Luis Aguilar
One could describe Lost as a family documentary in the first person; but also as a film that goes through a good part of the history of Mexican cinema. Viviana García Besné tells how it was that her family, ‘the Calderóns’, played an essential role in the production, distribution and exhibition of that primitive “other Hollywood”. Lost in Time is a touching film because of those surprises the director finds each time she comes across with that invaluable family footage, which was more forgotten than lost; or when her relatives tell stories she thought to be hilarious and made up, and which she later finds out to be true (like a shattered romance between her grandmother and Ricardo Montalbán, for instance). García Besné makes the most out of the contrasts that surface between the different visual formats she uses and all that found footage she finds. Lost in Time is a master class of cinema, any way you look at it.
A med student goes on vacation to see his family, only to be gunned down. As the only survivor, he seeks revenge for their deaths.
After the murder of her father and brother, Irene Saldivar travels to Greece. There she meets and falls in love with entrepreneur Alexis Theodorakis. Carlos is the administrator of Irene's fortune and cooperates with Alejandro in a rotten and corrupt business where he marries rich women, kills them, and obtains their fortune. When Carlos finds out about Irene's marriage to Alexis, he formulates a plan to kill Alexis and obtain his fortune. During Irene and Alexis' honeymoon, Carlos' plan succeeds when the boat Alexis travels in explodes. A desperate and pregnant Irene returns to Mexico, where she falls in love with Dr. Diego Covarrubias. However, Irene is forced to leave him for the sake of her friend Carolina, since Carolina loves him and has cancer. Since Alejandro isn't able to win Irene's love, Alejandro gets in her life and forces her to marry him or risk losing her son - all of this as part of another plan Carlos formulated so he and Alejandro plot Irene's death in another fatal catastrophe.
More Mexican exploitation gold, it is a one hour and 40 minute schizophrenic experience. This is an experience that is surely to be enjoyed by everyone that's into weird and tripppy shit." Also from the review: "Exactly what kind of bad stuff is happening to Alberto? Well first of all, he starts to see bloody dead bodies in his bathroom, his employees turn into hungry zombies, and he's almost killed by Batman, Catwoman and Penguin (seriously)."
A paid assassin who fights a criminal organization in order to find the person responsible of his mother’s death, beginning with the organization’s leader down to the very last one. Then he discovers that the only witness of his mother’s murder is...
Prohibition-era: Mexican farmer and his two sons get caught up in a smuggling gang, importing contraband liquor to USA.
Wacky hijinks in a brothel. Union officials misappropriating funds, a customer dying in bed, some foxy grandpas cutting up on a visit to the big city... it's all hilarious. Or not.
The casual, fun-loving naughtiness of a small town is interrupted when the local priest has an 'end of the world' visitation from Saint Anthony. Or maybe he was just drunk and imagined the whole thing.
A guy whose brother was killed and a waitress whose sister was killed run afoul on a psycho killer who gets his jollies running people off the road with his big truck. Overcompensation much?
Stranger with a dark past infects a small-town girl with HIV, and the contagion spreads out from there. Public health officials get involved...
Timid smalltown schoolteacher has a look-alike who leads a gang of bandits; when that gang invades the teacher's town, it gives rise to all manner of confusions and complications.
Two buddies from Pancho Villa's regiment go on a mission. Light comedy, romance, songs...
Cowboy-justice dude has to figure out who the masterminds are behind a string of murders.
Young man returns to his childhood home-town, planning to git the people that killed his father.
A sharecropper and his daughter, a swarthy beauty, flee from the hacienda on which they live and join the Mexican Revolution.
In his home-town, he's a respectable rancher... but out on the range he's a hitman for hire. His son finds out about his double life, and...
Saloon-owner's a hard guy and none too law-abiding; his twelve year old son comes to live with him and he starts changing his ways... but his past is likely to catch up with him.
A new recruit rises through the ranks of Pancho Villa's army as his leadership skills become apparent.
Two bumbling bozos with detective licenses get hoodwinked by a pair of jewel-thieves.
