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Unsentimental resilience makes storytelling both a weapon and a shield for the orphaned children in Issa López’s blend of horror and magical realism

Mexican director Issa Lopez mixes fantasy and gritty drug-war reality in 'Tigers Are Not Afraid,' a ghost story championed by Guillermo del Toro.

Issa López's thriller "Tigers Are Not Afraid" filters a Mexican gangland saga through the prism of a child's fairy tale.

Melding chilling fantasy with gritty realism, Issa López’s film suggests that, for the victims of drug cartels, the urge to tell stories can be a means o...

Thematically underdeveloped yet pleasingly creepy, Issa López’s dark fairy tale follows a band of children orphaned by a Mexican drug war.

Youths whose childhoods were robbed from them are the focus of two of the year's best films, both from Spanish-speaking creators who evoke real-world violenc...

Tigers Are Not Afraid may be imperfect, but you can feel the passion and creativity of its filmmaker in every decision. She’s fearless. 

Issa Lopez has such a strong command of mood, character and performances – especially impressive given the age of her cast – that her world quickly, sedu...

Director Issa López was inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s magical realism.

Writer-director Issa López's story of a young girl seeking hope in horror calls to mind "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Devil's Backbone"

A waking nightmare full of striking images, Mexican director Issa López’s study of the orphans of cartel violence is uneven yet inspired.