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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