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El Cine Underground
by SpectreVision Radio
Welcome to El Cine Underground — where we expose the film history they left us out of. We don’t just watch movies — we dissect the culture, decode the media, all through the Latin lens. We’re here for deep cuts and the movies you never knew existed. Cinema in focus, culture in every frame. Produced & Edited by Angel I. Salinas. Creator & Host: Mariana Da Silva SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions. spectrevisionradio.com linktr.ee/spectrevision
Episodes
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EP. 10 | Ending the Season Hungry: On Macario and Eating The Whole Turkey.
Closing out the year — and our first season — with Macario (1960). A film about hunger, dignity, death, and what it costs to ask for one moment to yourself in a world that demands everything. Macario reminds us that life and death sit at the same table, that poverty is never a moral failure, and...
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EP. 9 | A Technicolor Navidad
In this holiday episode, El Cine Underground dives into Latin Christmas cinema through Mi Niño Tizoc (1972), Santa Claus vs. The Devil (1952), and The Shepherd’s Tale (1991). We explore Indigenous representation, the origins and symbolism of Posadas, Chicano religious imagery, and the...
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EP. 8 | Noirvember: But Make It Latin
Holiday downtime hits different when you spend it in the shadows…For Noirvember, we’re taking you on a cross-continental descent into Latin Noir: Mexico’s political glamour, Hollywood’s dusty borderlands, and Argentina’s elegant revenge. Three films. Three countries. Three flavors of darkness. If...
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EP. 7 | Brazilian Cinema: How Brazil Found God in the Camera
Brazilian cinema wasn’t built for comfort—it was built for survival.A handcuffed woman lost at sea (Limite), a drunk confessing to God (O Ébrio), a peasant mistaking a prophet for salvation (Black God, White Devil).Three stories. One heartbeat.Art made under pressure, faith filmed under...
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Ep . 6 | The Devil Wears a Top Hat: Coffin Joe’s Brazil
The Devil Wears a Top Hat: Coffin Joe’s BrazilThis week, El Cine Underground descends into the world of Brazil’s most infamous horror icon — Zé do Caixão, known to the world as Coffin Joe. Created — and lived — by filmmaker José Mojica Marins, Coffin Joe is the undertaker who mocked God…
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EP. 5 | Guillermo del Toro: Birth of a Monster Maker
Guillermo del Toro once said, “If you look back at your life and nothing has changed, something is wrong. Sanity is change.” In this episode, we return to Guadalajara — to the messy, inspired beginnings of one of cinema’s greatest visionaries. Before Pan’s Labyrinth or The Shape of Water, a young...
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EP.4 | Whose Story Is It? Cuban Cinema, Identity & Authorship
What makes a film truly Cuban? Can a story told by outsiders still belong to the culture it portrays? In this episode, we dive into Cuban cinema through Soy Cuba, Memories of Underdevelopment, and Le Salut Cubain—films that blur the line between authenticity and appropriation. From revolutionary...
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EP.3 | Cuban Cinema: Myth or Memoria
Cuba’s revolutionary cinema isn’t just history—it’s an act of rebellion, shot in stark black and white and alive with the tension between power and freedom. These films expose how control—bullied in by governments or disguised as love—chokes our ability to live fully. Want to watch them? Lucía is...
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Ep. 2 | Mexico Maleficarum
From the vaults, the monsters awake. This episode of El Cine Underground is based on the Mexico Maleficarum film series presented at the Academy Museum with guest curator Abraham Castillo Flores. Together, we reclaim “maleficarum” from fanatic persecution and celebrate the psychotronic spirit of...
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Ep. 1 | Chicano Cinema Movement: Punk Before Punk
From the picket lines to the projectors, the Chicano Cinema Movement of the ’70s and ’80s was raw, bilingual, and unapologetically political. Born out of the Chicano civil rights struggle, filmmakers like Luis Valdez used DIY grit to take back the screen from Hollywood’s whitewashed lens—mixing...
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EL CINE UNDERGROUND TRAILER
This is the trailer for El Cine Underground — your new obsession for Latin film history like you’ve never heard it before. Think classic cinema deep dives with a rebel twist. We uncover the stories, the culture, and the wild films that shaped Latin America’s screen legacy. Ready to go…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to El Cine Underground — where we expose the film history they left us out of. We don’t just watch movies — we dissect the culture, decode the media, all through the Latin lens. We’re here for deep cuts and the movies you never knew existed.
Cinema in focus, culture in every frame.
Produced & Edited by Angel I. Salinas.
Creator & Host: Mariana Da Silva
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
spectrevisionradio.com
linktr.ee/spectrevision
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SpectreVision Radio
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How many episodes does El Cine Underground have?
El Cine Underground currently has 11 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is El Cine Underground about?
Welcome to El Cine Underground — where we expose the film history they left us out of. We don’t just watch movies — we dissect the culture, decode the media, all through the Latin lens. We’re here for deep cuts and the movies you never knew existed. Cinema in focus, culture in every frame. Produced...
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El Cine Underground has 11 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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El Cine Underground is created and hosted by SpectreVision Radio.
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