Film Series: Reliving the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema presents Macario, hosted by Alvaro Rodriguez
McAllen native and screenwriter Alvaro Rodriguez hosts the Reliving the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema Film Series on scheduled Sundays starting at 2 p.m. Rodriguez is the screenwriter of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Hangman’s Daughter (2000) for executive producers Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The film series complements MOSTHistory’s new temporary exhibit, Lá Epoca de Oro: The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema in the Rio Grande Valley, open now through May 2012 in the Upper Old Jail Gallery. Most films are subtitled in English and are subject to change. Please call 956.383.6911 for updated information. Sundays from 2 to 4 p.m.
October 16, 2011 Macario (1960, Roberto Gavaldón)
A peasant’s encounters with three apparitions on the Day of the Dead result in a magical gift in this classic Mexican film. The film complements MOSTHistory’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.
November 13, 2011 Abismos de Pasíon (1954, Luis Buñuel)
Jorge Mistral stars in acclaimed director Luis Buñuel’s successful adaptation of the classic doomed romance, Wuthering Heights, re-set in Mexico.
December 4, 2011 El Rey del Barrio (1950, Gilberto Martinez Solares)
Germán Valdés, better known to the world as Tin Tan, stars in this comic misadventure of mistaken identity.
January 15, 2012 El Bruto (1952, Luis Buñuel)
Pedro Armendáriz stars as the title brute in this tough melodrama set in a Mexico City tenement. With Katy Jurado.
February 5, 2012 Angelitos Negros (1948, Joselito Rodriguez)
The incomparable Pedro Infante stars in this highly popular melodrama about race and relationships.
April 22, 2012 Susana (1951, Luis Buñuel)
Coquettish Rosita Quintana stars as the titular bad girl who seduces a rancher, his son and his foreman in this wild melodrama.
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