As far as Mexican filmmakers go, film fans often think of people like Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, and Alejandro González Iñárritu, commonly known as the Three Amigos. But as far as acclaimed directors from that country go, you should probably add Carlos Reygadas to that list. Though not as famous as the aforementioned Amigos, Reygadas has garnered worldwide acclaim, with his latest film “Our Time” touring the film festival circuit last year.

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Yes, you’ve probably emptied your bank accounts buying people presents this holiday season, but you have plenty of time to save up for March 2019, when the Criterion Collection releases six new films that film fans are surely going to need to pick up. Of the six films debuting in the Collection in March 2019, some of the highlights include the incredible ‘70s film from filmmaker Barbara Loden, titled “Wanda,” Edgar G.

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Ever since he shook the cinematic world with the release of his visionary first feature, “Japón,” and then followed that up with his mesmerizing magnum opus “Silent Light,” director Carlos Reygadas struggled to find the same kind of universal acclaim with his polarizing and mystical 2012 film “Post Tenebras Lux” (a beautifully maddening picture which many adore or loathe in equal measure).

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Carlos Reygada is definitely not a mainstream filmmaker. While his films are festival hits and have garnered the Mexican director critical acclaim, Reygada’s work is known for having a bit of a learning curve for viewers. However, once you understand how the filmmaker works, you’ll probably understand why many people consider his films masterpieces. And judging by the first trailer for his latest film, “Nuestro Tiempo (Our Time),” it doesn’t look like Reygada has changed much in the last six years.

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Melding the beautiful imagery you’d expect from a Terrence Malick film, with the playfulness and provocation of Lars von Trier, director Carlos Reygadas has carved out his own corner of the arthouse world. He’s staked his name on audacious, challenging works like “Silent Night,” “Battle In Heaven,” and his most recent, “Post Tenebras Lux.” But that film was released four years ago, and other than helming a short, it’s been quiet from Reygadas’ corner.

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5 Reasons To Check Out The WTF, Strange & Baffling ‘Post Tenebras Lux’

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The full length film, “Serenghetti” (pictured above and below), was specially commissioned by International Film Festival Rotterdam. The festival contacted the director to make a film for their Urban Screens program and the result was a docu-drama of sorts of a soccer match between two women’s amateur teams.

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At ShoWest, which is a film business gathering — not a flashers’ convention — WB head Alan Horn confirmed that they would fill the annual slot in their tentpole schedule sans “Potter” with a flood of superhero pictures.

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As we noted yesterday, this is nothing new.

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“I was amazed by SILENT LIGHT – the setting, the language, the delicacy of the interactions between the people on screen, the drama of redemption. And most of all by Carlos Reygadas’s extraordinarily rich sense of cinema, evident in every frame. A surprising picture, and a very moving one as well.” – Martin Scorsese

It’s not an English language trailer, but it’ll suffice.

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It premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and is just now getting a release in North America. It’s U.S. release begins in New York the first week in January. We’ve been clocking the film all year, noting when it’s received acclaim and noted that it’s Mexico’s official selection for the 2008 Foreign Oscar category (despite being spoken almost entirely in Plautdietsch, a dialect of Russian Mennonites).

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