorge Fons, Alejandro Galindo, Alberto Isaac, Salamón Laiter, Juan López Moctezuma, Sergio Olhovich, Arturo Ripstein & Ismael Rodríguez</font> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826304117/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ NM Press / Olympic marketing pb [6/87] out of print/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0826304109/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ NM Press pb [1976] out of print/used</a> </td></tr></table> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Cinema-Reflections-Society-1896-1980/dp/0520043049/ <p><a href=foreign2.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Foreign Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Asian Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Canadian Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignCh.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Chinese Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR2.htm#books target="_blank">Books on French Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignDE.htm#books target="_blank">Books on German Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIN.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Cinema of India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIT2.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Italian Cinema</a> <br> <a href=foreignJP.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Japanese Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Russian Cinema</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#books target="_blank">Books on Cinema of Spain</a> <p><a name="directors"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Filmmakers&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Mexico</b></big></big></font> <p><font color=purple><b>NOTE:</b> Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed<br>by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.</font> <p><a href=foreign.htm#directors target="_blank">Foreign Filmmakers</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Canada</a> <br> <a href=foreignCH.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of China</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of France</a> <br> <a href=foreignDE.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Germany</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIN.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIT.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Italy</a> <br> <a href=foreignJP.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Japan</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#directors target="_blank">Filmmakers of Spain</a> <p><big><big><font face=webdings color=black>·</font>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;<font face=webdings color=black>·</font></big></big> <p><table border=0><tr><td><img src=images/oscar_sm.gif alt="won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for &quot;The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie&quot; [1972]">&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td align=center valign=center><a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank"><big>Magic Lantern's<br><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Luis&nbsp&nbsp;Buñuel</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1900-83; Spain/France/Mexico] Page</big></big></td></tr></table> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Alfonso&nbsp&nbsp;Cuarón</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190859/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Guillermo&nbsp&nbsp;del Toro</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868219/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Emilio&nbsp&nbsp;'El Indio'&nbsp&nbsp;Fernández</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1903-86]</big><br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0273477/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Fern%C3%A1ndez" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>cinematographer <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Gabriel Figueroa</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1907-97]</big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0004195/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://www.gabrielfigueroa.com/" target="_blank">official website</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Figueroa" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Alejandro&nbsp&nbspGonzález&nbsp&nbspIñárritu</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327944/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Paul&nbsp&nbsp;Leduc</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0496694/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " no entry on Wikipedia <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big>cinematographer&nbsp&nbsp;<font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Emmanuel&nbsp&nbsp;Lubezki</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0523881/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Lubezki" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Emilio&nbsp&nbsp;Gómez&nbsp&nbsp;Muriel</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1910-85]</big><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350947/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_G%C3%B3mez_Muriel" target="_blank">entry on Wikipedia {empty}</a> <p>"Redes (The Wave)" [Azteca Films Mexico July 1936, USA April 1937] <br>Muriel's first film, important for two reasons: Strand's lovely but static cinematography, and the music score<br>by Silvestre Revueltas; directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel & Fred Zinnemann " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0028165/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Juan&nbsp&nbspBustillo&nbsp&nbspOro</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1904-89]</big><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124571/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " no entry on Wikipedia <p><hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Arturo&nbsp&nbsp;Ripstein</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[b. 1943]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0728149/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Ripstein" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><a href="http://www.arturoripstein.com/" target="_blank">ED's Arturo Ripstein fansite</a> <p><table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Arturo Ripstein / Colonel movie" width=105 height=153 src="covers/pARcoronel.