Huesera: The Bone Woman Review: The Horror Of Motherhood
The debut feature film from Mexican filmmaker Michelle Garza Cevera begs the question: what if it turns out that motherhood not only sucks but threatens to literally destroy you?
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New Order Review: An Angry and Uncomfortable Look at Mexican Class Warfare
New Order is a horrifying and exceptionally angry film.
Toronto After Dark 2018: Tigers Are Not Afraid Review
Director Issa López’s horror fairytale Tigers Are Not Afraid opened the 13th annual Toronto After Dark Film Festival this week, and it hit with an emotional wallop.
Sundance 2018: Time Share Review
Creepy, clever and caustic, Sebastian Hofmann’s deliciously dark comedy Time Share will get under your skin.
Sundance 2018: Time Share Review
Creepy, clever and caustic, Sebastian Hofmann’s deliciously dark comedy Time Share will get under your skin.
Play Dead Episode 1: Augusto ‘Cuxo’ Quijano
On the first episode of PlayDead, host Gabby DaRienzo sits down with Augusto Quijano to discuss the significance of death in Mexican culture and Drinkbox's Guacamelee!
Loose Cannons Episode #3 – Fando Y Lis (1968)
Excitement for the Loose Cannons as after two doses of grimy Swedish sexploitation we hit a ‘real’ movie from a ‘real’ director: Alejandro Jodorowsky’s debut, Fando y Lis!
Rendezvous With Madness 2013: The Naked Room Review
The Naked Room Looks at childhood mental illness never get rawer than this chilling and thoughtfully stripped down look at young adults in the intake room of a Mexican hospital. Listening in to the preliminary interviews with children and parents coming to the hospital for a wide range of issues from eating disorders and suicide […]
Guacamelee! Review
These days, most games billed as Metroidvania don’t live up to the moniker. Enter Guacamelee!, an excellent Mexican-themed brawler that oozes 2D authenticity. The latest offering from Toronto’s DrinkBox Studios maximizes the Metroidvania concept with tight combat, intricate level design, and a colourful aesthetic that reminds players that more is not necessarily better.
Interview: Creators of Casa de mi Padre
This Friday, Will Ferrell returns with another cinematic entry of his patented brand of wacko-surrealist comedy. However, this time it’s a little different. Specifically, the movie, Casa De Mi Padre, is entirely in Spanish and subtitled. Dork Shelf got a chance to chat with Casa De Mi Padre’s writer Andrew Steele and director Matt Piedmont to discuss the origins of their completely insane (in the best possible sense) new movie.
