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Narcocinema: Mexico's drugsploitation genre.
Mon, Sep 21 2009 8:50 AM

I'd never heard of narcocinema until I took a gander through Vice's substantive new film issue. Well, consider me schooled. Narcocinema is just what it sounds like: violent drug war movies shot in a manner that could be kindly dubbed "functional," frequently based on narcocorridos (drug songs). Only 18% of the Mexican population can afford to... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Vice, Abroad, Mario Almada, Narcocinema, Jorge Reynoso, 21 Grams, Y tu mamá también

The Vice Guide to Coffin Joe.
Thu, Jun 11 2009 3:34 PM

VBS.TV sits down for a long chat with Brazil's reigning cult filmmaker José Mojica Marins, aka Coffin Joe, who offers an origin story of sorts about how his first brush with cinema involved a film about STDs: "I screamed and screamed, and that image never left my head. I think this scarred my childhood. So in all my horror films, I try to recreate, through... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Watchy, Brazil, José Mojica Marins, Vice, Coffin Joe