With the backdrop of the drug war epidemic in Mexico, Issa López’s acclaimed film Tigers Are Not Afraid tells a powerful horror fairy tale in the vein of Guillermo del Toro’s early work. The ...

You know things are bad when the art coming out of an area reaches a point where “dark, metaphorical fairy tale” becomes a necessary style to wield as intense catharsis. There’s probably better ...

“Tigers Are Not Afraid” unfolds in a world of hellish incongruities. It is both a war zone and a playground, a blood-spattered landscape of shadowy streets and rooftop hideaways where children run, ...

If you've long-desired to read a fantasy novel rooted in the folklore and mythology of Mexico, you will definitely want to pick up Silvia Moreno-Garcia's spellbinding new novel, Gods of Jade and ...

In her native Mexico, Issa López is an established—and celebrated!—novelist, director, and screenwriter. It’s those of us north of the border that have been slow to catch up. López’s third feature ...

The sins of the fathers are visited on the sons, and the sins of the sons are visited on their siblings in the dour “Bedtime Fairy Tales for Crocodiles.” Some stark and startling visual imagery is ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Some superb DNA comes along with the new production of Rusalka that opens at the Santa Fe Opera on Saturday, ...

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