El Mariachi / Desperado (Double Feature)
(1992) [M]

Set in a Mexican border town, this film follows the fortunes of a sensitive peace-loving El Mariachi (Carlos Gallardo) who wishes to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather as an itinerant musician, earning his living through singing in local bars. He enters town at exactly the same...  More

Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)
(2000) [MA]

Amores Perros is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, this blisteringly intense film explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into...  More

Santa Sangre
(1989) [R]

Circus horrors cross over into the mundane world in this terrifying, psychedelic film from Alejandro Jodorowsky, the man who brought you the infamous El Topo. Fenix (Adan Jodorowsky, the director's son) is the son of a circus strongman (Guy Stockwell) and an aerialist (Blanca Guerra). One night,...  More

La Tarea (Homework)
(1991) [R]

Virginia (Maria Rojo) is taking a class at film school, and has decided on her solo project for the class. She will film herself and her ex-husband Marcelo (Jose Alonso) (who likes to leave the light on) while they make love. She carefully positions a camera under a chair, and maneuvers her...  More

Like Water For Chocolate
(1992) [M]

Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival, this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects. The tale's heroine, Tita, is the youngest of three daughters in a traditional Mexican family. Bound by tradition...  More

The Exterminating Angel
(1962) [M]

A dinner party finds a group of well-behaved guests unable to leave. As the days pass their behaviour becomes more animal-like. Eventually they are able to gain entrance to the local church where once again their freedom is denied them. Spanish dialogue with subtitles.  More

The Films Of Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo / La Constellation Jodorowsky): (2 disc set)
(1970) [R]

A landmark film that spawned a genre and defined the way a generation watched underground cinema. Championed by John Lennon El Topo started the 'midnight movies' phenomenon in 1970. Classic Americana and avant-garde European cinema sensibilities meet Zen Buddhism and the Bible as master...  More

Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too!)
(2001) [R]

Abandoned by their girlfriends for the summer, teenagers Tenoch and Julio meet the older Luisa at a wedding. Trying to be impressive, the friends tell Luisa they are headed on a road trip to a beautiful, secret beach called Boca del Cielo. Intrigued with their story and desperate to escape, Luisa...  More

Lucia Lucia
(2003) [MA]

Mexican director Antonio Serrano fuses comedy and suspense in this tall tale of children's book author Lucia (Celia Roth, of ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER fame), who becomes the center of a a big mess of intrigue when her husband mysteriously disappears. Coming to her aid are two neighbors in her Mexico...  More

Nicotina
(2003) [MA]

9.17 PM Mexico City. Lolo can really mess things up with his computer. One little mistake unleashes a chaotic night full of strange coincidences, as a wild cast of characters are brought together and interwined, resulting in 93 minutes of real-time mayhem! 20 diamonds disappear and the serach for...  More