The Movie

Based on the novel by Rosa Nissan, the 1994 Mexican film Novia Que Te Vea (Like A Bride) presents a warm and touching tale set within the Mexican Jewish community, starting with a prologue in the 1920s and spanning all the way to the present. The film focuses on two young women: the sensitive, wide-eyed Oshi Mataraso (Claudette Maillé) and the rebellious and idealistic Rifke (Maya Mishalska), and their coming-of-age in a time ripe with alienation, self-discovery, ...Read the entire review

A while back, Universal was celebrating the DVD release of Jaws and the media was putting on its own onerous feeding frenzy. Looking for any way to commemorate Steven Spielberg's landmark shark fest, anything was warranted and welcomed. The Fox News Channel, vying for a decidedly different angle to all the other half-assed hoopla, got the brainstorm to dig out some doddering dofus for a one-on-one interview. As the publicity puff piece began, the idiot was introduced and his purpose was revealed. This moron was an avid moviegoer back in 70s, and he had been profoundly affected by the blockbuster made out of Peter Benchley's underwater beast book. As he blathered on about being petrified to go into the ocean, and detailing the nightmares he experienced, a title card was superimposed across his chest. It offered his name (which, oddly, wasn't Hugh Jass or Stu Pidiot) and the following staggering s...Read the entire review

The Movie

There's much to be said about the state of World Cinema, but, as far as I'm concerned, any film that gleefully exhibits curvaceous young Latin women popping their tops off at a moment's notice has got a lot going for it, country of origin be damned (and with that sexist rant, my friends, I have successfully alienated most of whatever female readers were perusing this review.) But Tivoli has got a lot going for it besides T&A. This 1974 Mexican film, directed by Alberto Isaac, lovingly recreates the twilight days of 1940s/50s Mexico City nightlife, a time where venues like the legendary and infamous Tivoli Theater regularly showcased burlesque performances that featured dancers, variety acts, comedy, extensive usage of elaborate production values through sets and costumes, and, yes, voluptuously yummy young ladies flaunting their esteemed assets in various acts of glorious ...Read the entire review

A young woman in a traveling circus is impregnated by her father. Her father dies and all of the members of the circus pressure her to abort the pregnancy but she won't. She leaves the circus and embarks on a somewhat bitter spiritual journey. What she encounters is religious intolerance and hypocrisy.

After she leave the young woman - who's name is Alma (Evangelina Sosa)- meets up with a family of three who travel in a caravan from village to village and present religious plays using mannequins. She is drawn to them immediately because the play they present shows a world of forgiveness. But once she gets to know them she realizes that the plays they present are more fictional than real.

She gets along well with the young boy in the family (Noe Montealegre) but she has a tough time getting along with his religiously stern mother (Lilia Aragon) and she positively tortures the older son (Roberto Sos...Read the entire review