La Zona

It's a chilling story of prejudice, paranoia and municipal corruption in a country where there are too many guns ... Full Review

Either way, it is a smart movie, dramatically lean and mean, exciting and often shocking. It is an intriguing, dystopian drama with a coolly unsentimental attitude to villain and victim alike. ... Full Review

After a trio of young thieves breaches this gated community, its residents attempt to cover up their violent counteraction, fending off the attentions of good cop Mario Zaragoza while searching for the third boy still hiding in their midst. ... Full Review

Following hard on the heels of his award-winning "La Zona," the movie places Pla in the front rank of Mexico's current cinematic resurgence and will play well in all Spanish-speaking territories, not to mention arthouse cinemas elsewhere. The movie has epic sweep, particularly the early scenes in which the issues of faith and conscience are presented with an intensity worthy of a Graham Greene. ... Full Review

Rodrigo Plá's first feature-length fiction is not as significant as Paul Haggis's Crash , that's because Plá doesn't hyperbolically caricature a society's racial dynamics, only its class relations-an affront that isn't skin-deep. ... Full Article

Photo By John Carrico It started as a gusher of musical activity (notably Bill Jeffery screeching his way through "Highway to Hell" with the True Believers at the Continental Club on Monday), and ended as a Noah-type flood. ... Full Article

Welcome to 'The Zone', an idyllic community where manicured suburban lawns line litter-free streets and the only thing that disturbs the narcoleptic calm is the barely-audible swiveling of a dozen video surveillance cameras. ... Full Article