For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story 2000  PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, Mia Maestro, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton, Tomas Milian, Freddy Rodriguez, Andy Mendez, Jose Zuniga, Felix David Manrique
This is the story of famed jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) who fled from Cuba to the U.S. with his family. An HBO production.
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 Frida 2002  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro, Roger Rees, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Saffron Burrows
This biography tells the story of sexual revolutionary/Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) who shared her life with her husband, the great artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). But, at the same time, Frida found time for an affair with Leon Trotsky and participated in more than one romantic affair with women. The film won Academy Awards for Musical Score and Makeup and received four other nominations, including Best Actress (Salma Hayek).
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The Holy Girl 2004 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Lucrecia Martel
Cast: Mercedes Moran, Maria Alche, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Zylberberg, Mia Maestro, Marta Lubos, Arturo Goetz, Alejo Mango, Monica Villa
Sixteen-year-old Amalia (Maria Alche) lives with her mother, Helena (Mercedes Moran), in a family-owned hotel. Curious about sex, Catholic educated Amalia experiences mixed emotions when a hotel guest, Dr. Jano (Carlos Belloso), presses his body against hers. Although married, Dr. Jano is attracted to Helena, but Amalia is sure the doctor suffers from unholy lust and that it is up to her to save him.
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In the Time of the Butterflies 2001  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mariano Barroso
Cast: Salma Hayek, Edward James Olmos, Lumi Cavazos, Mia Maestro, Pilar Padilla, Marc Anthony, Demian Bichir, Fernando Becerril, Ana Martin, Anthony Alvarez
This made-for-cable TV film is based on Julia Alvarez's novel, which was based on the true story of three sisters who resisted the rule of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, the despotic ruler of the Dominican Republic. In 1960, the sisters' bodies were found on the coast of the Dominican Republic after they had been fighting Trujillo's regime since their father had been killed. This is their story, though it is little more than a showcase for Salma Hayek.
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The Motorcycle Diaries 2004 R, 128 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Adventure
Director: Walter Salles
Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mia Maestro, Mercedes Moran, Jorge Chiarella, Jean Pierre Noher, Lucas Oro, Marina Glezer, Gabriela Aguilera, Sofia Bertolotto, Franco Solazzi, Susana Lanteri, Ricardo Diaz Mourelle, Sergio Boris, Daniel Cargieman
Before he became a leader of the Cuban Revolution, Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal) and his friend, Alberto Granado (Rodrigo De la Serna), were medical students who motorcycled across South America on their way to a leper colony. This is the story of that adventure. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Al Otro Lado Del Rio") and received one other nomination.
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 Poseidon 2006 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jimmy Bennett, Jacinda Barrett, Andre Braugher, Mia Maestro, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodriguez, Kirk B.R. Woller, Gabriel Jarret
Good stunts and special effects highlight this disaster film about a capsized cruise ship in the North Atlantic Ocean. Survivors, led by John Dylan (Josh Lucas), trudge through twisted steel inside the upside-down ship in a desperate search for the means of escaping the wreckage.
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Secuestro Express 2004 R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Kidnap Express
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast: Mia Maestro, Ruben Blades, Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, Carlos Madera, Jean Paul Leroux
Inspired by an epidemic of kidnappings in Latin America, this story revolves around one terrifying night in Caracas when the lives of kidnap victims Carla (Mia Maestro) and Martin (Jean Paul Leroux) depend on Carla's father's (Ruben Blades) ability to raise $20,000 in ransom to be paid within 24 hours. The three kidnappers (Carlos Julio Molina, Pedro Perez, and Carlos Madera) do not always agree with each other on the types of violence involved in the crime, and one even becomes protective of Carla.
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 Tango 1998 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Miguel Angel Sola, Cecilia Narova, Mia Maestro, Juan Carlos Copes, Carlos Rivarola, Sandra Ballesteros, Oscar Cardozo Ocampo, Enrique Pinti, Julio Bocca, Juan Luis Galiardo
A Buenos Aires tango artist, Mario Suarez (Miguel Angel Sola), hits a turning point in his life when his wife leaves him. He takes a new road, which should end in the production of the ultimate tango film. Complications arise with a new love interest (Mia Maestro) and problems with financial backers, but Suarez continues his quest in filmmaking.
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| 1. For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
2. Frida (2002)
3. The Holy Girl (2004)
4. In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
5. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
6. Poseidon (2006)
7. Secuestro Express (2004)
aka: Kidnap Express
8. Tango (1998)
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