Güeros 

Written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios

Starring Tenoch Huerta Mejía and Sebastián García

Released Feb. 7, 2014

Currently available on various streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime

Güeros is the story of three restless teenagers searching for a folk-rocker during the Mexican capital’s student strike. I picked this movie because I saw that it got four stars on RogerEbert.com. It is beautifully filmed, expertly acted, and emotionally engaging.

Critical Reception 

* “Right off the bat, Güeros captures three superlatives from this reviewer: Best debut feature I’ve seen in the last year, best Mexican film in recent memory, and best (black and white) cinematography since Pawel Pawlikowski’s equally stunning but very different Ida.” (Godfrey Cheshire, RogerEbert.com)

 * “Güeros is like a flip-book history lesson, one that evokes the pain and the comedy – the pop, the politics, the tedium, and the momentousness – of a particular moment in the endless, cyclical chronicles of youth and disillusionment.” (A.O. Scott, New York Times)

* “Güeros is brutal, ironic, madcap, and grim.” (Peter Keough, Boston Globe)

You can watch the trailer here.