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An unconventional medical drama based on real events, Midnight Family introduces us to the compelling world of private ambulance services in Mexico City. At the center of this thrilling series is young Marigaby Tamayo, who juggles her dream of becoming a doctor with her current work as a paramedic alongside her family.

Marigaby’s family runs an ambulance that acts as their livelihood, transporting patients to hospitals across the bustling metropolis. But unlike typical ambulance crews, they compete fiercely with other private services, racing to be first on the scene of emergencies. Between navigating this high-stakes environment and her studies, Marigaby’s schedule leaves little time to spare.

From the very first episode, it’s clear Marigaby possesses a passion for medicine that drives her to excel in both roles. Yet balancing these demanding worlds presents ongoing challenges. How will she manage the expectations of her career ambitions alongside her family’s needs?...

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If you love thrilling stories and a lot of heart in your television shows then you should check out Apple TV+’s new medical melodrama series Midnight Family. Inspired by the award-winning 2019 documentary of the same name written and directed by Luke Lorentzen, the Apple TV+ series has some of the most gut-wrenching and exciting moments in any of the shows this year.

Midnight Family follows the story of Marigaby Tamayo, an ambitious and brilliant medical student who spends her night in a bootleg ambulance with her family to save lives throughout a bustling Mexico so that they can earn some money. While, Marigaby’s life is hard she is supported by her father and siblings in her quest to become a doctor.

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Inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo título. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha presentado el primer tráiler de Familia de medianoche, su nuevo drama médico de 10 episodios, inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo nombre.

Familia de medianoche sigue a Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), una ambiciosa y talentosa estudiante de medicina de día, que pasa sus noches salvando vidas en una inmensa, fascinante y llena de contrastes Ciudad de México a bordo de la ambulancia privada de su familia. Junto con su padre Ramón (Cosío) y sus hermanos Marcus (Calva) y Julito (Bautista), Marigaby sirve a una población de millones de personas afrontando emergencias médicas extremas para ganarse la vida.

La serie, en la que Natalia Beristáin (Ruido) ejerce de showrunner y directora, cuenta con un reparto encabezado por Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: México), Renata Vaca (Dale gas) y Diego Calva (Babylon). Completan el reparto Sergio Bautista, Óscar Jaenada (Awareness), José María de Tavira...

Today, Apple TV+ debuted the trailer for Midnight Family, the 10-episode Spanish-language medical drama hailing from showrunner and director Natalia Beristáin, and created for television by Julio Rojas and Ariel Award winner Gibrán Portela.

The hour-long series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through November 20, 2024.

Midnight Family features an entirely Hispanic cast and crew led by Ariel Award winner Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: Mexico), Renata Vaca (Dale Gas), and Diego Calva (Babylon), and introduces Sergio Bautista.

The series also features the special participation of Goya Award winner Óscar Jaenada (Hernán), José María de Tavira (El Candidato), Itzan Escamilla (Élite), Mariana Gómez (The Queen of Flow), Dolores Heredia (Capadocia) and special guest, Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma).

Inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name, Midnight Family follows Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), an ambitious and gifted...

Skynet is making its return: the trailer for the Netflix animated series “Terminator Zero” has been revealed.

The series follows the aftermath of Skynet, an AI being, gaining consciousness and waging its war against humanity in “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.” It becomes self-aware on Aug. 29, 1997, after which a war rages on for decades.

“Terminator Zero” is set in 2022 and follows a soldier, Eiko (Rosario Dawson), who is sent back in time to change the fate of humanity. She journeys back to 1997 to protect a scientist named Malcolm Lee (André Holland), who is working on another AI system, Kokono (Sonoya Mizuno) to compete with Skynet. Although it exists in the Terminator universe, it centers entirely around new characters.

The trailer sees Lee attempting to save the Earth from Skynet, while being hunted down by an assassin from the future.

Timothy Olyphant and Ann Dowd round out the voice cast. David Ellison,...

Inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo título. © Apple TV+

Apple TV+ ha anunciado hoy la fecha de estreno y ha publicado las primeras imágenes de Familia de medianoche, su nuevo drama médico de 10 episodios, inspirado en el galardonado documental del mismo nombre.

Familia de medianoche sigue a Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), una ambiciosa y talentosa estudiante de medicina de día, que pasa sus noches salvando vidas en una inmensa, fascinante y llena de contrastes Ciudad de México a bordo de la ambulancia privada de su familia. Junto con su padre Ramón (Cosío) y sus hermanos Marcus (Calva) y Julito (Bautista), Marigaby sirve a una población de millones de personas afrontando emergencias médicas extremas para ganarse la vida.

