The ECSTATIC Notebook
2 Feverishly Pitched Repertory Gems and 2 Bloody Brilliant Recent Releases
Victims of Sin - Emilio Fernández, 1951
The most thrilling film noir discovery I’ve made this year is the delicious, dark, depraved, and deliriously dancy Victims of Sin starring a titan of Mexican cinema, Ninón Sevilla. As much as Sevilla’s multiple rumbera numbers steal the show and set the pace for the film’s fevered momentum, even the brutal pimp (pl…
