Barbara Celis

FERNANDO EIMBCKE: THE MEXICAN JIM JARMUSCH? Fernando Eimbcke acknowledges it: Duck Season is heir to Jarmusch’ Stranger than Paradise. This talented 35 year-old, (who looks 15...

FOR THE SAKE OF MOVIES Alfonso Cuarón, the Mexican director of Y Tu Mamá También puts his heart in what he loves and...

The Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad cannot deny his pride nor his surprise. His movie, Paradise Now has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and such a non political event has put Palestine back into the world map. It has also brought, for the first time in history, some glamour to people that “have been continually defeated”, he says.<