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The Winners of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival Are...
 Christina Rebuffet-Broadus
Presided by Isabelle Hupert, the 2009 Cannes Film Festival jury has just awarded the prizes for this year's festival.
Mexico Movie Theaters Under Strict Health Precautions
 Sari N. Kent
Mexico’s Swine flu outbreak has resulted in a multitude of problems for the country’s entertainment industry such as theater closings, loss of revenue, stern patron and employee policies as well as numerous release date postponements.
 A Cautionary Video About America’s ‘Stuff’
 Leslie Kaufman
The video was created by Annie Leonard, a former Greenpeace employee and an independent lecturer who paints a picture of how American habits result in forests being felled, mountaintops being destroyed, water being polluted and people and animals being poisoned.
Jackman to Attend Mexico Premiere
 BBC News
Actor Hugh Jackman has been given the all-clear to attend the Mexican premiere of his latest movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine later this month.
The Disease That Steals Your Self
 Alessandra Stanley
Memory loss is a terrifying prospect, and “The Alzheimer’s Project,” a sober, deeply affecting four-documentary series on HBO that begins on Sunday, seeks to comfort and encourage those whose worst fears turn out to be true.
Love, Narcos and Surfing
 Angela Moscarella
Corruption among Mexico's upper class, one man's search for meaning, ruthless narcos and their stranglehold on a town, the healing power of surfing and two youngsters who fall head over heels in love are the ingredients of "Amar a morir," which hits screens throughout Mexico today.
Beyond Elections in the Americas: An Interview With Michael Fox
 Benjamin Dangl
Benjamin Dangl interviews Michael Fox on the new documentary film, "Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas," co-produced by Michael Fox and Silvia Leindecker. Fox talks about how the film was created, what its aims were and what the film's impact has been among viewers in the US.
Puerto Vallarta's 13th Film Festival, March 24-28
 PVScene.com
Puerto Vallarta's 13th Film Festival is happening now thru March 28 2009, with free showings and performances at Los Arcos Amphitheater, at the University and at the Cuale Cultural Center.
Latino Fest in the Fray of Pop Culture's Lucha Libre
 Enrique Gili
he San Diego Latino Film Festival is perhaps the biggest little film festival most people outside of Southern California have never heard of.
 Anna Strasberg in Puerto Vallarta
 PVNN
Anna Strasberg, best known for continuing the Actors Studio where the work of her husband Lee Strasberg nurtured the talents of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will be offering 'The Method' seminar in Puerto Vallarta from March 23-25.
The Best Way To Wake Up The World To The Obama Deception
 Prison Planet.com
The Obama Deception is already receiving critical acclaim and topping popularity rankings of global Internet video websites, but we are now urging our supporters to push even harder by letting people know how they can watch the full documentary absolutely free.
Peru: Drama Exposes Rape as Weapon of War
 Milagros Salazar
The film La Teta Asustada/The Milk of Sorrow, the big winner at the Berlin Film Festival, drives home the brutal effects of Peru’s armed conflict on thousands of women who were raped and have lived with the pain and a lingering sense of shame and fear ever since.
istoria de un Letrero (The Story of a Sign)
 PVNN
With a stroke of the pen, a stranger transforms the afternoon for another man in this emotionally stirring short film by Alonso Alvarez - winner of the 2008 Online Competition at Cannes, and now a part of regular programming on National TV in Mexico.
With the World Changing Fast, Finding a Vision of Self in a Camera
 A. O. Scott
Jan Troell’s “Everlasting Moments” is a film whose title gives a clue about the kind of mood it wants to create. Set in Sweden in the early decades of the 20th century, this movie unspools at a leisurely, episodic pace, dwelling on the details of domestic life with a care that is both naturalistic and nostalgic.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
 James Plath
Two things blind critics as much as snow blowing full-gale across the highway: good buzz and hype, or worse, low expectations. All I had to see was the title of this film and a trailer to find myself thinking, How many movies with talking animals have there been that have actually wowed anybody? "Babe," right?
Watch Amazing Oscar-Nominated Short Film "I Met the Walrus"
 truthout.org
"I Met the Walrus" was nominated for Best Animated Short at the 2008 Oscars.
US Film Industry, Mexico Fights Movie Piracy
 Oscar Avila
Far from the glamor of Oscar night, Hollywood is waging a ground war against movie piracy such as this, even sending undercover operatives to spot camcorders in Mexican movie theaters.
