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So far Melina Gills has created 7 blog entries.

    Dear White People

    Written and Directed by Justin Simien
    Produced by Mr. Simien, Effie Brown, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Ann Le and Lena Waithe Released by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
    USA. 108 min. Rated R
    With Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Kyle Gallner, Teyonah Parris, Brandon Bell, Dennis Haysbert, Brittany Curran, Peter Syvertsen, Marque Richardson and Malcolm Barrett
    Dear White People, one […]

    By |October 28th, 2014|Comedy, Sundance Film Festival, Top Picks|0 Comments

      The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

      Written and Directed by Ned Benson
      Produced by Cassandra Kulukundis, Benson, Jessica Chastain, Todd Labarowski, and Emanuel Michael
      Released by the Weinstein Company
      USA. 122 min. Rated R.
      With James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Nina Arianda, Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Ciaran Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, William Hurt, and Jess Weixler
      The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is a film trilogy whose first two […]

      By |September 14th, 2014|Drama, Melodrama|0 Comments

        The Empty Hours

        Written, Produced and Directed by Aarón Fernández
        Released by Strand Releasing
        Spanish with English subtitles
        Spain/France/Mexico. 100 min. Not rated
        With Kristyan Ferrer and Adriana Paz
        From Y Tu Mama También to the more recent It Felt Like Love, the beach has been fertile ground for tales of sexual discovery and youthful awakenings. Although Mexican director Aarón Fernández’s The Empty […]

        By |August 18th, 2014|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Mexico, sex, Teen|0 Comments

          The Amazing Catfish

          Written and Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce
          Produced by Geminiano Pineda
          Released by Strand Releasing
          Spanish with English subtitles
          Mexico. 95 min. Not Rated
          With Ximena Ayala, Lisa Owen, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén, Andrea Baeza and Alejandro Ramírez Mu?oz

          The Amazing Catfish is the semi-autobiographical debut feature of Mexican director Claudia Sainte-Luce. In her early thirties, she reveals a rare talent for […]

          By |July 28th, 2014|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Family drama, Mexico|0 Comments

            Heli

            Directed by Amat Escalante
            Written by Escalante and Gabriel Reyes
            Produced by Jaime Romandia, Matarraya and Tres Tunas
            Released by Outsider Pictures.
            Spanish with English subtitles
            Mexico/Netherlands/Germany/France. 105 min. Not rated
            With Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios and Rámon Álvarez

            Despite its narrative shortcomings, Heli, the latest feature from Mexican director Amat Escalante (Sangre, Los Bastardos), offers a […]

            By |July 3rd, 2014|Crime, Thriller|0 Comments

              Mercedes Sosa

              Written & Directed by Rodrigo H. Vila
              Released by First Run Features
              English, Spanish, Portuguese & French with English subtitles
              Argentina. 93 min. Not rated
              The biographical documentary Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America is a fine introduction to—or, for those who are familiar with Mercedes, a welcomed reminder of—the major turning points of the internationally beloved Argentinean […]

              By |February 5th, 2014|Music, Political, South American|0 Comments

                The Broken Circle Breakdown

                Directed by Felix van Groeningen
                Produced by Dirk Impens
                Written by Carl Joos & van Groeningen, based on the play by Johan Heldenbergh & Mieke Dobbels
                Released by Tribeca Film
                Flemish with English subtitles
                Belgium/Netherlands. 110 min. Not rated
                With Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh & Nell Cattrysse
                Taking place at different moments in the shared life of Didier and Elise, The Broken […]

                By |December 31st, 2013|Foreign, Melodrama, Musical|2 Comments