Best remembered for playing the creepy Omni chairman in RoboCop, Dan O’Herlihy was a one-of-a-kind Best Actor Oscar nominee during the studio era.
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Sara Montiel Sara Montiel: Legendary Spanish movie and recording superstar Sara Montiel, a.k.a. Sarita Montiel a.k.a. Saritisima, one of the Spanish-speaking world’s biggest film and recording stars, died yesterday, April…
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Jorge Negrete: Mexican movie icon remembered in Los Angeles exhibition Jorge Negrete was one of Mexico’s biggest movie stars ever. Although the actor / singer died more than half a…
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Mexican actors: Durango-born Ramon Novarro, Canadian Norma Shearer, and Dane Jean Hersholt in the German Ernst Lubitsch’s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg. Turner Classic Movies’ Hispanic Heritage Month celebration…
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The Cervantes Center of Arts & Letters will celebrate the birth centennial of Mexican actor-singer superstar Tito Guízar (1908–1999) with a screening of the 1936 cowboy musical (“charro”) Alla en…
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Ariel Awards: Irene Azuela in Quemar las naves. Mennonite beliefs: Carlos Reygadas psychological drama tops Mexican Cinema’s Oscars 2008 Ariel nominations: Feb. 21. Ariel winners: Palacio de Bellas Artes in…
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Academy Awards: Mexicans Invade the Oscars and the British are back in one of most international Oscars in history while Pedro Almodóvar shockingly snubbed.
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Marc-André Grondin in C.R.A.Z.Y. C.R.A.Z.Y. movie tops Genie Awards “I’m touched. This has been something – a crazy experience,” remarked C.R.A.Z.Y. filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée upon accepting the Academy of Canadian…
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To the Other Side (movie 2004) review: Brimming with good intentions, Gustavo Loza’s immigration drama is hindered by excessive sentimentality. Carmen Maura cameo.
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Fernando Eimbcke’s feature film debut Duck Season has swept the Mexican Oscars while a Salvadoran Civil War drama scored three wins.
Lake Tahoe directed by Fernando Eimbcke. Fernando Eimbcke’s minimalist comedy Lake Tahoe presents a series of vignettes showing a small-town teenager (Diego Cataño) trying to cope with the death of…
Press Release: Beverly Hills, CA – The evolution of Mexican cinema, the important role of Mexican filmmakers working in Hollywood and the influence of international filmmakers working in Mexico all…
Innocent Voices (movie 2004) review: Set during El Salvador’s Civil War, Luis Mandoki’s sentimental yet horrifying drama shows how the carnage affects a little boy’s life.