Mexico has a long, distinctive film culture, from Luis Buñuel's surrealist provocations like Simon of the Desert to the globally acclaimed work of the 'Three Amigos' generation. Alejandro González Iñárritu's Babel and Robert Rodriguez's Once Upon a Time in Mexico both show the range of stories tied to Mexican settings and talent. Browse Macca's reviews below.
Rating: 3.0★
You have seen the bones of Man on Fire before, probably several times over. A burnt-out, hard-drinking former operative reluctantly takes a job protecting a young girl; they clash, they bond, she is snatched, and he sets about a merciless campaign to get her back. It is the
Macca's Must Watch
I'll go out on a limb right here and say that Y Tu Mamá También might just be one of the best films ever made. And I don't throw that around lightly. This is a film you don't just watch. You feel it, somewhere
Rating: 4.0★
There's a moment early in Memoria where Tilda Swinton's character jolts awake at a sound nobody else seems to hear, a deep, resonant thud that comes from nowhere and goes nowhere, and I genuinely wasn't sure what kind of film I was watching. Horror?
Genre Horror
★★½ — Nightmare City (1980)
Genre Drama
★½ — Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You (2001)
Genre Comedy
★★½ — Simon of the Desert (1965)
Genre Drama
★★★ — Babel (2006)
Genre Action
★★½ — Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Genre Comedy
★★½ — Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Genre Action
★★½ — Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre Drama
★★★ — Chance (2009)
Genre Fantasy
★★½ — Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
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