El Cine Underground

EP. 10 | Ending the Season Hungry: On Macario and Eating The Whole Turkey.

Closing out the year — and our first season — with Macario (1960). A film about hunger, dignity, death, and what it costs to ask for one moment to yourself in a world th

EP. 9 | A Technicolor Navidad

In this holiday episode, El Cine Underground dives into Latin Christmas cinema through Mi Niño Tizoc (1972), Santa Claus vs. The Devil (1952), and The Shepherd’s Tale (19

EP. 8 | Noirvember: But Make It Latin

Holiday downtime hits different when you spend it in the shadows…For Noirvember, we’re taking you on a cross-continental descent into Latin Noir: Mexico’s political glamo

EP. 7 | Brazilian Cinema: How Brazil Found God in the Camera

Brazilian cinema wasn’t built for comfort—it was built for survival.A handcuffed woman lost at sea (Limite), a drunk confessing to God (O Ébrio), a peasant mistaking a pr

Ep . 6 | The Devil Wears a Top Hat: Coffin Joe’s Brazil

The Devil Wears a Top Hat: Coffin Joe’s BrazilThis week, El Cine Underground descends into the world of Brazil’s most infamous horror icon — Zé do Caixão, known to the wo

EP. 5 | Guillermo del Toro: Birth of a Monster Maker

Guillermo del Toro once said, “If you look back at your life and nothing has changed, something is wrong. Sanity is change.” In this episode, we return to Guadalajara —

EP.4 | Whose Story Is It? Cuban Cinema, Identity & Authorship

What makes a film truly Cuban? Can a story told by outsiders still belong to the culture it portrays? In this episode, we dive into Cuban cinema through Soy Cuba, Memorie

EP.3 | Cuban Cinema: Myth or Memoria

Cuba’s revolutionary cinema isn’t just history—it’s an act of rebellion, shot in stark black and white and alive with the tension between power and freedom. These films e

Ep. 2 | Mexico Maleficarum

From the vaults, the monsters awake. This episode of El Cine Underground is based on the Mexico Maleficarum film series presented at the Academy Museum with guest curato

Ep. 1 | Chicano Cinema Movement: Punk Before Punk

From the picket lines to the projectors, the Chicano Cinema Movement of the ’70s and ’80s was raw, bilingual, and unapologetically political. Born out of the Chicano civi

EL CINE UNDERGROUND TRAILER

This is the trailer for El Cine Underground — your new obsession for Latin film history like you’ve never heard it before. Think classic cinema deep dives with a rebel tw