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <big>"El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba"<br>aka "No One Writes To The Colonel" [Mexico Sept 1999]</big> <br><font color=maroon>An aged colonel and his ashmatic wife try to survive in a remote village while the Mexican government balks at paying the pension promised to him.</font> Directed by Arturo Ripstein; starring Fernando Luján, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek, Rafael Inclán, Ernesto Yáñez & Daniel Giménez Cacho <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009EIQK/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Maverick Spanish-language color DVD [6/2003] for $12.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009EIQI/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Maverick Spanish-language color VHS [6/2003] out of prodn/used</a><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132905/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Gabriel García Márquez / Coronel book" width=102 height=151 src="covers/GGMcoronel.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><big>based on the 1961 novel by <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/marquez-bio.html" target="_blank">Gabriel García Márquez [b. 1927]</a></big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060751576/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Harper Perennial 8x5&frac14 pb [2/2005] for $11.01</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060907002/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Harper Perennial 8x5&frac14 pb [8/79] out of print/many used</a> <br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_One_Writes_to_the_Colonel" target="_blank">book entry at Wikipedia</a> </td></tr></table> <hr color=gray width=350> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Marcela&nbsp&nbsp;Fernández&nbsp&nbsp;Violante</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[b. 1941]</big><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0273356/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcela_Fern%C3%A1ndez_Violante" target="_blank">Wikipedia {empty}</a> <p>"The General's Daughter" [1976] <p><a name="actors"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Actors&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Mexico</b></big></big></font> <p><a href=foreign2.htm#actors target="_blank">Foreign Actors</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignAS.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Canada</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCH.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of China</a> <br> <a href=foreignFR2.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of France</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Germany</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIN.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of India</a> <br> <a href=foreignIT2.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Italy</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Japan</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#actors target="_blank">Actors of Spain</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Pedro&nbsp&nbspArmendáriz</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1912-63]</big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000784/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Alfonso&nbsp&nbspBedoya</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1904-57]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066166/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Bedoya" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Cantinflas</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[real name Mario Moreno Reyes; 1911-93]</big><br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0134594/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantinflas" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><b>"Cantinflas"</b> biopic [Mexico for 2011? release] <br>Co-writer/director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde, co-writer Gabriela Tagliavini,<br>and actor Oscar Jaenada are said to be attached (3/2010); <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1351285/fullcredits" target="_blank">latest info at IMDb</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Delores del Rio</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1905-83]</big> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Dolores-del-R%C3%ADo/dp/0816634092/ <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Maria&nbsp&nbsp;Félix</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1914-2002]</big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0299661/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_F%C3%A9lix" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Vicente&nbsp&nbspFern&aacute;ndez</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[b. 1940]</big> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0273787/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente_Fern%C3%A1ndez" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Mauricio&nbsp&nbsp;Garcés</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp[1926-89]</big> <br>born Mauricio Féres Yázbek of Lebanese parents; known as 'zorro plateado' (The Silver Fox) <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=dvd&field-keywords=Mauricio%20Garc%C3%A9s&tag=nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">browse Spanish-language DVDs of Mauricio Garcés</a> " <a href="http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0305517/" target="_blank">IMDb listing [1951-88]</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Garc%C3%A9s" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Pedro&nbsp&nbsp;Gonzalez&nbsp&nbsp;Gonzalez</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1925-2006]</big><br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0327602/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Gonzalez_Gonzalez" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica" size=5><b>Salma&nbsp&nbspHayek</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000161/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/Frida.htm" target="_blank">Frida Kahlo Page at Spirit of America