La serie, en la que Natalia Beristáin (Ruido) ejerce de showrunner y directora, cuenta con un reparto encabezado por Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: México), Renata Vaca (Dale gas) y Diego Calva (Babylon). Completan el reparto Sergio Bautista,...

Today, Apple TV+ unveiled a first look and the global premiere date for Midnight Family, the 10-episode medical drama series hailing from showrunner and director Natalia Beristáin and created for television by Julio Rojas and Ariel Award winner Gibrán Portela. It is produced by Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín.

The hourlong medical drama will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through November 20, 2024.

Midnight Family features an entirely Hispanic cast and crew led by Ariel Award winner Joaquín Cosío (Narcos: Mexico), Renata Vaca (Dale Gas), and Diego Calva (Babylon), and introduces Sergio Bautista.

The series also features the special participation of Goya Award winner Óscar Jaenada (Hernán), José María de Tavira (El Candidato), Itzan Escamilla (Élite), Mariana Gómez (The Queen of Flow), Dolores Heredia (Capadocia) and special guest, Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma).

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Apple TV+ has set the two-episode premiere date for the Spanish-language medical drama Midnight Family for Wednesday, September 25. New individual episodes will follow weekly on Wednesdays until November 20.

Inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name, Midnight Family follows Marigaby Tamayo (Renata Vaca), an ambitious and gifted medical student by day, who spends her nights saving lives throughout a sprawling, contrasted and fascinating Mexico City aboard her family’s privately owned ambulance. Along with her father Ramón (Joaquín Cosío) and her siblings Marcus (Diego Calva) and Julito (Sergio Bautista), Marigaby serves a population of millions by tackling extreme medical emergencies to make a living.

The 10-episode series also stars Óscar Jaenada, José María de Tavira, Itzan Escamilla, Mariana Gómez, Dolores Heredia and special guest Yalitza Aparicio. Cosío is perhaps best known by audiences for his roles in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico, The Suicide Squad and FX’s The Strain.

Netflix has reaffirmed its 300 million commitment to Mexican cinema and series, announcing a slew of new movie projects to celebrate the country’s National Day of Cinema on Aug. 15 and as part of its #QueMéxicoSeVea initiative.

The year-old initiative, which can be roughly translated to “Let Mexico Be Seen” has the mission “to make visible the work of Mexican creators, screenwriters, writers, directors, actors and people who make national cinema possible,” as well as its wealth of original stories.

Leading the pack is the widely anticipated directorial debut of Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto who is helming an adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s seminal novel, “Pedro Paramo.” Produced by Redrum, the film’s crew includes Oscar-nominated production designer Eugenio Caballero and costume designer Anna Terrazas, whose notable credits include “Roma,” “Spectre” and “Bardo.”

“Our commitment to Mexican culture also includes adapting great Mexican works to the cinema, and ‘Pedro Páramo’ will...

Ten-episode medical drama based on documentary Familia de Medianoche.

Apple TV+ has landed Midnight Family from Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín’s Chilean company Fabula and the UK’s Fremantle which marks the platform’s first all Spanish-language Original series.

Based on the documentary Familia de Medianoche the 10-episode medical drama is created for television by Ariel Award winner Gibrán Portela and Julio Rojas with the Larrains on board as executive producers.

Currently in production in Mexico City, the new series will feature an entirely Hispanic cast and crew led by Joaquín Cosío, Renata Vaca, Diego Calva, Yalitza Aparicio,...

Apple TV+ has set its first-ever all Spanish-language series Midnight Family from Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín. Cast includes Academy Award nominee Yalitza Aparicio (Roma), Joaquín Cosío, and Óscar Jaenada.

Rounding out the ensemble are Renata Vaca (Dale Gas), Diego Calva, Itzan Escamilla (Élite), José María de Tavira (The Candidate), Dolores Heredia, Mariana Gómez (The Queen of Flow) and Sergio Bautista.

Midnight Family—inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name— follows Marigaby Tamayo (Vaca), an ambitious and gifted medical student by day, who spends her nights saving lives throughout a sprawling, contrasted and fascinating Mexico City aboard her family’s privately owned ambulance. Along with her father Ramón (Cosío) and her siblings Marcus (Calva) and Julito (Bautista), Marigaby serves a population of millions by tackling extreme medical emergencies to make a living.

