FRIDA – VIVA LA VIDA (12) 2019 TROILO, GIOVANNI £19.99
Asia Argento travels around Mexico exploring the work and life of renowned artist Frida Kahlo.
In Spanish with English subtitles
VUELVEN/TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID ( 18) MEXICO LÓPEZ, ISSA 2017 DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
In a violent unnamed town in Mexico a group of five children are trying to survive the horrific violence of the cartels fighting the drug war, while the ghosts of dead relatives come back to haunt them.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Review – https://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/films/reviews/view/28813/tigers-are-not-afraid-vuelven
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LA MONTAÑA SAGRADA/HOLY MOUNTAIN (18) 197 3 MEXICO JODOROWSKY, ALEJANDRO BLU RAY – £22.99
A thief teams up with a group of politicians and industrialists who plan to storm the Holy Mountain and obtain the secret of immortality from its inhabitants.
In Spanish with English subtitles
EL TOPO (18) 1971 MEXICO JODOROWSKY, ALEJANDRO BLU RAY – £22.99
Cult spaghetti western Gunslinger El Topo travels the desert with his seven-year-old son. When they come across the scene of a massacre, one of the dying victims tells them that the gang responsible are led by a man known as the Colonel.El Topo sets out to exact vengeance.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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LA LENGUA DEL SOL/THE TONGUE OF THE SUN (15) 2017 MEXICO ARIAS, JOSÉ LUIS GUTIÉRREZ £15.99
As the end of the world approaches, lovers Emilia and Ramiro live out their final days confined to their apartment.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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ROMA – THE CRITERION COLLECTION (15) 2019 MEXICO CUARÓN, ALFONSO DVD – £19.99 BLU RAY – £28.99
Set in 1970′ s Colonia Roma neighbourhood of Mexico City, the film follows the tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family as seen through the eyes the maid Yalitza Aparicio and is loosely based on Alfonso Cuarón childhood in Mexico City.
Roma is a labour of love, Alfonso Cuarón deploying monumental black-and-white cinematography, an immersive soundtrack, and a mixture of professional and nonprofessional performances to shape its author’s memories and to pay tribute to the woman who nurtured him.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
4K digital master, supervised by director Alfonso Cuarón, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Road to “Roma,” a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with Cuarón
Snapshots from the Set, a new documentary featuring actors Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira, producers Gabriela Rodríguez and Nicolás Celis, production designer Eugenio
Caballero, casting director Luis Rosales, executive producer David Linde, and others
New documentaries about the film’s sound and postproduction processes, featuring Cuarón; Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay, and Craig Henighan from the postproduction sound team; editor Adam Gough; postproduction supervisor Carlos Morales; and finishing artist Steven J. Scott
New documentary about the film’s ambitious theatrical campaign and social impact in Mexico, featuring Celis and Rodríguez
Trailers
Alternate French subtitles and Spanish SDH
PLUS: A booklet featuring essays by novelist Valeria Luiselli, historian Enrique Krauze, and (with the Blu-ray) writing by author Aurelio Asiain, along with production-design images with notes by Caballero
In Spanish with English subtitles
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LA CAMARISTA/CHAMBERMAID (15) 2018 MEXICO AVILÉS, LILA £15.99
Film by debut film-maker Lila Avilés which follows chambermaid Eve as she works on 21st floor of a luxury hotel in Mexico City. The camera follow Eve as she works long hours in the pursuit of promotion and we become privy to her journey of self-discovery, her desires, doubts and dreams.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Guardian review –
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/28/the-chambermaid-review-la-camarista-lila-aviles
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SIEMPRE SÍ/ALWAYS SAY YES (18) 2018 ARGENTINA FUGUET, ALBERTO £12.99
Héctor, a gay man in Hermosillo, decides to move to the bright lights of Mexico City to posE naked for photography collective Feral, leaving behind his friends and his inhibitions.
In Spanish with English subtitle
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LUCIÉRNAGAS /FIREFLIES (18) 2018 MEXICO KHOSHNOUDI, BANI £15.99
Ramin, a gay refugees escaping homophobic Iran, arrives in Veracruz, Mexico.
After his failed attempt to get to Europe, Ramin, single-mindedly, steers his own course. This course might be shaped by the immigrant experience or conversely by the homophobic culture he came from.
In Spanish English and Persian with English subtitle
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CUERNAVACA/SEEDS (15) 2017 MEXICO ANDRADE, ALEJANDRO £15.99
After the death of his mother, bullied adolescent Andy, is sent to live with his grandmother.
Here he tries to come to terms with grief, growing up, and finding his identity, Andy becomes fascinated by a young gardener who introduces him to an exciting world of danger, risk, and temptation.
In Spanish with English subtitle
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LA REGIÓN SALVAJE/UNTAMED (18) 2016 MEXICO ESCALANTE, AMAT DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Disillusioned factory worker Ale lives with her macho husband Angel and their two sons. Angel is also having an affair with Ale openly gay brother Fabian. Their lives becomes more complicated when a meteorite lands in a nearby forest bringing with it a mysterious force which may be able to solve their problems and change their lives forever.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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TE PROMETO ANARQUÍA/I PROMISE YOU ANARCHY (18) 2015 MEXICO CORDÓN, JULIO HERNÁNDEZ 15.99
Teenage skateboarder from a middle-class Miguel and his lover fellow skater Johnny naively become involved in the illegal blood trade in Mexico City
In Spanish with English subtitles
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CESAR CHAVEZ (12) 2014 MEXICO LUNA, DIEGO £12.99
Biographical drama based on the life and achievements of Mexican American civil rights activist and labour movement leader Cesar Chavez.
The film shows how Chavez (Michael Peña) went from being just another Latino American farm worker to a passionate and respected spokesperson whose embrace of non-violent means of protest led to the securing of a living wage for workers like himself.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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DESIERTO (15) 2016 MEXICO CUARÓN, JONÁS £12.99
A group of Mexican migrant workers make the dangerous crossing into the USA as they go in search of a better life by. However, they are quickly spotted by a psychotic American vigilante who takes it upon himself to hunt them across the desert with his rifle.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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600 MILLAS/600 MILES (15) 2015 MEXICO RIPSTEIN, GABRIEL £15.99
A law enforcement agent is captured by a drug smuggler and they embark on a 600-mile journey to the cartel headquarters, along the way bonding and striking up a friendship.
In Spanish with English subtitles
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GÜEROS (15) 2014 MEXICO RUIZPALACIOS, ALONSO £15.99
Black-and-white Mexican road movie about two dysfunctional brothers and an ex girlfriend going in search of their hero, a Mexican rock’n’roll pioneer named Epigmeneo Cruz.
In Spanish with English subtitles
Guardian Review – http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/19/gueros-review-smart-debut-with-a-cheeky-eccentric-dash
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