Mexico City

"God bless them, they were so young, with their hair down to their shoulders and carrying all t  read more »

For some reason, flights heading toward a place always seem to be filled with people from that place  read more »

A week ago last Saturday, the day before Mexico’s Presidential election, I was in Mexico City&  read more »

Have you watched Ray Suarez of the NewsHour from Mexico City? He seems a different person entirely from the grim professional at the desk back in Virginia, or wherever they be. He's impassioned, fuerte, and alive. He seems thrilled to be bringing us the news; and I'm thrilled to receive it.

Of course I ascribe a portion of his enthusiasm to his habla-Spanish engagement with the story, but at dinner last night, a couple of friends pointed out that the culture of the NewsHour under Jim Lehrer is a bit dour. No smiles, a kind of thoughtful but impersonal professionalism. This viewer, anyway, is grateful for the new mood.

I was talking to a woman I know about my Tony Scott Disorder Theory.  read more »

I was talking to a woman I know about my Tony Scott Disorder Theory.  read more »

Joe Roth’s Freedomland, from a screenplay by Richard Price, based on his novel, has received m  read more »

In a glut of winter junk films hell-bent on reducing movie theaters to cinematic waste-disposal faci  read more »

Richard Shepard’s The Matador, from his own screenplay, casts Pierce Brosnan in his first role sin  read more »

Richard Shepard’s The Matador, from his own screenplay, casts Pierce Brosnan in his first role  read more »

The Mexican Cultural Institute has been making the rounds of various community boards this summer, seeking approval for a massive, Manhattan-wide temporary art installation, which will project different Mexican-themed art pieces on notable buildings throughout the city sometime in October.

The project is an outgrowth of the award-winning ABCDF: Diccionario Grafico de la Ciudad de Mexico art book/CD-ROM that came out a couple of years ago, and several art shows held in Mexico City, Washington, D.C., and Paris.

While the folks in charge don't want to talk about it until they've gotten all the necessary approvals from the city, The Real Estate wants to give you a sneak peek at this remarkable project.

Here you see a rendering of the Maritime Hotel, at Ninth Avenue and 16th Street, and, above, 2 Columbus Circle (yep, the same building that the L.P.C. seems intent on "modernizing" into a generic eyesore).  read more »

- Matthew Grace

Our alert Mexico City correspondent tells us Bloomberg advisor Jonathan Capehart accompanied Al Sharpton on his mission to chide the Mexican president yesterday, something Capehart's office confirmed.

Capehart, formerly of the Daily News, has been an informal Bloomberg advisor since working on his first campaign, and remains close to Mike. He's been with him recently to a few gay-related events, and we hear he may wind up being a paid consultant this cycle.  read more »

We're not sure what to make of this trip, though. Perhaps Capehart will report back to Mike on how Rudy's policing policies are working out down there.

UPDATE: Capehart aficionados will particularly enjoy this picture.

The Sun has a must-read from Mexico City, where a Spanish-speaking reporter spent time reviewing Giuliani Partners' legacy there. Not much to write home about, it turns out.

"Two years later, the cheering has stopped. In January 2005, Mexico City's new police chief, Joel Ortega, told local reporters, 'I am no fan of Giuliani.' Far from the 67% drop in homicides achieved during Mr. Giuliani's mayoralty in New York, which was touted in a Giuliani Partners press release announcing its Mexico City contract, the homicide rate in Mexico's capital slipped less than 1% in 2004."  read more »

She even interviewed a working squeegee man.

Alejandro Gonzalez Iniarritu's Amores Perros , from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriago, is one ofthe  read more »