Dan O’Herlihy: A one-of-a-kind Best Actor Oscar nominee during Hollywood’s studio era (for Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 1954), Irish-born performer Dan O’Herlihy enjoyed a film and television career spanning half…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Pan’s Labyrinth with Doug Jones as the Faun. Whereas Pedro Almodóvar’s Volver received on single Academy Award nomination – Penélope Cruz is up for Best Actress – Guillermo del Toro’s…
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…
To the Other Side movie review: Brimming with good intentions, Gustavo Loza’s immigration drama is hindered by excessive sentimentality. Carmen Maura is the thespian highlight.
Mexican Oscars: Duck Season sweep. Fernando Eimbcke’s feature film debut – a black-and-white dramatic comedy about four people spending a dark night in a Mexico City apartment – was the…
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): Set during El Salvador’s sanguinary Civil War, Luis Mandoki’s sentimental drama shows how that mix of cruelty and carnage affects a boy’s life.