Four cowboy-heros named Juan (from their respective franchises) team up to do hero stuff. Juan sin miedo, Juan Charrasqueado, Juan Pistolas and... um... Gabino Barrera? I forget. Oh, Juan Colorado, that's it.
Drifter returns to his home town for revenge, but he get caught up in the town's interpersonal dramas.
Four expert marksmen compete in a target shooting competition. Each has a back-story that explains why he really really really needs the prize money.
Two boys and two girls hook up at the big festival in a neighboring town. Once they get back home they have to deal with their families' plans for them, which may not include their new sweethearts.
Masked justice on horseback, again: guy plays it meek & mild in his civilian identity so no-one will suspect him of being Mr. Cowboy Hero.
All-star ranchera fest, rom-com style. Four charros, four eligible young ladies.
Woman swears to avenge her brother's murder.. Then she falls in love with the murderer, before discovering that he's the one.
Man tracks down the five people responsible for killing his father. Semi-sorta sequel to Juan Sin Miedo (1964).
Two ranchers competing over a woman. Cult actor Noe Murayama plays a mentally handicapped character.
Itinerant cowboy learns that his horse can talk. Horse ends up giving him singing-lessons... and...
Chief of police fakes his death and returns as a masked avenger. On horseback. And stuff.
Mexican singer responds to ham radio operators' invitation to come to Peru and perform a benefit for a children's hospital.
Two Mexican-American gals in LA win a vacation in Mexico City in a talent show.
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The film, which is an ode to Rafael Hernández's song "Lamento borincano", is a social commentary of the political and social policies of the 40's and 50's which led to the abandonment of what was seen by many as the "pure", "virtuous" life of the finca (farm) for the "corrupting" influence of urban centers like San Juan and New York City.
Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.
All it says in my notes is "Like 'Juan Sin Miedo', only with soldiers." So... Army officer seeks revenge for... something...
Masked wrestler/cowboy hybrid -- avenging a murdered brother and protecting the homestead.
Two spoiled rich kids learn to value their father's working-class heritage.
Afther their wedding ceremony, Fernanda and Cosme Martínez go to a luxury hotel to consummate. They receive there some gifts and they find one fabulous diamant bracalet with a note for Fernanda thanking her for unfforgetable nights. Cosme feel jelause and Fernanda offended and during their wedding night they go from one place to another to find out the misunderstanding.
Peasant woman leads a regiment during the final days of the Mexican Revolution. Also, romantic entanglements.
Three childhood friends are reunited after twenty years to receive an inheritance.
Neither party pf an arranged marriage wants to comply with their parents' expectations, and he & she both come up with plans to sabotage the proceedings.
Mistaken identities, courtship woes, invalidated marriages, and sombreros de charro.
La Calavera Negra concerns a bunch of small Mexican town who must contend with a mysterious, disruptive figure known as the Black Skull. Many different people attempt to uncover the truth behind this frightening phenomenon. (Rotten Tomatoes)
Two couples get their babies confused in the maternity ward. twenty years later, the children are both identical to the father... in the other family.
Revolutionary battalion vs. guys in black klansman robes & hoods. Also a wrestler.
Two bandits hide from the law by posing as doctor's in a small town without medical care.
Two male cousins inherit a ranch occupied by three female cousins and their separatist aunt.
Two hot-shot pilots working for the same company get all competitive and ructious toward each other.
Two rodeo competitors from neighboring towns get all up in each other's business in the weeks before a big local competition. So do their respective manservants and the priests for each one's parish. Lotta competitive ructiousness going on.
Law officer goes undercover as member of gang of murderous highwaymen.
While seeking to protect themselves from the aggressions of "Pantaleon" and other men, a landowner marries a Mexican American newcomer. But to his surprise, the man seems to be as brave as her and try to humiliate him constantly until he decides to give out your real identity.
Masked rider leads a posse to defend their town from crimes related to appearances of a hanged man come back from the grave.
A bizarre Mexican film in which a Zorro confronts horror creatures. It is part of a series characterised by hybrid elements of this kind.
The Postman Adalberto is involved by chance in the filming of a scene, which gives the film director the idea of including him as an actor, but without his knowledge.