Apple has ordered a Spanish-language series inspired by the documentary “Midnight Family” (“Familia de Medianoche”).

The series will be Apple’s first series produced entirely in Spanish. “Midnight Family” follows Marigaby Tamayo (Renata Vaca), an ambitious and gifted medical student by day, who spends her nights saving lives throughout a sprawling, contrasted and fascinating Mexico City aboard her family’s privately owned ambulance. Along with her father Ramón (Joaquín Cosío) and her siblings Marcus (Diego Calva) and Julito (Sergio Bautista), Marigaby serves a population of millions by tackling extreme medical emergencies to make a living.

“Midnight Family” also stars Yalitza Aparicio, Itzan Escamilla, José María de Tavira, Óscar Jaenada, Dolores Heredia, and Mariana Gómez. Apple has given the show a 10-episode order. It is currently in production in Mexico City.

The show was developed for television by Gibrán Portela and Julio Rojas, with Portela serving as writer. Natalia Beristáin is showrunner,...

"There she is, guys - the most godforsaken castle in all of Mexico." Rlje Films has released a new official Us trailer for the indie horror comedy DeadTectives, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Tony West. This first premiered at the Sitges Film Festival in 2018, and it also played at Mexico's Morbido Film Fest, Fantasporto, and the Seattle Film Festival. A team of reality TV ghost hunters experience true paranormal activity for the first time while filming a make-or-break episode in the most haunted mansion in Mexico. Facing cancellation on the one hand and supernatural entities on the other, the team must figure out a way to bust the ghosts, deliver the episode of a lifetime, and escape with their lives intact. Starring Chris Geere, David Newman, José María de Tavira, and Tina Ivlev. Cool concept, but this looks so impressively bad. And why is this trailer so dark?...

Stars: Martha Higareda, Chris Geere, Tina Ivlev, José María de Tavira, David Newman, Cecelia Antoinette, Nuria Blanco, Emilio Savinni, Matías del Castillo, Valentina Zertuche | Written by Tony West, David Clayton Rogers | Directed by Tony West

Over the years we’ve had a ton of horror films that take the tropes of the TV “ghost hunter” show and use them to tell a terrifying tale. Although, for me, many of these films didn’t really work as a) they were often as schlocky as the shows they mirrored; and b) a Lot of them used the confines of found-footage, behind the camera views to tell their story. And I personally Hate the found-footage format!

However there seems to be a current tread for genre films to not only use the ghost-hunting format to tell a scary story but also to parody the trope as well. Recently we had Hoarders, which poked...

Taking place in the early 1970s in Mexico City, Netflix's Roma is a semibiographical take on the life of Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón, following a formative year in the life of a middle-class family and their live-in housekeeper. The film allowed Netflix to score its first-ever Oscar nomination for best picture.

Yalitza Aparicio, who makes her debut in the film as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez, one of the family's maids, also became the first Indigenous woman (and only the second Mexican woman) to get an Oscar nomination for best actress. Another exciting individual honor for the film: a best supporting actress nomination for Marina de Tavira, who plays Sra. Sofía, the secretive mother of four and matriarch of the family.

Related: Best Foreign Film Is a Hot Oscar Category This Year - Here's What to Know

De Tavira's nomination is one of the biggest surprises of this year's Oscar nominations.

This is the first co-production for Sony Pictures TV and Televisa under their 5-year deal announced on Monday. Original teleseries Señorita Pólvora, starring Camila Sodi, Iván Sánchez and José María de Tavira, was inspired by the real life story of a beauty queen whose alleged connections to the underworld and a romantic affair with an assassin ultimately led to her untimely demise. The series will be produced in Mexico by Spt, and will air cross multiple Televisa platforms and on UniMás in the U.S. UniMás will present the series at Univision’s upfront next Tuesday. Señorita Pólvora is also being sold across the rest of Latin America by Spt while Televisa will distribute across the east and south of Europe; Spt and Televisa will jointly distribute the series throughout the rest of the world. Señorita Pólvora follows Valentina (Sodi), a beautiful, well-to-do young women who falls for a hit...

The second edition of the Baja International Film Festival 2013 kicked off on November 13 with the opening night screening of Juan Jose Campanella’s Latin American box office hit.

