Producer Salma Hayek Pinault says her heartfelt family dramedy El Sabor de la Navidad as it tackles the issue of transgender acceptance in Mexican families reflects a changing and more progressive country and culture.
“Misunderstandings in families have to do with generational differences,” the Mexican-American star-turned-producer told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of a world premiere for director Alejandro Lozano’s Christmas family movie at the Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday evening. Hayek Pinault also marked her support for the SAG-AFTRA strikes by proudly wearing a T-shirt adorned with the actor union’s protest logo while at TIFF.
“It’s not only Spanish (language), but a Mexican film. And so we’re very grateful that we were able to bring it to Toronto and that the union was supportive of it, otherwise I would not have come, without permission,” she said as her film debuted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
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“Misunderstandings in families have to do with generational differences,” the Mexican-American star-turned-producer told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of a world premiere for director Alejandro Lozano’s Christmas family movie at the Toronto Film Festival on Wednesday evening. Hayek Pinault also marked her support for the SAG-AFTRA strikes by proudly wearing a T-shirt adorned with the actor union’s protest logo while at TIFF.
“It’s not only Spanish (language), but a Mexican film. And so we’re very grateful that we were able to bring it to Toronto and that the union was supportive of it, otherwise I would not have come, without permission,” she said as her film debuted at the Royal Alexandra Theatre.
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- 9/14/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The second TelevisaUnivision movie from Salma Hayek Pinault’s Ventanarosa Productions will get its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
El Sabor de la Navidad (working title A Merry Mexican Christmas) will bow Sept. 13 as part of TIFF’s special presentations program before becoming available on the Spanish-language streaming platform ViX in November.
In the tradition of many holiday classics, El Sabor de la Navidad will follow three storylines that inevitably converge in the third act. All set in Mexico City during Christmastime, the first story follows an estranged daughter seeking reconciliation with her family; the second spotlights two rival Santa Clauses in Alameda Central Park; and the third features a lonely chef who cooks Christmas dinners for other families catching feelings for her assistant.
The romantic comedy stars Mariana Treviño (A Man Called Otto, House of Flowers), Andrés Almeida (Y tu mamá también, Ana), Armando Hernández (Blood of My Blood,...
El Sabor de la Navidad (working title A Merry Mexican Christmas) will bow Sept. 13 as part of TIFF’s special presentations program before becoming available on the Spanish-language streaming platform ViX in November.
In the tradition of many holiday classics, El Sabor de la Navidad will follow three storylines that inevitably converge in the third act. All set in Mexico City during Christmastime, the first story follows an estranged daughter seeking reconciliation with her family; the second spotlights two rival Santa Clauses in Alameda Central Park; and the third features a lonely chef who cooks Christmas dinners for other families catching feelings for her assistant.
The romantic comedy stars Mariana Treviño (A Man Called Otto, House of Flowers), Andrés Almeida (Y tu mamá también, Ana), Armando Hernández (Blood of My Blood,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On a visual level, it’s easy to compare Juan Pablo Blanco’s short film Soy Hombre (I’m a Man) to Robert Rodriguez’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s acclaimed graphic novel Sin City. Both pay homage to film noir via a distinctly digital visual aesthetic that allows both films to situate themselves as contemporary artefacts that are indebted to the past. Blanco’s short, however, distinguishes itself away from Rodriguez’s feature as it feels specifically more Mexican in its construction. Through the language of the characters, the sparing yet precise use of pink, and the atmospheric music, the audience is thrust into an unsettling underbelly of Mexican society and specifically into the world of a leering taxi driver who picks up a quietly suspicious nurse. Dn is proud to premiere Soy Hombre on our pages today and are joined by Blanco for a conversation below where he...
- 9/19/2022
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSDario Argento's Dark GlassesFollowing his appearance in Gaspar Noé's Vortex, Dario Argento returns to directing with Dark Glasses, his first feature since Dracula 3D (2012). Starring Asia Argento and Andrea Zhang, the thriller follows a serial killer, a blind sex worker, and a 10-year-old Chinese boy in Rome's Chinese community. John Woo is also set to make a return to Hollywood with Silent Night, a "no dialogue" action film about a father (played by Joel Kinnaman) who seeks to avenge his son's death. Film Labs, a "worldwide network of artist-run film laboratories," now has a new website! The website includes more than 500 films made at artist-run film labs from Vancouver to South Korea, as well as technical resources and distribution information. Dancer, choreographer, theatrical director, and filmmaker Wakefield Poole has died. A pioneer of the gay pornography industry,...
