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Esequiel Hernández, Jr. and the Making of the US-Mexico Borderlands
 Joseph Nevins
Esequiel Hernández Jr. was only 18-years-old when Clemente Manuel Banuelos, a U.S. Marine corporal, shot and killed him in Redford, Texas in May 1998. Hernández, a high school student, was the first civilian killed by U.S. troops within national territory since the 1970 Kent State massacre.
 HBO's Recount Rave
 Jeffrey Wells
Last night I finally saw Recount, and I feel no hesitancy whatsoever in calling it totally crackerjack - a throughly engaging, first-rate political drama that gets you off. It's also fair to use the word "brilliant" as it's no small feat to make a gripping film that's mostly about a bunch of middle-aged political operatives bickering and maneuvering over vote counts, media statements, lawsuits, court decisions, dimpled chads and all that jazz.
Heidi Fleiss Finds Hard Times in Nevada Desert
 Bob Tourtellotte
It's a long trip from the lush gardens and multimillion-dollar mansions of Beverly Hills to the desert scrub brush and a broken-down home in Pahrump, Nevada, but former Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss has made it.
The First-Ever Mexican Film Festival in New York Says 'Hola'
 Erasmo Guerra
Hola Mexico, the first-ever Mexican film festival in New York, was conceived in Australia. Which makes all the sense in the world once you meet its 29-year-old creator, Samuel Douek.
Oscar Hype Dampens For Ledger's Joker
 Iain Blair
When the new Batman movie "The Dark Night" began screenings last month before its U.S. debut on Friday, some moviegoers saw Heath Ledger as an instant Oscar candidate for his role as the deranged villain, the Joker.
HBO Film Explores "Ganja Queen" Travel Nightmare
 Michelle Nichols
Schapelle Corby is living every traveler's worst nightmare - convicted in 2005 of smuggling marijuana into Indonesia, the 30-year-old Australian is serving a 20-year sentence in a cramped prison. Now a film debuting on cable television HBO on Monday goes behind the scenes at the dramatic trial that gripped Australia.
Tavira, One-Handed Violinist, Dies at 84
 Alexandra Olson
Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84.
'Happening' Beats 'Hulk' Overseas
 Dave McNary
Scare fare triumphed overseas as M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening" edged "The Incredible Hulk" at the weekend's foreign box office.
This Summer's Sleeper Hit: Wanted
 MovieWeb
Based upon Mark Millar's explosive graphic novel series and helmed by stunning visualist director Timur Bekmambetov - creator of the most successful Russian film franchise in history, the Night Watch series - Wanted tells the tale of one apathetic nobody's transformation into an unparalleled enforcer of justice.
Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek Stayed at Drug Trafficker's House During Filming of Bandidas
 Sofia Diogo Mateus
Actresses Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek stayed in a house belonging to a real life bandido while shooting the film "Bandidas", it has emerged. The stars slept at a drug trafficker's house for several days during the 2006 shoot.
Movie Review: Blood of My Blood
 Ron Wilkinson
A moving story combined with first rate acting and a great screenplay by a new, but determined, writer/director make this an indie film not to be missed. Modern film noir from the streets of Mexico to the streets of America.
Mexico Contributes to the Narnia Movies
 Allan Wall
Contemporary big-budget movies, with their legions of actors, artists, technicians and other contributors, only a fraction of whom are seen onscreen, are International collaborations. "Prince Caspian" was no exception.
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
 Moviegoings
I am sorely tempted to discuss Expelled purely as entertainment, but that would be rather unjust, both to the filmmakers and to any potential audience members. Expelled was quite different from what I expected, definitely not what I hoped and perhaps least of all what it pretends to be.
Intelligent Design Film Boosts Academic Freedom Bills, Advocates Say
 Kevin Mooney
A documentary released earlier this year may be partly responsible for "academic freedom bills" now advancing at the state level. Those bills are intended to strengthen the free speech rights of those who seek to examine the full range of views on evolutionary theory.
The Girls Are Back in Town
 Manohla Dargis
A little Botox goes a long way in “Sex and the City,” but a little decent writing would have gone even further. A dumpy big-screen makeover of that much-adored small-screen delight, the movie was written and directed by Michael Patrick King, one of the guiding lights and bright wits of the original series.
Hollywood Is Becoming the Pentagon's Mouthpiece for Propaganda
 Nick Turse
"Liberal Hollywood" is a favorite whipping-boy of right-wingers who suppose the town and its signature industry are ever-at-work undermining the U.S. military. In reality, the military has been deeply involved with the film industry since the Silent Era.
