Identifying Features
A Mexican mother searches for her son, who vanished on his way to the U.S. border, and encounters the heart of darkness.
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Mank
Like Citizen Kane, David Fincher’s film is a puzzle that toys with time structure, interlocking past and present events with precision and wit.
The Life Ahead
Sophia Loren is often greater than any movie she appears in, and this is not an exception.
Divine Love
A complex political parable that, ironically, empathizes with the “wrong side of history.”
Hopper/Welles
An intense and—to a certain point—confrontational interview that works as an essential documentary about filmmaking.
Epicentro
An essential watch for anyone interested in present-day Cuba, its future, and its fascinating contradictions.
Song Without a Name
A must-watch that's harrowing and infuriating, set in 1988 during the war between the Peruvian government and the Shining Path guerrilla movement.
La Llorona
Jayro Bustamante’s vision of the Weeping Woman is novel, and it's a stroke of genius to imagine this popular legend in relation to the real horrors that have stained Latin American history.
Shine Your Eyes
The journey is more important than the destination in a musician's quest to find his older brother.