Roberto Medina

21 Grams (2003)

DepressingHeartbreakingEmotionalThought provoking

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro González Iñárritu
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Naomi Watts  •  Benicio del Toro  •  Danny Huston

Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro González Iñárritu
CAST:  Sean Penn  •  Naomi Watts  •  Benicio del Toro  •  Danny Huston

Amores Perros (2000)

Thought provokingEmotionalViolentDisturbing

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro González Iñárritu
CAST:  Gael García Bernal  •  Vanessa Bauche  •  Goya Toledo  •  Álvaro Guerrero

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alejandro González Iñárritu
CAST:  Gael García Bernal  •  Vanessa Bauche  •  Goya Toledo  •  Álvaro Guerrero

Frida (2002)

IntenseClassicComplex

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julie Taymor
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Alfred Molina  •  Mía Maestro  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julie Taymor
CAST:  Salma Hayek Pinault  •  Alfred Molina  •  Mía Maestro  •  Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Warden of Red Rock (2001)

In 1910, John Flinders is warden of Red Rock Territorial Prison, in Arizona. When a condemned man's last request brings Flinders into contact with the man's widow, Flinders finds himself falling in love. Meanwhile, a new convict, Mike Sullivan, turns out to be an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Gyllenhaal
CAST:  James Caan  •  David Carradine  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Billy Rieck

In 1910, John Flinders is warden of Red Rock Territorial Prison, in Arizona. When a condemned man's last request brings Flinders into contact with the man's widow, Flinders finds himself falling in love. Meanwhile, a new convict, Mike Sullivan, turns out to be an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Gyllenhaal
CAST:  James Caan  •  David Carradine  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Billy Rieck

On the Edge (2006)

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa Suárez
CAST:  Ana de la Reguera  •  Ingrid Martz  •  Gabriela Platas  •  Daniel Vives

Three flatmates in Mexico City face uncertainties: Lucía who has a great job as an art director for TV commercials is abusing alcohol and cocaine. She risks losing her job, going to prison for assault, and she's woefully in love with a bullfighter who may be ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teresa Suárez
CAST:  Ana de la Reguera  •  Ingrid Martz  •  Gabriela Platas  •  Daniel Vives

Death Strokes (2013)

Through the film, Ivan makes a couple of odd decisions in order to overcome his detachment. First, he goes along with the wild desires of his girlfriend, Rosa. Later he gets tricked into adopting a pig. At a time when Ivan's life turns absurd, he must find himself; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Núñez
CAST:  Daniel Galo  •  Sofía Félix  •  Felipe Tútuti  •  Roberto Medina

Through the film, Ivan makes a couple of odd decisions in order to overcome his detachment. First, he goes along with the wild desires of his girlfriend, Rosa. Later he gets tricked into adopting a pig. At a time when Ivan's life turns absurd, he must find himself; ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel Núñez
CAST:  Daniel Galo  •  Sofía Félix  •  Felipe Tútuti  •  Roberto Medina

The Last One and then We Go (2015)

A group of mariachis receives a letter to be part of the National Mariachi Contest in Mexico City. In order to be able to win they will need to travel together and solve their differences since their prime was 30 years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noé Santillán-López
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Hernán Mendoza  •  Roberto Medina  •  Martha Higareda

A group of mariachis receives a letter to be part of the National Mariachi Contest in Mexico City. In order to be able to win they will need to travel together and solve their differences since their prime was 30 years ago.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noé Santillán-López
CAST:  Héctor Bonilla  •  Hernán Mendoza  •  Roberto Medina  •  Martha Higareda

Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Barber
CAST:  Florence Hartigan  •  Jeanine Jackson  •  Chelsea Lopez  •  Clint Jordan

20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Justin Barber
CAST:  Florence Hartigan  •  Jeanine Jackson  •  Chelsea Lopez  •  Clint Jordan

Guiltless (2017)

Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariana Arriaga  •  Santiago Arriaga
CAST:  Kristyan Ferrer  •  María Evoli  •  Diego Cataño  •  Ignacio Guadalupe

Twenty-one-year-old Juan gets some terrible news from his doctor: he has aggressive lung cancer. His whole life turns upside down as the disease evolves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mariana Arriaga  •  Santiago Arriaga
CAST:  Kristyan Ferrer  •  María Evoli  •  Diego Cataño  •  Ignacio Guadalupe

You Can't Always Get What You Want (2021)

A story of a story that happens inside the screens. A reality trapped inside the screen of all devices hitting the boundaries creating the ultimate question: whose screen device are we trapped in? Whose entertainment is our personal drama?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arroyuelo Woolrich
CAST:  Andres Torrano  •  Mara Andress  •  Alice Cruickshank  •  Diego Cooper

A story of a story that happens inside the screens. A reality trapped inside the screen of all devices hitting the boundaries creating the ultimate question: whose screen device are we trapped in? Whose entertainment is our personal drama?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arroyuelo Woolrich
CAST:  Andres Torrano  •  Mara Andress  •  Alice Cruickshank  •  Diego Cooper

Sundown (2022)

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Franco
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Iazua Larios  •  Henry Goodman

When a distant emergency disrupts a vacation in Acapulco, simmering tensions rise to the fore between scions of a wealthy British family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Franco
CAST:  Tim Roth  •  Charlotte Gainsbourg  •  Iazua Larios  •  Henry Goodman