Mad scientist is trying to transplant the soul of an animated, talking skeleton into a living body. Also, there's a monster. Number three of three in Zorro Escarlata series.
Woman has plastic surgery and reevaluates her relationships with husband and lover while pretending to be a different person.
Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.
Witch retrieves the corpse of a hanged criminal and brings it back to life as an unstoppable killing machine.
Restaurant/nightclub is sinking into bankruptcy and management team pull wacky shit to try to get back on their feet.
A couple of people cover up their own mishandling of other people's money by claiming to have been robbed by a masked bandit. When the law comes looking into the situation, it becomes necessary to find someone to impersonate that bandit. Remake of El Tigre De Jalisco (1947).
In a music hall has committed a murder, the police will also find the murderer.
A cellist and a pianist, along with the daughter of the owner of a musical home, form a classical trio. A television producer challenges confronting the modern equipment. Accept and so begin a new career in popular music, so despises his former employer, thus limiting the affair between his daughter and one of them.
Two itinerant cowhands hire on at a ranch owned by a woman, end up fighting two bad-hats who rustle la patrona's cattle and set fire to her stables.
Two brothers butt heads: one's a gadabout charro playboy and the other's a priest.
Rival factions struggle over a box that was entrusted by Pancho Villa to several members of his higher command. Second of three films in series "El jinete sin cabeza."
A mute phantom hero takes on skull-masked killers, a disembodied living hand and a corpse that won't stay in its grave. This is the first in a trilogy of horror/western hybrids that also includes the films La marca de Satanás ("The Mark of Satan") and La cabeza de Pancho Villa ("The Head of Pancho Villa").
Inspired by Alexander Dumas's novel The Corsican Brothers, Alma de Acero presents a delightful spin on the classic story of twin brothers (both played by Luis Aguilar) and their contrasting lives. As a singer in a nightclub, one brother has chosen a life of peaceful simplicity; the other, however, has chosen a troublesome lifestyle that leads to numerous run-ins with the law, forcing the vocalist to risk his own life to save his sibling.
Sequel to "Los bandidos de Rio Frio," reopening all the subplots from the first movie to make each of the narrative arcs swing unmistakably to justice.
Luis Aguilar heads the cast in this story of a band of outlaws whose exploits are more fun than negligible.
Nightclub singer has to choose between marrying again or reuniting with her divorced husband.
Publicist on a movie set invents a romance between two stars, and then they start getting all mushy for real. But one of them's married, uh-oh.
Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.
Saloon singer creates conflict between several potential boyfriends.
Small-town elects a female mayor. She suppresses all the time-honored masculine pastimes, and the men rebel.
Film clips spanning the career of recently deceased actor-singer Jorge Negrete, with a small amount of documentary footage and some exclusive-to-here tributes.
Humble craftsman runs afoul of a rich girl's father and ends up in prison; the ill-fated romance has repercussions over the course of twenty-odd years and ultimately drives him to a life of crime.
Auto mechanic invents a new-improved carburetor; industrial spies steal his invention, romance with a manufacturer's daughter, and he drives a cross-country race.
Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Pop, Bro and Sis all take a vow never to (re)marry after Mom walks out on them.
Small-town guy moves to Mexico City to pursue a singing career. He lacks a certain... urban polish.
Mistaken identity farce; two guys each pretend to be somebody else to cover for each other in delicate situations.
Carmela is a Gypsy singer who sells lottery tickets. She meets two penniless Mexican brothers and they buy a ticket between the three: if it is awarded, could share the prize and go to Mexico, they to return to their homeland and her for bullfighter boyfriend whom has no news. The fate accompanies them, but, on reaching Mexico, her boyfriend rejects her. This way, she ends up acting in a cafe where reaps many successes.
Fernando Mendez's 1953 Spanish-language melodrama El Lunar de la Familia unfurls against the backdrop of a deceptively innocent-sounding family reunion. Two freewheeling, party-happy young men, Luis and his buddy Antonio, catch the train in to San Miguel, on a visit to Luis's grandmother, Doña Luisa, and his sister Esther. Unfortunately for the visitors, Luisa's goddaughter Rosita, is sitting near them in the same train car. She soon catches wind of the boys' wild tendencies, and makes a point of telling Luisa. Furious, the crotchety old woman decides to teach the bad boys a lesson by beating them senseless with her cane and forcing Luis to seek out a proper mate for Esther. Unfortunately, Esther has already fallen in love with Antonio - who could care less.
Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster drama and heartbreak, so she goes back to her own social class at the end, even though other options were available to her.
Four brothers try to manage their careers and love-lives under the close supervision of a domineering mother.
Traveling salesman meets a young woman who's running away from home, and helps her evade detectives who are tracking her.
A young bureaucrat's career takes off when it's believed he's keeping company with the daughter of a higher-ranking official.
Three young women sharing an apartment take in a man they injured in a car accident; while he's recovering, they also make friends with a homeless man. And then...
This musical comedy tells the story of two men whose friendship (whose beginning is told in "A toda máquina") is affected by assumptions love triangles and misunderstandings between the two, however, the value of that friendship overcomes all difficulties.
A shoe-clerk's aunt and uncle send him to a remote fishing village to retrieve a distant cousin and bring her back to the bosom of the family.
Idealistic young police officer deals with corruption in local government.
A drifter lands a job as an officer in Mexico City's elite motorcycle police unit. Once there, he falls in love with a girl, who is also courted by his commanding officer. Both policemen try to avoid this from interfering with their friendship and profession. Written by Salvador Monroy Ordaz
Small-town guy goes to The City to look up his absent girlfriend. He discovers she's become a sex-worker, so he gets a job at a riding stable and meets a new girl.
Two small-town hell-raisers get so out of hand the authorities have to step in to rein them in.
USA-educated doctor goes home for the first time in years. Culture shock.
A dizzy rich woman buys their horse, and three rubes get involved in the problems and intrigues brewing in her household.
Favored son of a wealthy rural family forced to go into hiding after killing someone in a duel.
Husband and wife are reunited after a twenty-year misunderstanding; their grown daughter has her eye on a fella.
Night shift at police headquarters; criminals and victims of all sorts pass through to get their cases sorted out.
Showbiz family is stressed when wife gets sick and husband starts paying attention to costar.
Three soldiers desert the Revolution to put a plan into action to reclaim the estate that was usurped from one of them. Plan involves kidnapping the usurper's daughter...
Child whose father was murdered grows up and seeks revenge, also falling in love with a new victim of the same bad guy.
While tracking down the three men that killed his father, a notorious bad-ass commits other misdeeds, seemingly based on his desire to wreck as many lives as possible. Doesn't really have anything to do with the historical figure known as Remington, though they used his name for the character here.
Mistaken identity farce; heiress has to marry to receive an inheritance.
Boisterous young charro has to prove to his girlfriend's parents that he's ready to settle down and be a responsible adult... but then somebody frames him for a murder and he has more immediate problems to deal with.
Mom and Pop want him to settle down , but the youngun's convinced he could be a big star singing rancheras; he convinces his folks to give him six months in the big city to launch a career and prove himself.
Based on the famous corrido, this film tells the story of Rosa, a young coquette who comes to town only to face two men, Hipolito and Marcos, who fight for her affection. Rosa plays with the feelings of both without realizing that this can end in tragedy for her and for the men. In the village dance passions are unleashed when Hipolito finds Rosa flirting with another man, to make him jealous
When the government places restrictions on the Catholic church's autonomy, an armed uprising takes place. Disagreements over the new laws create conflict within the protagonist's family.
Curious film about the Mexican immigrant stunned by the dollar and the English language. The plot deals with a serious social mood, but narrated as a tale of romantic entanglements. Agustin Isunza is a funny former farm worker, whose employers, young and attractive blond Joan Page and Clifford Carr, dazzle the sibling pair starring Luis Aguilar and Amanda del Llano. Miguel Inclan, a rich potter from the area, has put his eye on them to marry their children, Katy Jurado and Raul Guerrero.
Post-Revolutionary army battles ongoing insurgencies.Also romances.
A crooked lawyer frustrates attempts to clear bandits from the local highways.
Theatrical troupe schemes to expose corrupt dealings in local government.
