Planeta Siqueiros 1995 · ★ 8.0 · Documentary Directed by José Ramón Mikelajáuregui · Written by Itala Schmeltz + My List Mark as watched ↗ Share Your Rating ★★★★★ Make it a double feature Planeta Siqueiros + Cracked Both from José Ramón Mikelajáuregui. More from José Ramón MikelajáureguiSee all →‹Cracked · 2025Cracked★ 9.02025MovieDocumentaryWhat does what we teach children inside and outside the classroom reveal about the world? How can we effectively and meaningfully communicate to them what is happening around them? The news that Teacher Celeste will leave her class has filled the children with sadness, as she has only a few days left before moving to another school. Together, they experience a September full of movements, directions, and revelations, in the beloved universe of a classroom in a Mexican village.▶+The Marked Hour · 1988The Marked Hour★ 8.31988SeriesMysterySci-Fi & FantasyLa Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.▶+The History in the Gaze · 2011The History in the Gaze★ 6.82011MovieHistoryDocumentaryThe film portraits the stage previous to the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, from the end of Porfirio Díaz´ government, the social volatility, the ephemeral government of Madero and the presence of the working class in the figures of Villa and Zapata, until the signing if the Constitution of 1917. All of this through moving images, filmed during those events mainly by the Alva brothers, filmmakers of that time. Those images let us perceive the contradictory and shuddered glance of the people of that period.▶+A la Misma Hora · 1988A la Misma Hora★ 6.31988MovieMexican feature film▶+Sin motivo aparente · 1987Sin motivo aparente★ 6.31987MovieMexican feature film▶+Secret Theatre · 2025Secret Theatre2025MovieDramaFantasyA woman offers a lock of hair to her magical puppet theatre. She turns the crank handle, and it gives her a gift, the artifact absorbs her into a performance of puppets and insects where her presence will illuminate life.▶+Glancing At Power · 2019Glancing At Power2019MovieDocumentaryAn emotional journey through the film archives of the Mexican Revolution, ranging from Venustiano Carranza's administration to the creation of the PNR party by Plutarco Elias Calles.▶+›More Like This‹The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat · 1896The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat★ 7.11896MovieHistoryDocumentaryA group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.▶+›
