Mexican TV moves beyond the telenovela
Melodramatic soap operas may still rule Mexico’s small screen, but Once TV, Televisa and others have launched edgy series like ‘XY’ and ‘Bienes Raíces’ that reflect a risk-taking, U.S.-style sensibility making waves in the television industry. One weekly drama probes modern manhood in famously macho Mexico. Another show traipses through trendy Mexico City on the heels of not-quite-grown-up grown …
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HONOR ROLL 2010 | “Last Train Home” Director Lixin Fan
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a daily December series that will feature new or previously published interviews, profiles and first-persons of some of the year’s best filmmakers, writers, actors and actresses. This edition is an interview with “Last Train Home” director Lixin Fan, who just won the LA Film Critics’ Award for best documentary. Filmmaker Lixin Fan may very well be one of modern-day …
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