Escaping Politics with Indiana Jones
 Bill Maxwell
I've had it with politics, at least for now, so I did what I always do when I've had it: I escape with a movie. Not just any movie, mind you, but a bona fide fantasy, the more adventurous and far-fetched the better.
Benicio Del Toro Wins Cannes Award as 'Che'
 Agence France-Presse
Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro, the Puerto Rican-born star often dubbed the "Latino Brad Pitt", won Cannes' Best Actor award Sunday for his role as "Che" Guevara in Steven Soderbergh's film on the revolutionary hero.
Mexican Star of Immigrant Drama Gets Border Grief at Cannes
 Agence France-Presse
The Mexican star of an immigrant drama presented at Cannes got a hard time from disbelieving French airport police after he truthfully told them he was an electrician invited to the glitzy festival, police said Thursday.
Soderbergh Challenges Cannes with Epic Che Tale
 David Germain
Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, Steven Soderbergh never makes things easy for an audience. With his epic film biography of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, Soderbergh defiantly has made the story he wanted to see, one that will prove a very tough sell to some audiences.
The End Of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream
 EndOfSuburbia.com
Does the end of cheap oil mean the end of Suburbia? What’ll happen to the long commutes, the fancy town and country houses, the tidy square lawns, the skinny trees, and the two car garages? The Canadian video documentary “The End of Suburbia” explores prospects for suburbia in the face of sky rocketing energy costs.
John Cusack's War: The Actor Battles to Un-embed Hollywood With His New Film, "War, Inc."
 Jeremy Scahill
Back in 1989, in his smash hit, "Say Anything," John Cusack famously stood with a boom box above his head outside the home of the woman he loved blasting Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." With his latest films on the Iraq war, Cusack is standing outside Hollywood with a TV above his head broadcasting his political movies calling on the public to wake up and "Do Something."
Shaking Up the Crowd at Cannes
 Manohla Dargis
The apocalypse came early to the Cannes Film Festival this year, filling screening rooms with snarling dogs, bursting bombs, shouting men and screaming women.
Real-life Skull Worship Inspires New 'Indy' Film
 Mark Stevenson
There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth — a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
Zapatista-Influenced Science Fiction
 Ben Terrall
I was out of town and missed the first 10 days of this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival, but luckily I made it back to the Bay Area in time to see the premiere of Sleep Dealer.
'The White Guy' in Black-Power Protest Becomes a Hero on Film
 Garry Maddox
It was one of the most controversial moments in Olympic history - the black-power salute by the American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Games. Beside them in the photograph of the protest is the Australian runner who is often known just as "the white guy", silver medallist Peter Norman.
War Made Easy
 Norman Solomon
When The New York Times published its explosive "Pentagon Pundits" story on April 20, the result was a wave of criticism directed at the Defense Department for manipulating TV news coverage of the Iraq war.
Democrats Abroad Film Event
 Paul Crist
Democrats Abroad Mexico - Costa Banderas Chapter invites you to attend a screening of the Academy Award nominated documentary film Sicko by Michael Moore at 7:30 pm on May 12th, 2008.
The Return of Mel: Edge of Darkness
 Orlando Sentinel
Martin Campbell will direct Mel Gibson in the actor-director's first starring role since 2002's Signs. Edge is based on a British TV mini-series from the 1980s, which Campbell also directed.
Zeitgeist, The Movie
 ZeitgeistMovie.com
Zeitgeist, produced by Peter Joseph, was created as a nonprofit expression to inspire people to start looking at the world from a more critical perspective and to understand that very often things are not what the population at large think they are.
How the Earth Was Made
 Reg Seeton
After watching The History Channel’s recent April DVD release How the Earth Was made, it’s sobering to know that man is nothing but a brief blip in the planet’s timeline.
The Spirit of ’68
 A. O. Scott
At least according to legend, the “events of May” — the strikes and disturbances that convulsed France in the spring of 1968 — began at the movies.
Robert Downey Jr. is Ready to Play the Hero in 'Iron Man'
 Rachel Abramowitz
The reformed bad boy is back on the industry's radar. It's probably that flying metal suit he's wearing.
Pacino and De Niro: How the Mighty Have Fallen
 Patrick Goldstein
I thought Francis Ford Coppola was being cranky last fall when he badmouthed Al Pacino and Robert De Niro - the stars of Coppola's immortal "Godfather" films - for taking parts for the money and losing their passion for doing great work. But Coppola was right on the money.
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