There is much strange beauty in the poverty and desperation captured by “Sin Nombre,” an evocative and impressive first feature from writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga tracing both the journey north ...
In the shattered calm of the Mexican night, sitting atop a railroad tanker car, Cary Joji Fukunaga didn’t yet know that a man was being murdered. But he’d heard the screams, gunshots and shouts in ...
The topic of illegal immigration from Mexico can be a pretty heated one at times. But if you put politics aside, it's hard to deny the intrinsic hope and optimism that is often lost in the debate - ...
A big new talent arrives on the scene with “Sin nombre.” Writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga’s enthralling feature debut takes viewers into a shadow world inhabited by many but noticed by very few — ...
There is much strange beauty in the poverty and desperation captured by “Sin Nombre,” an evocative and impressive first feature from writer-director Cary Joji Fukunaga tracing both the journey north ...
Most films that deal with border issues focus on immigrants and immigration along the California or Texas state lines. But the new film "Sin Nombre" (opening April 3 at Landmark's Hillcrest Cinemas) ...
With a first-time feature filmmaker and a cast little-known outside Central America, Focus Features will face a considerable challenge appealing to both the art house and Spanish-speaking markets when ...
While all independent filmmaking projects could be considered dangerous in these economic times, what young American director Cary Joji Fukunaga had to do to make “Sin Nombre” is a more literal ...
Sin Nombre, the winner of the Directing Award and the Excellence in Cinematography Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, is an epic dramatic thriller written and ...