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In This ‘Mad Max’-Inspired Drama, Mexican Society Is Controlled by Narcos & Women Are Almost Extinct

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:02:17 +0000

At first glance, the Mexican narco-dystopia that director Julio Hernández Cordón has dreamed up in his latest film, Cómprame un revólver (Buy Me A Gun), looks rather familiar. The dusty deserted landscapes he’s shooting house an image of an anarchy-ridden world run by narcos that could very well serve as a documentary on the current state of several regions

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TRAILER: This Dystopian Mexican Drama Is Set in a World Where Narcos Control Everything

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:40:37 +0000

Julio Hernández Cordón has made a career out of making gritty dramas that illuminate contemporary urban culture. Whether following skater vampires in the Mexico City-set Te prometo anarquía (I Promise You Anarchy) or biking girls in San Jose, Costa Rica in Atrás hay relámpagos, his films have forced audiences to take note of casts of characters that rarely get

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Julio Hernández Cordón Is a Rebel With a Camera Making Low-Budget, Award-Winning Central American Films

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 21:19:58 +0000

By his own admission the work of Guatemalan-Mexican writer-director Julio Hernández Cordón is hard to pin down. His eclectic filmography bears that out. He’s brought folkloric music and heavy metal together in Marimbas from Hell, crafted a meta-documentary on Guatemala’s history of violence in Polvo, took us on a high-octane midnight spree in Gasolina, and

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Julio Hernández Cordón on How His Script About Drug-Dealing Skaters Turned Into a Movie on Blood Traffickers

Andrew S. Vargas — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 21:42:58 +0000

They say every story has been told a thousand times, but Greek tragedy never tackled the subject of blood-trafficking Mexico City skater kids.

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Neither Machos nor Maricas: The Changing Face of Masculinity in Latin American Cinema

Monica Castillo — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 22:26:03 +0000

Here's how directors are evolving ideas of masculinity in Latin American cinema.

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TRAILER: Mexico City Skaters Get Caught Up in the Black Market Blood Trade in ‘Te Prometo Anarquía’

Andrew S. Vargas — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:30:58 +0000

'Te prometo anarquía' is like an unsettling mashup of 'Y tú mamá también' and Gus Van Sant’s 'Paranoid Park.'

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