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Book review: An industry losing its grip
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

(Polity Press, £17.99)

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