- 11/3/2021
- MUBI
Lionsgate’s English-language remake of Francis Veber’s French feature hit The Valet has been acquired by Disney’s direct-to-consumer platforms for a summer 2022 release as a Hulu Original in the U.S. and a Disney+ Star Original abroad.
Directed by Richard Wong and starring Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving, The Valet follows Olivia (Weaving), a movie star who enlists Antonio (Derbez) – a parking valet – to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with a married man (Max Greenfield). As a valet, the hard-working Antonio usually flies under the radar but his ruse with Olivia thrusts him into the spotlight and brings him to see himself more clearly than ever before.
Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Noemi Gonzalez, Carmen Salinas, Ravi Patel, Tiana Okoye, Diany Rodriguez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Amaury Nolasco, John Pirucello and Alex Fernandez also star. Additionally, in a previously unannounced supporting role, Reggaeton superstar Lunay...
Directed by Richard Wong and starring Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving, The Valet follows Olivia (Weaving), a movie star who enlists Antonio (Derbez) – a parking valet – to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with a married man (Max Greenfield). As a valet, the hard-working Antonio usually flies under the radar but his ruse with Olivia thrusts him into the spotlight and brings him to see himself more clearly than ever before.
Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Noemi Gonzalez, Carmen Salinas, Ravi Patel, Tiana Okoye, Diany Rodriguez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Amaury Nolasco, John Pirucello and Alex Fernandez also star. Additionally, in a previously unannounced supporting role, Reggaeton superstar Lunay...
- 7/6/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Valet” is switching distributors.
The upcoming comedy starring Eugenio Derbez of “Instructions Not Included” fame was originally set up for release by Lionsgate. It’s been sold to the Walt Disney Company, which will release it domestically on Hulu in summer 2022. “The Valet” will be released internationally on Disney Plus as a Star Original.
The film is an English-language remake of a French film of the same name. It is directed by Richard Wong (“Come as You Are”) and co-stars Samara Weaving (“Ready or Not”).
The cast also includes Max Greenfield, Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Noemi Gonzalez, Carmen Salinas, Ravi Patel, Tiana Okoye, Diany Rodriguez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Amaury Nolasco, John Pirucello and Alex Fernandez. Reggaeton superstar Lunay will make his film acting debut.
Weaving plays Olivia, a movie star who enlists Antonio (Derbez), a parking valet, to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with...
The upcoming comedy starring Eugenio Derbez of “Instructions Not Included” fame was originally set up for release by Lionsgate. It’s been sold to the Walt Disney Company, which will release it domestically on Hulu in summer 2022. “The Valet” will be released internationally on Disney Plus as a Star Original.
The film is an English-language remake of a French film of the same name. It is directed by Richard Wong (“Come as You Are”) and co-stars Samara Weaving (“Ready or Not”).
The cast also includes Max Greenfield, Betsy Brandt, Marisol Nichols, Noemi Gonzalez, Carmen Salinas, Ravi Patel, Tiana Okoye, Diany Rodriguez, Armando Hernández, Carlos Santos, Amaury Nolasco, John Pirucello and Alex Fernandez. Reggaeton superstar Lunay will make his film acting debut.
Weaving plays Olivia, a movie star who enlists Antonio (Derbez), a parking valet, to pose as her lover to cover for a relationship with...
- 7/6/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Writers: Lucia Carreras, Michael Rowe
Director: Michael Rowe
Cast: Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Armando Hernández
Loneliness may be the single worst thing a human being can feel. As humans, we strive for interaction between one another, be that lengthy conversations or the most brief of Facebook-style interchanges about the most banal of subjects. That very concept is at the root of the new film from first time filmmaker and Cannes Film Festival award winner (Camera d’Or, 2011), Michael Rowe. Entitled Ano Bisieto (or Leap Year as it is called stateside), this film festival hit is an intriguing study of isolation, both conceptually and creatively.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Leap Year...
Director: Michael Rowe
Cast: Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Armando Hernández
Loneliness may be the single worst thing a human being can feel. As humans, we strive for interaction between one another, be that lengthy conversations or the most brief of Facebook-style interchanges about the most banal of subjects. That very concept is at the root of the new film from first time filmmaker and Cannes Film Festival award winner (Camera d’Or, 2011), Michael Rowe. Entitled Ano Bisieto (or Leap Year as it is called stateside), this film festival hit is an intriguing study of isolation, both conceptually and creatively.
