Matinee
1976, NR, 90 min.
Directed by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rodolfo Chávez Martínez, Armando Martín Martínez, Manuel Ojeda, Héctor Bonilla.

This early film by Hermosillo tells the story of two boys who play hooky from school to go to the movies, but before the day is over they are taken hostage by ruthless gay criminals. The men and the boys have no trouble with this arrangement, thus beginning a grand adventure.

This article appears in February 15 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.