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The American remake of Miss Bala is an exploitation picture veiled as women’s revenge flick

It’s a 180-degree turn from the original, an outcry against the border drug wars.

This caper flick from Pantelion Films scores points for populism and nuttiness.

Ten favorites from the festival lineup, plus stray thoughts on a few other features

First impressions of the troubling Mexican art film, which won the best director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival

Considering the similarities of three recent art films from Mexico, Turkey, and Israel

Achy Obejas reviews Aguijon II Theatre Company’s 1991 adaptation of Carlos Fuentes’s story “Orquídeas a la Luz de la Luna.”