Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
The Violin
Bim, Bam, Boom
Año uña
Alamar
Yambaó
Mojados
Morisma
Cruzando
Romantico
In the Pit
Silent Light
Lake Tahoe
Summer of Goliath
Los bastardos
The Brave One
Spotlight on Mexican Cinema
Boasting the most prolific film industry in Latin America, Mexico for many years produced movies almost exclusively for local audiences. More recently, an explosion of new talent — including directors Amat Escalante, Carlos Reygadas and Alfonso Cuaron — have brought new visions both grittily realistic and occasionally fantastical to international attention, illustrating cinema's ability to transcend borders both cultural and all too physical.
Selected Films
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We are Mari Pepa
Alex is one of four Guadalajara best mates who comprise the titular garage-punk band. Never mind that they can barely play their instruments or that they only have one song (albeit a great one, a joyfully obscene ode to "Natasha" whose rare quotable line runs, "I'm never going...Watch Movie
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Año uña
AÑO UÑA chronicles the impossible romance between Molly, a twenty-one year old American, and Diego, a Mexican in the throes of puberty. Molly travels to Mexico where she rents a room in Diego's house. A close relationship immediately develops between the two. Diego, who had previously been...Watch Movie
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Becloud
On a dry lakebed in 1964, a trucker and his companion find a baby boy at the dry breast of its dead mother. Years later, the trucker operates an ice factory in a poor urban district with his son, José, who dreams of one day striking out on his own. Neighbor Felipe, meanwhile, works at an Internet...Watch Movie
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Summer of Goliath
One can hardly swing a fistful of popcorn without hitting a "docu-fiction hybrid" these days. But fortunately Nicolás Pereda moves that conceit far forward with his ever-surprising, genre-bending SUMMER OF GOLIATH. Here, all forms of fiction, documentary, fantasy and reality...Watch Movie
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The Brave One
A film full of warmth and sensitivity, THE BRAVE ONE is the story about the friendship of a boy and a bull. Gitano, or Gypsy, is the name the boy gives the bull whose life he saves during a storm. The animal follows him around like a puppy until the legal owners spirit the mature Gitano away to...Watch Movie
