Casa de los Babys 2003  R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sayles
Cast: Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor, Rita Moreno, Susan Lynch, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Bruno Bichir, Angelina Pelaez, Vanessa Martinez, Juan Carlos Vives
After six women arrive in South America with intentions of adopting babies, they find they must deal with a bureaucracy that mandates a lengthy residency requirement before adoption can take place. The women stay at a cheap hotel, Casa de Los Babys, where they must deal not only with each other but with the local population as well. Subplots abound in this memorable story.
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Death and the Compass 1996  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alex Cox
Cast: Peter Boyle, Christopher Eccleston, Miguel Sandoval, Zaide Silvia Gutierrez, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Alonso Echanove, Ariane Pellicer, Gabriela Gurrola, Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Eduardo Lopez Rojas
This tale is set in what appears to be a futuristic city where a popular detective, Erik Lonnrot (Peter Boyle), is working on the case of a murdered rabbi. He believes that the murder was occult motivated, but his superior believes it was a simple botched theft by a notorious criminal. Another death further convinces Erik that his theory is correct. The story plays out in a surreal environment as good fights evil.
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Don't Tempt Me 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Agustin Diaz Yanes
Cast: Victoria Abril, Penelope Cruz, Fanny Ardant, Gael Garcia Bernal, Juan Echanove, Demian Bichir, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Cristina Marcos, Gemma Jones, Elena Anaya, Bruno Bichir, Peter McDonald
Mexican boxer Manny (Demian Bichir) is close to committing suicide when an angel, Lola (Victoria Abril), from Heaven answers the call for help. But, the powers-that-be in Hell step in to interrupt the rescue and send their own agent, Carmen (Penelope Cruz), onto the scene.
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Midaq Alley 1995 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Ernesto Gomez Cruz, Maria Rojo, Salma Hayek, Bruno Bichir, Delia Casanova, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Claudio Obregon, Juan Manuel Bernal, Margarita Sanz, Abel Woolrich
A 1947 novel by Nobel prizewinner Naguib Mahfouz is translated from 1940s' Cairo to modern Mexico City with excellent results. The story revolves around several people of a close-knit Mexico City neighborhood. Their stories are intertwined into excellent film fare: a middle-aged father and cantina owner is attracted to a young man, a beautiful woman has trouble waiting for her lover who has fled to the U.S., and a homely landlady falls in love.
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Red Daybreak 1989 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jorge Fons
Cast: Hector Bonilla, Maria Rojo, Jorge Fegan, Ademar Arau, Demian Bichir, Bruno Bichir, Marta Aura, Eduardo Palomo, Carlos Cardan, Simon Guevara, Roberto Sosa
Mexico City just before the Olympic Games of 1968 is the setting for this drama involving an uprising of students who believe that changes in their living conditions must be made. The uprising is brutally suppressed by the government as hundreds of people are killed.
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| 1. Casa de los Babys (2003)
2. Death and the Compass (1996)
3. Don't Tempt Me (2001)
4. Highway Patrolman (1992)
5. Midaq Alley (1995)
6. Red Daybreak (1989)
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