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Rating
Title/Year
Author
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Eternals (2021)
Chloé Zhao... manages to deliver on every front when it comes to this movie.
Posted Nov 5, 2021
2
Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)
Vásquez brought us an uncharacteristic vision of inner city life where black and brown stand side-by-side despite underlying racial tensions.
Posted Aug 12, 2021
3
Fitzgerald really cut it together well. There's a compelling progression to the story, and he got so many people with so much to say that the film doesn't get tiresome.
Posted Apr 5, 2021
4
7/10
Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020)
Young Afro-Latinos Shine in
Posted Feb 9, 2021
5
The songs were originally written about Colombia's countryside, but convey the same longing for a distant Monterrey.
Posted May 29, 2020
6
Mala Mala (2015)
Mala Mala is truly a wonderful documentary with a lot of life and high hopes for the kinds of societies we could be the world over.
Posted May 28, 2020
7
Bixa Travesty ('Tranny Fag') (2018)
This documentary is uninterested in making you feel comfortable with the images and ideas they're presenting, and confronts you head on about current issues.
Posted May 27, 2020
8
Kokoloko (2020)
Set in a picturesque coastal town in Mexico, the trio meets a series of terrible events through an almost experimental, unpolished style in this stunning colorful 16mm film.
Posted May 14, 2020
9
Pacified (Pacificado) (2019)
It's an isolating feeling shared by nearly all of the other characters trying to survive this latest government intervention.
Posted May 14, 2020
10
499 (2021)
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Through the Night (2020)
Without making it too obvious, Limbal's documentary shines a light on the unspoken backbone of our economy.
Posted May 14, 2020
12
Every anecdote is colorfully animated so you get to experience what they're all describing in clearer detail.
Posted May 13, 2020
13
The Infiltrators (2020)
As both document and chronicle of radical activism, Rivera and Ibarra's project is a call to action.
Posted May 1, 2020
14
Eerie and shot with a lurid formalism that makes it all the scarier (São Paulo's nights have looked more frightening), Good Manners delivers on its chills and thrills.
Posted Apr 27, 2020
15
Signature Move (2017)
This multicultural film's exploration of relationships, cultural exchanges, and the mother-daughter dynamic will enthrall.
Posted Apr 27, 2020
16
This Mexican coming of age tale shows itself to be a tender and quirky take on the genre.
Posted Apr 20, 2020
17
LA Originals (2020)
18
Diamantino (2019)
This dazzlingly original feature from longtime collaborators Daniel Schmidt and Gabriel Abrantes skewers its subjects with loving cinematic gusto.
Posted Apr 7, 2020
19
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
His (Toro's) incredible visual style, uncanny CGI world, and gift for a particular style of storytelling knock this out of the park.
Posted Apr 7, 2020
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21
Bacurau (Nighthawk) (2020)
22
Mosquita Y Mari (2012)
If that (the premise) sounds corny, the film is anything but, with supreme performances from the two leads.
Posted Mar 9, 2020
23
Almada shows deep empathy for her main character, etching an unforgettable poetic portrait of one women finding herself anew.
Posted Mar 9, 2020
24
El lugar más pequeño (2011)
25
XXY (2007)
26
In a moving depiction of this vibrant city, director Julia Solomonoff's touching feature presents a portrait of immigrant solitude.
Posted Mar 9, 2020
27
Bellas de Noche (2016)
28
Director Anna Muylaert, who has worked as a film critic and reporter, drafted a thoughtful script and put care into directing the actors, with a big payoff.
Posted Mar 9, 2020
29
Zama (2018)
Zama is that rarest of creative feats: a perfect coupling of literary source material and cinematic sensibility.
Posted Mar 9, 2020
30
Epicentro (2020)
Epicentro may not have an imperialist lens, but it still feels like a colonizing one.
Posted Mar 2, 2020
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Beneath Us (2020)
Neither as thought-provoking as it thinks it is, nor as powerful a conversation-starter as it should be, Pachman's modern-day parable is not likely to change anyone's mind.
Posted Feb 24, 2020
33
Workforce (Mano de obra) (2019)
This feature debut from writer-director David Zonana progresses like a quietly humming thriller, with each scene contributing to the film's gathering power.
Posted Feb 24, 2020
34
Wander Darkly (2020)
Wander Darkly remains a potent romantic drama with some thrilling elements.
Posted Feb 12, 2020
35
Sylvie's Love (2020)
36
The colorful images have a way of immersing you into the setting, helping the outside viewer see what the residents of the town already know.
Posted Feb 7, 2020
37
Mucho Mucho Amor isn't merely a biographical doc. It is also a character study that aims to go beyond the capes, beyond the memes, beyond the flair.
Posted Feb 4, 2020
38
I Carry You with Me (2021)
39
The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
40
High Tide (2020)
High Tide makes us keenly aware of these variously intersecting identities, using a beautifully constructed house as the setting for a miniature treatise on class warfare.
Posted Jan 29, 2020
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Home videos from Argentine director Ana García Blaya's childhood furnish her autobiographical first feature with an invaluable component that makes her memories tangible.
Posted Jan 24, 2020
43
Leona (2021)
The characters are portrayed in a realistic way.
Posted Jan 15, 2020
44
After the Raid (2019)
45
Spider (Araña) (2019)
Polished in a serviceable manner, Spider has a studio feel.
Posted Dec 6, 2019
46
Queen of Lapa (2020)
Their cameras feel like visitors that have been allowed into a safe haven that would otherwise have excluded them.
Posted Dec 6, 2019
47
Our Mothers resembles the skeletal remains Ernesto pulls from the earth - brittle and incomplete.
Posted Dec 4, 2019
48
Tu Me Manques (2019)
Tu me manques is a triumph, not only because of the bold and creative choices it makes to tell its story, but also for its urgent message of acceptance.
Posted Dec 4, 2019
49
Café con Sabor a mi Tierra (2019)
A beautifully photographed drama that doesn't take advantage of its locations to tell an intriguing enough narrative about its coffee growers.
Posted Dec 4, 2019
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