Nothing, says ANDY HEDGECOCK, can rescue this undistinguished amalgam of ponderous melodrama and shallow philosophical speculation
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STEVE RICHARDS finds Paul Julian Smith’s analysis of the failures of Mexican cinema lacks the sparkle needed to convince
Mexican Screen Fiction
by Paul Julian Smith
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