13th International Film Festival Preview
 Meridiano/PVNN
From now through March 13th you can get a preview of the 13th Annual Puerto Vallarta Film Festival, which begins March 24th. There will be several activities, including music, clowns, the films and several performances by Ballet Azteca all around town.
Javier Bardem May Star in Pancho Villa Biopic
 ANI
Hollywood actor Javier Bardem is likely to play the role of Pancho Villa in the biopic of the Mexican revolutionary. Serbian director Emir Kusturica is busy writing a screenplay for the project and is keen to cast the Spanish Oscar winner in the film.
‘Sin Nombre’ Seeks to Turn Sundance Win Into Box-Office Payday
 PVNN
Focus Features’ “Sin Nombre” won critical praise and the best-director prize at the Sundance Film Festival this month, beating 15 other films.
Sundance 2009: "Push" and "We Live in Public" Take the Top Prizes
 IFC.com
"Push," Lee Daniels' adaptation of performance poet Sapphire's novel about an abused, illiterate teenager struggling to break free from her hellish homelife in Harlem, was the big winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival.
Sin Nombre
 PSFK
It’s been a year since we first mentioned the film Sin Nombre and it still remains a movie to look out for this year.
How the Movies Made a President
 Manohla Dargis & A. O. Scott
Barack Obama’s victory in November demonstrated, to the surprise of many Americans and much of the world, that we were ready to see a black man as president.
Mexico: Films on Indigenous People - But Who Will See Them?
 Diego Cevallos
Half a century of films about indigenous peoples have been removed from forgotten corners of store rooms, recorded on compact discs and launched on the Mexican market, in order to bring to light views and realities that are seldom shown on commercial television and in movies.
Silent Light Movie Review: Sex, Lies And Fundamentalism
 Prairie Miller
A weirdly conceived combo National Geographic fatefully beyond the grave outing and rustic version of Sex And The City, Silent Light (Stellet Licht) probes the unhealthier sexual habits of an insular contemporary Mennonite religious community in rural Mexico.
A Cuban Movie Cycle in Mexico in Tribute to the Triumph of the Revolution
 Cuba News Headlines
Well known Cuban movies will be screened in Toluca, the capital of the Mexican State, as part of the cycle in tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution.
Hollywood Starts '09 with Little to Celebrate
 Claudia Eller & Richard Verrier
There is no Hollywood ending in sight in 2009 for the entertainment industry, which along with the rest of the nation is experiencing its worst economic slump in decades.
Hollywood Celebrates Che Guevara
 Mary Anastasia O'Grady
Hollywood hotshot Benicio Del Toro is not a stand-up comic, but he seemed to be playing one earlier this month when he said he found the role of Cuban Revolution hero Ernesto Guevara, in the new film "Che," like Jesus Christ.
Spanish Film 'Parque Via' Wins Best Film Award at IFFK
 Indiantelevision.com
The 13th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), which concluded on 19 December, gave away the Golden Crow Pheasant Award for the best feature film to Parque Via (Spanish), directed by Mexican film-maker Enrique Rivero.
Report: Del Toro Won't Make Another Film in Mexico
 Associated Press
"Hellboy" director Guillermo del Toro says he is unlikely to make another film in Mexico because his father's kidnapping 10 years ago left him fearing for his safety, a newspaper has reported.
Golden Globes Signal Some Early Winners, Losers
 Steven Zeitchik
If you're wondering what happened to movies you were convinced were Oscar front-runners, they've moved to the back. And those in the middle of the pack, they've surged to the front. Or gone off the road entirely. Thursday's Golden Globes announcements shook up the race in ways it rarely does.
5th Puerto Vallarta Film Festival
 PVNN
Get ready for the best cinematic experience in town! The 5th Annual Puerto Vallarta Film Festival opens December 10 at Cinemark Plaza Caracol featuring five consecutive days of full-length films and documentaries from Hollywood and around the world.
Del Toro Admires 'Che' Thinking, but Not Violence
 Associated Press
Actor Benicio del Toro says he admires Ernesto Guevara but the revolutionary icon he plays in the recent film biography "Che" would not need to resort to armed struggle if he were alive today.
Mexico Hosts its First Human Rights Film Festival
 Deborah Bonello
Immigration, women’s rights, illegal detention and human trafficking are some of the themes that will be examined next week during Mexico’s first human rights film festival.
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