Frivolous Lists: Mexico

As my movie Fourteen is in its sixth week at the Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, I thought I'd make a list of my favorite Mexican films, in very approximate order of preference. The first list permits multiple films by the same director:

1. The Passion According to Berenice (Jaime Hermosillo)
2. Nazarin (Luis Buñuel) 
3. Matinée (Jaime Hermosillo)
4. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
5. Sangre (Amat Escalante)
6. Highway Patrolman (Alex Cox)
7. The Young One (Luis Buñuel)
8. Japón (Carlos Reygadas)
9. The Summer of Miss Forbes (Jaime Hermosillo)
10. Simon of the Desert (Luis Buñuel)

And the second list permits only one film per director. The order of preference here is even more approximate:

1. The Passion According to Berenice (Jaime Hermosillo)
2. Nazarin (Luis Buñuel) 
3. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
4. Sangre (Amat Escalante)
5. Highway Patrolman (Alex Cox)
6. Machete Language (Kyzza Terrazas)
7. Canoa (Felipe Cazals)
8. 40 Days (Juan Carlos Martín)
9. The Chambermaid (Lila Avilés)
10. Y Tu Mamá También (Alfonso Cuarón)
11. The Shadow of the Tyrant (Julio Bracho)
12. Cochochi (Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán)
13. Drama/Mex (Gerardo Naranjo)
14. Artificial Paradises (Yulene Olaizola)