Bookstore</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big>actor-singer <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Pedro&nbsp&nbsp;Infante</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1917-57]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408626/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Infante" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p>http://www.amazon.com/Pedro-Infante-leyes-querer-Spanish/dp/9705803714/ <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big>actor-singer <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Jorge&nbsp&nbsp;Negrete</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1911-53]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624434/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Negrete" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big>actress <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Rosaura Revueltas</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1910-96]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720955/" target="_blank">IMDb listing [1950-77]</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosaura_Revueltas" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p>starred in the <b>only</b> American blacklisted film <a href=SaltofTheEarth.htm target="_blank">"Salt of The Earth" [1954]</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big>actor-singer <font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Javier&nbsp&nbsp;Solis</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1931-66]</big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0813725/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Sol%C3%ADs" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><font face=webdings color=orange><b><big><big>®&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;®</big></big></b></font> <p><big><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>Ignacio&nbsp&nbspLópez&nbsp&nbspTarso</b></font></big> <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529964/" target="_blank">IMDb listing</a> " <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacio_López_Tarso" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> <p><a name="movies"> </a><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Selected&nbsp&nbsp;Movies&nbsp&nbsp;of&nbsp&nbsp;Mexico</b></big><br>{ in chronological order} </big></font> <br>Mexico's films have been nominated 7 times for Best Foreign Language Oscar®, with no wins.<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_submissions_for_the_Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film" target="_blank">list of Mexico's submissions for Oscar consideration</a> <p>Selected films of:&nbsp&nbsp;<a href=foreignAS.htm#movies target="_blank">Asia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCA.htm#movies target="_blank">Canada</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignCH.htm#movies target="_blank">China</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignFR.htm#movies target="_blank">France</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignDE.htm#movies target="_blank">Germany</a> <br> <a href=foreignIN.htm#movies target="_blank">India</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignIT2.htm#movies target="_blank">Italy</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignJP.htm#movies target="_blank">Japan</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignRU.htm#movies target="_blank">Russia</a> &nbsp&nbsp;" &nbsp&nbsp; <a href=foreignSP.htm#movies target="_blank">Spain</a> <p><a href="http://posterazzi.blogspot.com/2009/07/100-top-mx-films.html" target="_blank">posterazzi blog 'list of 100 Top MX Films' posted July 2009</a> <p>jump to <a href="#soon">NEW movies, coming soon</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Vamanos con Pancho Villa"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1936] /tt0027240/ <br>directed by Fernando de Fuentes; based on the novel by Rafael F. Muñoz <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Juarez"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1939] <br>starring Paul Muni <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Ahi Esta el Detalle"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1940] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"María&nbsp&nbsp;Candelaria"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Mexico Jan 1944] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="María Candelaria" width=104 height=158 src=covers/pMariaCandelaria.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>Set in the 'floating gardens' of Xochimilco, the tragic tale of a beautiful, outcast Indian girl and the noble peasant who loves her.</font> Co-written & directed by Emilio Fernández; cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa; starring Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán, Margarita Cortés, Miguel Inclán, Beatriz Ramos, Rafael Icardo & Julio Ahuet; won Cannes Festival Grand Prize & Best Cinematography award <br>video/DVD not available [!]; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0037054/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Enamorada"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1946] /tt0038510/ <br>Co-written & directed by Emilio Fernández; cinematography by Gabriel Figueroa;<br>starring María Félix, Pedro Armendáriz & Fernando Fernández <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Los&nbsp&nbsp;Olvidados&nbsp&nbsp;(The Forgotten Ones)"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Mexico 1950] <br>Directed by <a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a> <br><a href="http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/olvidados.html" target="_blank">CineMexicano movie fanpage {in Spanish}</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Espaldas Mojadas"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1953] <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"El Vampiro"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[1957] <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Macario"</b></font><br>[Mexico June 1960, USA Sept 1961] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right><a href=null> <img alt="Macario video" border=1 width=75 height=140 src="covers/vMacario.jpg"></a>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>A medieval morality play, set in 18th Century Mexico, and one of the finest examples of Mexican cinema.