Happy Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽💃🏾🪅 5 great movies by 5 Mexican filmmakers released in the last 5 years

Happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate! 🇲🇽💃🏾🪅  The fifth of May is a holiday following Star Wars Day that marks the Mexican army's victory over France on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. So it's not the same as Mexican Independence Day. I'm a bit late to …

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FlixChatter Review: Daughters of the Forest (2026) – An ethereal, mesmerizing sci-fi documentary exploring the bond between humanity and fungi

I've been diving into a bunch of documentaries lately, and they're definitely one of my go-to genres. Daughters of the Forest is a genre-bending film that includes sci-fi elements blended with documentary filmmaking. It’s not a typical film where you just see people being interviewed on camera; instead, director Otilia Portillo Padua crafts a sensory …

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