Monsieur Lazhar director Philippe Falardeau received a special recognition on a night when the red carpet attendees included Guillermo Arriaga, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Jose Maria de Tavira, Alfonso Herrera, Irene Azuela, Paula Nuñez and Jorge Michel Grau.

Festival director Alonso Aguilar-Castillo welcomed around 2,000 guests as the event kicked off with the animation screening in both auditoriums of the Pabellon Cultural de la Republica.

The festival will run for four days with the goal of bridging the Mexican, Us and Canadian film industries.

The programme includes the world premiere of Cafe Tacvba’s new documentary The Object Formerly Known As A Record, El Charro Misterioso by Jose Manuel Cravioto and Beto Gómez’s Volando Bajo.

There are Mexican premieres for Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers Club, Xavier Dolan’s Tom At...

Mexico City, Feb 1 (Ians/Efe) Mexican actress Ana Claudia Talancon said she was a huge fan of children and soccer, the two subjects of her film, "El sueno de Ivan".

"I've always loved kids. I've felt that way since I was a little girl, with my dolls," the actress said.

"I have always really enjoyed being with kids," the 32-year-old actress said.

Talancon, who press reports say is separated from husband and fellow actor Jose Maria de Tavira, told reporters that appearing in "El sueno de Ivan" was a positive experience because it allowed her to perform with children.

"The protagonists are the children, who make.

There is an effect to The Imperialists Are Still Alive, but it’d be hard to say that it’s a cumulative one. In spite of the inherently divisive subject matter and seemingly confrontational title, Imperialists never articulates any thoughts or feelings about either its setting (modern lower Manhattan) or subject matter (cultural identity and racial profiling in the war on terror) that feel solidified, let alone coherent. Scenes play out, characters talk, life goes on in the subclass of artists so well-represented in independent cinema, but no attributes that could be considered defining ever emerge. This isn’t always a problem in film, and can even be liberating, but if writer/director Zeina Durra was not trying to strike any larger nerves, she certainly chose an unusual playground in which to play.

When we are first introduced to professional artist Asya (Elodie Bouchez), she is posing in a full-body nude shot,...

From its lengthy introductory shot of the nude protagonist fussily mixing feminism, art and vanity to a cryptic, haunting closing shot I shouldn't spoil, a number of factors make Zeina Durra's feature debut The Imperialists Are Still Alive! among Sundance 2010's most fascinating films. None, however, make it more intriguing than the way it compels one to describe the indescribable -- starting with Durra herself, a London-bred, New York-trained filmmaker of Jordanian/Lebanese/Bosnian/Palestinean heritage. Imperialists! presents her alter-ego Asya (Elodie Bouchez), a successful artist in Manhattan with links to both the Palestinean resistance and upper-crust Western hegemony. Negotiating between the two with her tight circle of comrades, Asya falls in love with a Mexican lawyer/Ph.D candidate (Jose Maria de Tavira) and avoids the prying eyes and ears of spy agencies including the CIA, Mossad and Mi6. Oh, and it's a comedy. See where I'm going with this?...

Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: Premieres To showcase the diversity to contemporary independent cinema, the Sundance Film Festival Premieres section offers the latest work from American and international directors as well as world premieres of highly anticipated films. Presented by Entertainment Weekly.

I feel a special bond with the Sundance Film Festival. Not because I’ve been there, but because the guy in charge of it this year, John Cooper, shares my name. Because we share this bond, I feel that I’m able to take license in referring to the man as Coop for the rest of this article.

For the annual event held in Park City, Utah from January 21-31, thousands of films are submitted and screened — this year, 3,724 films were viewed by the festival’s ten programmers. I wonder when they slept.

Coop has high hopes for the festival as a whole:

“We may even be going into a golden age for independent films, in that the technology will make it possible for the films to be made and for audiences to see them. The industry is going through a major evolutionary stage right now, there’s no doubt about that,...

Sundance released their slate for 2010. It includes:43 documentaries on the Middle East12 films about friends who 'discover' something33 movies about people you've never heard about1 comedyHopefully the lineup this year is strong but it doesn't look that way compared to last year. Last year we had Push (Precious), that Lil Wayne documentary that never went anywhere, Mystery Team which might make my top ten, Moon, Mike Tyson documentary, Cold Souls. Just so much last January that was excellent. I hope I don't go out therer and freeze my tail off just to see...I don't know, a documentary about a former Pakistani prime minister or something silly like that.Here's the lineup so far: U.S. Documentary Competition This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere. Bhutto(Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara)—A riveting journey through the life and work of recently assassinated Benazir Bhutto,...

