Gael Garcia Bernal stars in this minimalist thriller that taps into genuine fears of the moment. Give “Desierto” credit for this: There has never been a more appropriate time for a tense thriller ...

To actor Gael García Bernal, migration is integral to life. It’s almost like breathing and eating — “It’s something that has saved humanity,” he said. But if the rhetoric espoused during the 2016 U.S.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Veronica Villafañe is an expert in the Hispanic media industry. Armed with a long-range rifle, a racist vigilante and his vicious ...

Mexican filmmaker Jonás Cuarón is known for his collaborations with his father, Alfonso Cuarón, most notably on “Gravity.” But the immigration thriller “Desierto” is rooted firmly on the ground. He ...

There is a scene in Desierto, a new film starring Gael García Bernal, in which Bernal’s character Moises and his companion discuss their motivations for crossing the border from Mexico into the United ...

The concept was probably inevitable: A chase thriller set on the U.S.-Mexico border pitting a murderous self-styled patriot and a pair of desperate would-be immigrants. Given Donald Trump’s incessant ...

Por SAFIYAH RIDDLEUn avión supersónico diseñado para hacer muy poco ruido voló por primera vez esta semana sobre el desierto del sur de California poco después del ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In director Jonas Cuaron's Desierto, the audience never really learns much about Sam -- the ...

In “Desierto,” Jeffrey Dean Morgan, foreground, portrays an American vigilante who is killing Mexican migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, and Gael Garcia plays an immigrant who is in a showdown ...

Gael Garcia Bernal plays a migrant worker crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in this brutal and relentless chase thriller. “Desierto” begins in a contemplative hush, as d.p. Damian Garcia forces the ...