A Poet
By Guillermo Lopez Meza January 30, 2026
At the center of this black comedy stands the extraordinary performance of Ubeimar Ríos.
At the center of this black comedy stands the extraordinary performance of Ubeimar Ríos.
A woman’s plunge off a pedestrian bridge into the currents of the Rhône sets off a phobia of water in this elegant festival discovery.
A 24-year-old woman went to a hospital with severe abdominal pain and ended up deprived of her freedom for three years.
Three hidden gems and undistributed films that deserve attention.
A shimmering example of a genre that has been resurrected in an unexpected way, this time as a tropical noir.
A sports-mafia drama and an Almodóvar–esque tragicomedy.
Perhaps director Walter Salles’s best film since Central Station.
Within the wide and varied films at the festival, many of the Hispanic cinema offerings stand out.
Who could have anticipated that the most fiery and impactful revitalization the western genre has received in years would come in the form of a Chilean period piece about a horseback expedition of mercenaries riding across Tierra del Fuego?