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Click here for Volume 14 Number 3 (April 2008): the 2008 Ariel Awards coverage, also "Ghosts of 2007"--reviews of three box-office hits, Kilómetro 31, Hasta el viento tiene miedo, and Cañitas: Presencia. Also two bonus reviews of ranchera movies: El fanfarrón and Las tres coquetonas.

Click here for Volume 14 Number 2 (March 2008): this issue includes obituaries (Emilio Carballido, Bertha Moss, Sergio Guerrero, George Fawcett), the career of director Juan Nepomuceno López, and reviews of Territorio neutral, Ciudad sin ley, Fiesta de sangre, Polvo de muerte, Crimen imposible, Tempestad de odio, Chicas en peligro, Montenegro, Orinoco, Rosa de dos aromas, Justiciero callejero and El Ninja mexicano.

Click here for Volume 14 Number 1 (January 2008) which includes reviews of The Torch, Stronghold, El último Chinaco, Sucedió en Jalisco o Los Cristeros, Cuando tú me quieras, El muchacho alegre, Volveré a nacer, Nosotros los pelados, plus some belated obituaries and a brief review of the Mexican film industry in 2007.

Click here for the November-December 2007 issue (Vol. 13 Number 8): Obituaries for Eduardo Noriega, Alejandra Meyer, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Francis, Jorge Castro, Gustavo Aguilar; Films reviewed: Inmaculada, El Chile, Milagro en el circo, Dos nacos en el planeta de las mujeres; Cantinflas On the Fringe: No hay derecho joven, Soñar no cuesta nada joven, Welcome María; Index to Volume 13

Click here for the October 2007 issue (Vol. 13 Number 7): Tele Talía Films reviews (La mujer ajena and El asesino X), A River Runs Through It (Algo flota sobre el agua and Buñuel's El río y la muerte), Vietnam Vets on Film (Verano ardiente and Los Triunfadores), and Halloween Humor in the Haunted House(La casa de los espantos and Échenme al vampiro).

Click here for the September 2007 issue (Vol. 13 Number 6): Obituaries for Ernesto Alonso, Blanquita Amaro, Karloff Lagarde, Juan José Gurrola; Reviews of Casa de muñecas, Coronación, El Maleficio II, Frida: naturaleza viva, Los Bandidos aka The Bandits, Llámenme Mike, Ni pobres ni ricos, Ataca el Chupacabras, plus Book Reviews.

Click here for the July 2007 issue (Vol. 13 Number 5): Antonio Aguilar obituary, annotated filmography, and 15 reviews of his movies, from 1951's La mujer desnuda to Sangre de un valiente 1992. NOTE: this is a big file (the issue is 20 pages with lots of illustrations) so it takes a while to load the pdf.

Click here for the May-June 2007 issue (Vol. 13 Number 4): Two pirate movie reviews (The Black Pirates, Un pirata de doce años), four action film reviews (357 magnum, Venganza suicida, El sucursal del infierno, La chamarra de la muerte), three "Arabian Nights" movie reviews (Aladino y la lampara maravillosa, Los legionarios, La odalisca no. 13), and one bonus view (El Diablo no es tan diablo).

Click here for the March-April 2007 issue (Volume 13 Number 3). Obituaries for Pompín Iglesias and Alejandro Cruz "Black Shadow"; results of the 2007 Ariel Awards and Diosas de Plata; reviews of two new books on Mexican cinema by Rogelio Agrasánchez Jr.; six movie reviews, including two "Doctor Satán;" movies, two cabaretera movies, La selva de fuego (1945), and Juventud sin ley (1965).

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