Category Archives: Latin America

Susana Falcone in “Los Paranoicos” [2008 Argentina]

Argentinian director Gabriel Medina’s excellent debut feature “Los Paranoicos” [Eng. Title: The Paranoids] is a subdued romantic comedy about a shy and sensitive, aspiring screenwriter conquering the little demons that are holding him back. Luciano makes a living performing in … Continue reading

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Ivonne Montero & co in “Asesino en Serio” [2002 Mexico, Spain]

Antonio Urrutia’s outrageous comedy “Asesino en Serio” [Eng. Titles: Serious Killer, I Murder Seriously] is one of those deliciously tacky films you’ll love to have in your collection. I had reviewed this several years ago, but this a reappraisal from … Continue reading

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Scenes from “Satanás” [2007 Colombia, Mexico]

You’d be forgiven for assuming that any Latin American film titled “Satanás” must be a nunsploitation flick from a bygone age. As it turns out, this 2007 drama is a recreation of a shocking 1986 massacre in Colombia when a … Continue reading

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Natalia Pelayo & Alejandra Baldoni in “Aniceto” [2008 Argentina]

Now here’s something different – a film musical..! Veteran actor-filmmaker Leonardo Favio revisits a film he made forty years earlier (El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca) – this time, as a musical, “Aniceto”. Favio produced this popular story as … Continue reading

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Elizabeth Cervantes & others in “El Infierno” BR720 [2010 Mexico]

Luis Estrada has followed up his hugely successful and highly acclaimed social satire “Le Ley de Herodes” with his latest film, “El Infierno” [Eng. Title: Hell]. Even if this story is set in modern day Mexico, both the films deal … Continue reading

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