The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films playing in competition from January 21 through January 31, 2010. The early fest typically debuts some of the best films the year has to offer, like 2009’s Precious, (500) Days of Summer, and Moon.

I’m bummed I won’t be in Park City, Utah next month because the lineup looks great, and these are just the films playing in competition. Here’s a few that stood out to me:

The Allen Ginsberg trial film Howl starring James Franco, a documentary by Alex Gibney (a truly great filmmaker) on Jack Abramoff, Mark Ruffalo’s directorial debut Sympathy for Delicious, a doc about Joan Rivers, the directorial debut of “How I Met Your Mother” star Josh Radnor titled Happythankyoumoreplease (I wrote a glowing script review of it here), Hesher with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman, and Blue Valentine starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.

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Sundance Film Festival 2010 is a little over a month away and that means we can now bring you a list of the competition films that will be playing. Here you go boys and girls… enjoy!

Documentary Competition

“Blue Valentine” – Directed by Derek Cianfrance, written by Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis, a portrait of an American marriage that charts the evolution of a relationship over time. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, John Doman. “Douchebag” – Directed by Drake Doremus, written by Lindsay Stidham, Doremus, Jonathan Schwartz and Andrew Dickler, in which a man about to be married takes his younger brother on a wild goose chase to find the latter’s fifth-grade girlfriend. Features Dickler, Ben York Jones, Marguerite Moreau, Nicole Vicius, Amy Ferguson, Wendi McClendon-Covey. “The Dry Land” – Directed and written by Ryan Piers Williams, in which a returning U.S. soldier tries to reconcile his experiences overseas with his life in Texas.

Photo: Sundance Today the Sundance Institute announced the films that will be in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in both the U.S. and International dramatic and documentary categories. The festival will run from January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. There are a few changes this year as there will be no opening-night picture and the festival will take select festival films to eight cities during as the fest plays out.

Last year notable films such as this year's major Oscar contenders Precious and An Education debuted at Sundance 2009 as did audience and critical favorite (500) Days of Summer.

As for this year's crop I have highlighted a few titles among the list below in red, but I have primarily done so considering the names attached to the pictures not necessarily based on any advanced buzz I've heard around any of the films. Names to look out for include Ryan Gosling,...

And the first announcement is upon us and includes quite a few movies we've already reported on.. What does that include?

The incredible looking Estonian drama The Temptation of St. Tony for which we got the exclusive trailer on a while ago. It's by Veiko Õunpuu who did the incredible Sügisball and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing this.

From Spencer Susser, the director of the incredible zombie short I love Sarah Jane comes Hesher, his first feature which stars Jgl!

David Michôd's Australian thriller Animal Kingdom which stars Guy Pearce.

From Taiki Waititi, director of Eagle vs Shark comes Boy which we previously reported on, but then it was known as The Volcano.

Full list after the break!

U.S. Documentary Competition

This year’s 16 films were selected from 862 submissions. Each film is a world premiere.

Bhutto (Directors: Jessica Hernandez and Johnny O'Hara; Screenwriter: Johnny O'Hara)—A riveting...

Although the Sundance Film Festival might have tried to wring some extra sunshine from its selections last year, the 2010 lineup looks to be back to its typical mirthless self. One could say it has gone from "You gotta give 'em hope" to "You gotta give 'em mope."

"That's our filmmakers," festival director John Cooper said with an amused mix of pride and resignation. "There's some lightness in here somewhere."

Yes, it's wedged back behind the assassinations, political corruption, war carnage, crumbling educational system and Khmer Rouge revelations. The fest, which runs Jan. 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, might start to feel like 11 Days of Glummer.

But perhaps that's to be expected. The implosion of the independent distribution system amid the ever-present threats of a maimed economy and two wars has provided festival organizers and filmmakers an opportunity to cut loose and follow their probing passions,...

Mexico's 'Tear This Heart Out' ('Arrancame la vida'), submitted for Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language film has been a huge box office winner in Mexico and is said to be on a level of 'Like Water For Chocolate' which was the biggest U.S. grossing foreign language film released in 1993 by Miramax is also a strong contender for the Oscar. The director Roberto Sneider has a great cast with Ana Claudia Talancón, Daniel Giménez Cacho and José María de Tavira.

Another favorite is 'Entre les Murs'.

Another strong contender for the Academy Award for Best Documentary is 'Man on Wire'.