Screening Neoliberalism: Transforming Mexican Cinema, 1988-2012

Cavernous, often cold, always dark, with the lingering smell of popcorn in the air: the experience of movie—going is universal. The cinematic experience in Mexico is no less profound, and has evolved in complex ways in recent years. Films like Y Tu Mama Tambien, El Mariachi, Amores Perros, and the work of icons like Guillermo del Toro and Salma Hayek represent much more than resurgent interest in the cinema of Mexico. In Screening Neoliberalism, Ignacio Sanchez Prado explores precisely what...