Read more on Theatrical Review: Leap Year...
- 6/30/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- GordonandtheWhale
Mexico has been kicking ass over the last few years in terms of pounding out some great horror flicks as well as some great directors. With the alien invasion craze in full swing here in the States, it was only a matter of time before the hysteria traveled south of the Border.
From director Benjamin Williams comes Night Without Sky, or Noche Sin Cielo for you purists out there. The flick stars Joaquín Cosio, Silverio Palacios, Mario Zaragoza, Armando Hernandez, Diana Bracho, Ana Brenda Contreras, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Luis Gerardo Mendez and Jesus Ochoa. Check out the trailer below.
Night Without Sky is in Mexican theatres now.
- Uncle Creepy
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From director Benjamin Williams comes Night Without Sky, or Noche Sin Cielo for you purists out there. The flick stars Joaquín Cosio, Silverio Palacios, Mario Zaragoza, Armando Hernandez, Diana Bracho, Ana Brenda Contreras, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Luis Gerardo Mendez and Jesus Ochoa. Check out the trailer below.
Night Without Sky is in Mexican theatres now.
- Uncle Creepy
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Head south in the comments section below!
- 11/18/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
"Rudo y Cursi" images have been added from the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Guillermo Francella, Axel Ricco, Jessica Mas, Armando Hernández and Ivan Esquivel The film opens in limited locations in the U.S. on May 8th via distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Carlos Cuarón directs and writes the film which is produced by brother Alfonso Cuarón alongside Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Frida Torresblanco. See all the images | Read our review of "Rudo y Cursi." Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia). They have...
- 2/5/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Rudo y Cursi" images have been added from the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Guillermo Francella, Axel Ricco, Jessica Mas, Armando Hernández and Ivan Esquivel The film opens in limited locations in the U.S. on May 8th via distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Carlos Cuarón directs and writes the film which is produced by brother Alfonso Cuarón alongside Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Frida Torresblanco. Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia).
- 2/5/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
"Rudo y Cursi" images have been added from the Sundance Film Festival. Starring Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Guillermo Francella, Axel Ricco, Jessica Mas, Armando Hernández and Ivan Esquivel The film opens in limited locations in the U.S. on May 8th via distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Carlos Cuarón directs and writes the film which is produced by brother Alfonso Cuarón alongside Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Frida Torresblanco. Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) Verdusco are brothers who work at a banana plantation and also play soccer for the village team. Nicknamed “Tough” because of his personality and football style, Beto dreams of becoming a professional soccer player; Tato’s dream is to be a famous singer, and both share the dream of building a house for their mother, Elvira (Dolores Heredia).
- 2/5/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Crossing the U.S. border illegally comes with its own unique paranoia and feelings of "otherness," but once immigrants arrive in the States, they can often find strength in numbers, by nestling into one of the cities-within-cities that exist apart from the American mainstream. In Christopher Zalla's debut film, Sangre De Mi Sangre, two young Mexicans make their way to New York City and promptly get swallowed up by a thicket of ghettos, bodegas, vacant lots, and job sites. One of the boys, Armando Hernández, tries to get an edge by assuming the identity of the other boy, Jorge Adrian Espíndola, so he can con his way into the home of Espíndola's father, who's rumored to be a wealthy restaurant owner. In actuality, the dad (played by Jesús Ochoa) works in a kitchen, and does odd jobs to make ends meet—not all of them above-board. And while Ochoa is Espíndola's father,...
- 5/15/2008
- by Noel Murray
- avclub.com
- Our own Jameson Kowalcyzk had predicted festival silverware for the first timer director and had this to say "drawing the texture and character of the city through the lens of the camera and burning it onto celluloid. Galla’s film works the mistaken-identity story archetype into an entirely character-driven film. Combined with the overall layer of grit, the end result is a nice mix of intense drama and neo-noir". It's been a long wait since the film's Park City triumphs, but finally Padre Nuestro has been bought up domestically by indie powerhouse IFC First Take. Writer-director Christopher Zalla's thriller centers on Juan (Armando Hernandez), a man running from Mexican mobsters who hops a van smuggling illegal aliens to New York and meets innocent fellow traveler Pedro (Jorge Adrian Espindola). Pedro is searching for his father (Jesus Ochoa) in hopes of handing over an unopened letter from his dead
- 9/21/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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