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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez “Teorema del Tiempo” raises questions across the board about the nature of filmmaking, documentary films, memory, and presenting self-perceptions that in the end have …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez In 1974, hurricane Dolores tore through Mexico, flooding one Oaxacan village, Charco Redondo, completely out of existence, forcing its inhabitants to construct San Marquitos, …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez In 1994, Jacobo Grinberg, the Mexican neurophysiologist and psychologist, disappeared without a trace. Director Ida Cuellar’s first feature-length documentary, “The Secret of Dr. Grinberg,” …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez “Las Flores de la Noche,” a documentary by Mexican directors Eduardo Esquivel and Omar Robles, opens with recounting a legend from the Mexican War …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez Non-professional actors are very much a part of Mexico’s independent cinema, even though the films in which they appear often feature professionals leading the …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez Mexico’s independent cinema usually embraces a social realism that its mainstream counterpart ignores. “ColOZio,” artist and filmmaker Artemio Narro’s 2020 take on a madcap …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodríguez In 1994, Mexican director Trish Ziff produced her first documentary, focusing on the travails of the Mejia family from Oaxaca as they settled in …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodriguez Documentaries come in all shapes and sizes. With “Cosas que no hacemos” (“Things We Dare Not Do”), Mexican director Bruno Santamaria embraces the long-form …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodríguez Actress and director Angeles Cruz’s debut feature film “Nudo Mixteco” (literal translation: “A Mixtec Knot,” though the film’s original title is used internationally) portrays …
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By Jeffrey Sipe and Nina Rodríguez This is a new weekly column exploring the latest in Mexican cinema. We’ll be writing about the Mexican films coming out in cinemas and …
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