Film
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma) took a break from his burgeoning Hollywood career to capture lightning in a bottle with Y Tu Mamá También, a Spanish-language road drama set against the backdrop of Mexico’s political turmoil at the end of the 20th century. Julio and Tenoch (Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna respectively) play wide-eyed teenagers who hit the road in search of female flesh and a mysterious beach called Boca del Cielo (“Heaven’s Mouth”). Accompanying them is Luisa (Maribel Verdú), a sexy older woman with a dark secret. What follows is one of the most thought-provoking and unabashedly erotic (and homoerotic) coming-of-age movies ever made. Alex Mistlin
