Deep Crimson

(New Yorker)

Arturo Ripstein's ghoulish Mexican crime tale transplants the magnificently morbid 1970 B-tabloid The Honeymoon Killers to 1940s Mexico and moves from black-and-white to color. Migraine-tormented Nicolas (Daniel Giménez Cacho) courts lonely widows; Coral (Regina Orozco) is an unhappy nurse who dreams of romance with Charles Boyer but resembles Petunia Pig. What cements their passion is the four increasingly gory murders. Arturo Ripstein's directorial skill is undeniable (he's Mexico's best), but the killings can get pretty upsetting.