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Silvia Navarro & Diana García in “Labios Rojos” [2011 Mexico]

Rafael Lara’s “Labios Rojos” [Eng. Title: Red Lips] is your stereotypical mainstream comedy about marital woes (predominantly sexual) where the characters are usually caricatures and ridden with cliché. This film might as well have been churned out twenty years ago … Continue reading

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Lumi Cavazos & Claudette Maillé in “Como Agua para Chocolate” [1992 Mexico]

Veteran actor and director Alfonso Arau bagged a bucket full of awards for his 1992 romantic drama, “Como Agua para Chocolate” [Eng. Title: Like Water for Chocolate]. Based on wife and writer Laura Esquivel’s novel of the same name, this … Continue reading

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Scenes from “Querida voy a Comprar Cigarrillos y Vuelvo” [2011 Argentina]

The Argentinian comedy by Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat, “Querida voy a Comprar Cigarrillos y Vuelvo” [Eng. Title: Darling, I’m going out for Cigarettes and I’ll be Right Back] is based on an engaging story by Alberto Laiseca – who … Continue reading

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Arcelia Ramírez & Francesca Guillén in “Así es la Vida” [2000 Mexico]

Arturo Ripstein reinvented Mexican melodrama for the digital age with his film “Así es la Vida” [Eng. Title: Such is Life]. It is also a modern retelling of the Roman tragedy by Seneca ‘Medea‘, which itself is based on the … Continue reading

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Javiera Díaz de Valdés, Sigrid Alegría & co in “Sexo con Amor” [2003 Chile]

The fine Chilean actor-comedian Boris Quercia wrote and made his directorial feature film debut in “Sexo con Amor” [Eng. Title: Sex with Love]. It was a huge box-office hit in his otherwise conservative country. As the title suggests, it’s about … Continue reading

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