Welcome

Welcome to Film Without Borders. 

My name is Jorge Gamboa and I'm a film lover from the state of Sonora in northern Mexico. In this blog, I shall post film reviews of Mexican cinema, little-known American, European and Asian films, and the occasional well-known classic or recent release.

During this year, most of my posts will be chapters from two film books I am currently working on:

Robocop at 30: A film memoir, which details my relationship with the classic 1987 film, the first I recall seeing, and a movie whose influence and impact in my life continues to grow and evolve. RoboCop shares this birth year with me, so this is even more personal. I intend to write a full-film analyses as a companion piece later on.

Pedro & Ismael: To commemorate the centennial of Mexican film star Pedro Infante and director-screenwriter Ismael Rodríguez, I am working on a book that goes over their 17 film collaboration between 1943 and 1957, the most prolific, iconic and solid actor-director relationship in Mexico's history. I will also include reviews of other essential Infante and Rodríguez films, as well as biographical sketches on both men, legends in Mexico and most of Latin America, but sadly unknown to the rest of the world.

Without further ado, I hope you find my musings and reviews to be worthy of your time and engagement. My biggest ambition is for your curiosity to be piqued by the films that I love and that deserve an international audience.

Looking forward to your feedback.