Silvia Pinal Articles

Viridiana, Luis Buñuel's provocative 1961 Palme d'Or-winning classic proving that life is a bitch and then you play cards, will run at New York City's Film Forum from Friday, April 24, through Thursday, April 30. Inspired by a painting of Saint Viridiana kneeling on the floor before a crucifix and crown of thorns (and by Benito Pérez Galdós' novel Halma), co-written by Buñuel and Julio [...]

Mezcal by Ignacio Ortiz This year's round of major North American academy awards ended earlier this evening with the presentation of the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2005 Ariel Awards at a ceremony held at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. Just like at the American Academy Awards, which featured a Crash/Brokeback Mountain split, the Ariel statuettes for best director [...]