• In Production
  
  

  Simon and Gosling Play Strachwitz's Tunes

  Michael Fox
  Sep 23, 2009

  Chris Simon and Maureen Gosling's documentary-in-progress, tentatively titled No Mouse Music! The Story of Chris Strachwitz and Arhoolie Records, pays tribute to an underappreciated artist.

  
• In Production
  
  

  Telles charts 'Storm' of Mexican Revolution

  Michael Fox
  Sep 15, 2009

  Ray Telles's ambitious two-hour film, The Storm that Swept Mexico, with a budget north of $1.2 million, reaches out to the world.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  SFIFF52 Blogs: Portillo's 'Al Más Allá'

  David Winks Gray
  Apr 29, 2009

  Lourdes Portillo's partly autobiographical documentary Al Más Allá draws a laugh from the San Francisco International Film Festival crowd.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  'Silent Light' and Shattered Landscapes

  Max Goldberg
  Feb 27, 2009

  Carlos Reygadas' third film is an unmistakably serious work, emblematic of the kind of brooding, large-canvas filmmaking which has become a rarity.

  
• Q & A
  
  

  Q&A: Alex Rivera, 'Sleep Dealer'

  Michael Guillen
  May 14, 2008

  Rivera's debut centers on a young man grappling with a technological future in which neural implants, telerobotics and ubiquitous computing serve a global economy.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Review: "The Violin"

  Dennis Harvey
  Jan 8, 2008

  Francisco Vargas' first feature has won a pile of international awards to date, and might have garnered more had it arrived on the scene earlier.

  
• Festivals
  
  

  International Latino Film Festival and S.F. International Animation Festival

  Robert Avila
  Nov 8, 2007

  In the wake of Mexican cinema's triumphant showing at the 2007 Oscars, these films serve to confirm how some of the biggest surprises can come from the shortest of distances.

  
• Reviews
  
  

  Reviews: "Black Snake Moan"; "Cinemachismo"

  Michael Guillen
  Feb 27, 2007

  risks ridiculousness in chasing down unpolished redemption, while de la Mora delivers essential reading in Mexican film, gender studies, and theories of queer spectatorship.