Under the Same Moon

BabelPan's Labyrinth From my review last spring in The American Conservative: “Under the Same Moon” The once-lively Mexican film industry stagnated after it was nationalized in the late 1950s, but revived in 1990s with the loosening of the government’s velvet stranglehold on the arts. By last year, three art house films by Mexican directors, “Babel,” “Pan’s...

An excerpt from my latest movie review in The American Conservative (to figure out what the last line of the excerpt means, you’ll just have to get the magazine):
The once-lively Mexican film industry stagnated after it was nationalized in the late 1950s, but revived in 1990s with the loosening of the government’s velvet stranglehold on the arts. Last year, three art house films by Mexican...