</font> Co-written & directed by Roberto Gavaldón; co-written by Emilio Carballido, based on a story by B. Traven; starring Ignacio López Tarso, Pina Pellicer, Enrique Lucero, Mario Alberto Rodríguez, José Gálvez & José Luis Jiménez; <b>Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film</b> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000VJFUA/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Hannover color DVD [12/2003] for $13.46</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303593267/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Connoisseur/Meridian VHS w/English subtitles [1/90] out of stock/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0054042/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Viridiana"</b></font> [1961] Directed by <a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a> <br>http://www.amazon.com/Viridiana-Script-Director-Luis-Bunuel/dp/0435070150/ <br>based upon "Halma" 1895 novel by Benito Pérez Galdós [1843-1920] <br><a href="http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/viridiana.html" target="_blank">CineMexicano movie fanpage {in Spanish}</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"The Exterminating Angel (El Ángel Exterminador)"</b></font> [1962] <br>Directed by <a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a> <br>http://www.amazon.com/Exterminating-Angel-Green-Integer-Bunuel/dp/1931243360/ <br><a href="http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/exterminador.html" target="_blank">CineMexicano movie fanpage {in Spanish}</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Simón del Desierto (Simon of The Desert)"</b></font> [1965] <br>Directed by <a href=LuisBunuel.htm target="_blank">Luis Buñuel</a> <br><a href="http://cinemexicano.mty.itesm.mx/peliculas/simon_desierto.html" target="_blank">CineMexicano movie fanpage {in Spanish}</a> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Pedro&nbsp&nbsp;Páramo"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp;[Mexico Jan 1967] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Pedro Páramo 50th anniversary" width=98 height=126 src=covers/PedroParamo50.gif>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>A young man seeks his father and the inheritance stolen from his mother. Arriving at the town, he finds it in ruins, and ghosts tell him how that came to be. The classic novel of magical realism is enhanced by the superb direction and cinematography.</font> Directed by Carlos Velo; cinema- tography by Gabriel Figueroa; starring John Gavin, Jorge Rivero, Ignacio López Tarso, Pilar Pellicer, Narciso Busquets, Julissa, Augusto Benedico, Beatriz Sheridan, Graciela Doring, Roberto Cañedo, Carlos Fernández, Alfonso Arau & Claudia Millán <br>video/DVD not available; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0062108/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Juan Rulfo novel Pedro Páramo" width=100 height=154 src="covers/PedroParamoJR.gif">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <br><font size=4>based on the 1955 novel by Juan Rulfo [1917-86]</font> <br>translation by Margaret Sayers Peden: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802133908/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Grove Press 8x5 pb [3/94] for $10.40</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0292771215/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Univ TX Press 10&frac14x8&frac12 hardcover [11/2002] for $26.80</a> <br>Spanish-language edition: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8437604184/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Catedra mass pb [1/2006] for $10.39</a> <br>Spanish-language edition: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8433920707/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Anagrama 7x4&frac34 pb [11/2003] for $14.90</a> <br><a href="http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/juanrulfo/home.htm" target="_blank">Juan Rulfo fansite at Club Cultura</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Qué&nbsp&nbsp;Viva&nbsp&nbsp;México !"</b></font> reconstruction<br>[Russia/Mosfilm Aug 1979, USA Nov 1979] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="¡Que viva Mexico! DVD set" border=1 width=106 height=153 src=covers/dSMEQueVivaMexico.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> Directed in Mexico by <a href=Eisenstein.htm target="_blank">Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]</a> from 1930 to 1932; 1979 version edited in Moscow by co-director Grigori Aleksandrov; narration by Sergei Bondarchuk; the DVD includes the Eisenstein shorts "Romance Sentimentale" [1930] and "Misery and Fortune of Woman" [1930] <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005A05K/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Kino Video b&w subtitled DVD [4/2001] for $26.99</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6305073732/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Kino Video b&w VHS [6/2000] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0079020/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><b><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica">"Frida"</font></b> [Miramax/Lions Gate Oct 2002] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo" width=82 height=82 src=images/FKsmallSH.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> Directed by Julie Taymor; Oscar nominations for Best Actress (Salma Hayek), 5 others {won 2}, won 1 of 4 BAFTA noms <p><big><center>DVDs & videos, posters, books and more on<br><a href="http://www.genordell.com/stores/spirit/Frida.htm" target="_blank">Frida Kahlo Page at Spirit of America Bookstore</a></center></big> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Once Upon A Time In Mexico"</b></font><br>[Columbia Sept 2003] <table border=0 width=700><tr valign=top><td align=right> <img alt="Once Upon A Time In Mexico poster" width=106 height=167 src=covers/pOUATInMexico.jpg>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td> <font color=maroon>A psychotic C.I.A. agent recruits El Mariachi to kill the assassin who murdered his wife & child, which leads to preventing the assassination of Mexico's President.