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Get ready to dive into the latest must-watch series that’s sure to keep you glued to your Netflix screens! The Accident, a gripping Mexican thriller created by the talented Leonardo Padrón, made its debut on Netflix on August 21, 2024, and it’s already got viewers buzzing.

This new drama takes us on a heart-wrenching journey following a tragic incident at a child's birthday party. What unfolds is an exploration of grief, guilt, and the complex web of emotions that follow. According to its official IMDb logline:

A tragic accident radically changes the lives of three families, triggering a terrible spiral of guilt, resentment, and violence, that will lead them to explore the outermost edges of pain, endurance, and mercy.IMDb

The series, originally titled Accidente, is brought to life by a stellar cast of Mexican actors who masterfully embody the complex characters at the center of this emotional rollercoaster. Curious...

Mexican multi-hyphenate Eugenio Derbez, best known for his comedic performances in such hits as “Instructions Not Included,” “How to Be a Latin Lover” and “Overboard,” is taking on his first dramatic lead role in a series, Prime Video’s “El Juicio.”

He joins “Money Heist’s” Pedro Alonso, Karla Gaytán (“ El amor invincible”) and Iker Sánchez Solano (“Bardo”) in the eight-part series inspired by a real-life crime case. “El Juicio,” which means “The Trial” in English, follows a teenager and her father in their struggle for justice after she is sexually assaulted by the scion of a successful businessman. Not only will the father and daughter have to navigate a failed judicial system, but they must also contend with a wealthy adversary bent on using all his power to protect his son.

Derbez’s first lead dramatic role in a film was in Sundance audience award-winner “Radical,” about a teacher...

The Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has whittled down the list of 65 foreign-language film submissions to a shortlist of nine that will compete for the Oscar.

But while such prominent titles as the Palme d'Or winner "The Class," from France, and the Golden Globes winner "Waltz With Bashir," from Israel, made the list, a number of other acclaimed films, most prominent among them Italy's mafia tale "Gomorrah," were left out in the cold.

Along with Laurent Cantet's "Class" and Ari Folman's "Waltz," the titles that will contend for the five Oscar noms are Austria's "Revanche," directed by Gotz Spielmann; Canada's "The Necessities of Life" (Benoit Pilon); Germany's "The Baader Meinhof Complex" (Uli Edel); Japan's "Departures" (Yojiro Takita); Mexico's "Tear This Heart Out" (Roberto Sneider); Sweden's "Everlasting Moments" (Jan Troell); and Turkey's "3 Monkeys" (Nuri Bilge Ceylon).

Because past omissions on the Academy's shortlist -- like the failure to include the Romanian film "4 Months,...

France's The Class, Japan's Departures and Sunday night's Golden Globe Award winner Waltz With Bashir are all through to the final round of the Oscars Best Foreign Film vote before the official nominations are announced

Revanche, The Necessities of Life, The Baader Meinhof Complex, Tear This Heart Out, Everlasting Moments and 3 Monkeys are also among the nine films advancing to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards.

Over 60 films originally qualified in the category.

The Academy Awards nominations will be announced on 22 January. The Oscars will be presented on 22 February at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.

Mexico's 'Tear This Heart Out' ('Arrancame la vida'), submitted for Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language film has been a huge box office winner in Mexico and is said to be on a level of 'Like Water For Chocolate' which was the biggest U.S. grossing foreign language film released in 1993 by Miramax is also a strong contender for the Oscar. The director Roberto Sneider has a great cast with Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho and José María de Tavira.

Another favorite is 'Entre les Murs'.

Another strong contender for the Academy Award for Best Documentary is 'Man on Wire'.

Mexico City -- The Mexican film academy has selected the period piece "Arrancame la Vida" as its foreign-language Oscar submission for the 81st annual Academy Awards.

The Altavista and La Banda Films production has performed exceptionally well at the boxoffice here, grabbing the No. 1 spot in recent weeks over such Hollywood fare as "Mamma Mia!" and "Tropic Thunder." Roberto Sneider directed and co-wrote "Arrancame," which stars Ana Claudia Talancon and Daniel Jimenez Cacho. 20th Century Fox is distributing the picture in Mexico.

The academy also announced that it has chosen Fernando Eimbcke's sophomore drama "Lake Tahoe" to contend for Spain's Goya award in the foreign picture category. Winner of the Fipresci Prize at this year's edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, Paris-based sales agent Funny Balloons is handling international sales on the Cine Pantera-produced film.