</font> Co-produced, written, directed, cinematography & music by Robert Rodriguez; starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Willem Dafoe, Johnny Depp, Ruben Blades, Mickey Rourke, Eva Mendes, Danny Trejo, Enrique Iglesias, Marco Leonardi, Cheech Marin, Rubén Blades, Gerardo Vigil & Pedro Armendáriz Jr. <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000WN140/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Sony widescreen color DVD [1/2004] for $9.49</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000YWJW8/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Sony color VHS [4/2004] out of prodn/used</a> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000BWVC5/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">Milan Records soundtrack CD [9/2003] for $14.99</a> <br><a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0285823/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits from IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/onceuponatimeinmexico/index.html" target="_blank">Sony official film site</a> </td></tr></table> <p><img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"El Sicario (Hit Man): Room 164"</b></font> docufilm [indep 2010] <table border=0 width=700> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="El Sicario (Hit Man): Room 164 poster" src="covers/pElSicarioRoom164.jpg" width=105 height=147>&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>The fat man in Room 164 tells of his 20 years as a hired killer for the drug lords of Northern Mexico; he wears a black veil for disguise, and after quitting his career had a price of $250,000 put on his head.</font> Co-produced, written & directed by Gianfranco Rosi; postscript to a Harper's magazine article by Charles Bowden <br>DVD/Blu-ray not yet available " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1760956/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> </td></tr> <tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="El Sicario, Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin book edited by Molly Molloy & Charles Bowden" width=106 height=160 src="covers/ElSicarioMMCB.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><big>"El Sicario: The Autobiography of A Mexican Assassin" [2011]<br>Edited, transcribed & translated by Molly Molloy; edited by Charles Bowden </big> <br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568586582/nordellbookst-20" target="_blank">The Nation Books 8&frac14x5&frac12 pb [5/2011] for $10.87</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <a name="soon"> </a> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Saving Private Perez (Salvando al Soldado Pérez)"</b></font>&nbsp&nbsp<img src=images/newredylo.gif><br>[Videocine Mexico March 2011, Pantelion/LionsGate USA Sept 2011] <table border=0 width=740><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="Saving Private Perez / Salvando al Soldado Pérez poster in Spanish" border=1 width=105 height=156 src="covers/pSavingPrivatePerezSP.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>Major hit in Mexico, an action-comedy; a Mexican drug cartel boss is forced by his mother to rescue his kidnapped little brother &ndash; a soldier in Iraq.</font> Co-produced, co-written & directed by Beto Gómez; co-written by Francisco Payó González; starring Miguel Rodarte, Adal Ramones, Jaime Camil, Jesús Ochoa, Gerardo Taracena, Joaquín Cosio, Isela Vega, Rodrigo Oviedo & Marius Biegai <br>DVD/Blu-ray not yet available <br><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461336/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.privateperez.com/" target="_blank">movie site in English</a> " <a href="http://www.salvandoalsoldadoperez.com.MX/" target="_blank">movie site en Español</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"8 Murders A Day"</b></font> documentary film [indep Oct 2011]&nbsp&nbsp;<img src=images/newredylo.gif> <table border=0 width=670><tr valign=top><td align=right><img alt="'Eight Murders A Day' documentary film by Charlie Minn" width=108 height=154 src="covers/p8murdersaday.jpg">&nbsp&nbsp;</td><td><font color=maroon>An investigation of the political, social, and economic forces that have left tens of thousands of innocent Mexicans dead in the border drug turf wars, "perhaps the greatest human rights disaster in the world" &ndash; terrorism happening 10 feet from the U.S.A.</font> <br>Produced, co-written & directed by Charlie Minn <br>DVD/Blu-ray not yet available " <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1822157/fullcredits" target="_blank">credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.8murdersaday.com/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <img src=images/tiny_moviecamera_grn.gif> <p><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><b>"Cristiada"</b></font> [2011? release]&nbsp&nbsp<img src=images/newredylo.gif> <table border=0 width=700><tr><td align=center><font color=maroon>Touted as the largest-ever Mexican-produced film, this historical epic centers on the 1926-29 Cristeros war, a rebellion over the government s attempt to remove the influence of the Catholic Church and to secularize Mexico.</font> Produced by Pablo Jose Barroso; co-written & directed by Dean Wright; co-written by Michael James Love; cast includes Andy Garcia, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Peter O Toole, Eva Longoria Parker, Bruce Greenwood, Oscar Isaac, Santiago Cabrera, Ruben Blades & Nestor Cabonell <br>DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; <a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1566501/fullcredits" target="_blank">full credits at IMDb</a> " <a href="http://www.cristiadafilm.com/" target="_blank">official movie site</a> </td></tr></table> <br><a name="links"> </a><p><br><img src=images/filmline.jpg> <p><br><font face="desdemona,arial,helvetica"><big><big><b>Links&nbsp&nbsp;de&nbsp&nbsp;Peliculas&nbsp&nbsp;Mexicanas</b></big></big></font> <p><a href="http://affiliates.allposters.com/link/redirect.asp?aid=90827&c=c&search=6070" target="_blank">Spanish Language movies poster catalog at AllPosters.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.foreignfilms.com/spanish.html" target="_blank">Foreign Films [dot] com - Best Spanish Language Films on DVD</a> <br><a href="http://www.citwf.com/" target="_blank">Complete Index To World Film</a> <br><a href="http://www.estudioschurubusco.com/" target="_blank">Churubusco Studios Azteca</a> <br><a href="http://www.vallartafilmfestival.com/" target="_blank">Vallarta Film Festival [Dec 2006 = #3]</a> <br><a href="http://mx.movies.yahoo.com/" target="_blank">Yahoo! 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