Writer-director Joshua Marston's strikingly confident debut maintains an unblinking focus and sustains an almost unbearable level of tension. Despite challenges of marketing a Spanish-language feature ...

Written and directed by Joshua Marston, Maria Full of Grace is a gripping 2004 Spanish drama movie depicting the journey of a young Colombian woman named Maria Álvarez. When she realizes she’s ...

At the center of Joshua Marston‘s involving, multi-layered new indie feature, “Maria Full of Grace” (opening Friday), stands the radiant iconic figure of Maria Alvarez, played by Colombian newcomer ...

María Álvarez, an independent, feisty, underpaid 17-year-old Colombian rose-packager is stuck in a tedious life and a dead-end relationship with her good-for-nothing boyfriend Juan. Things get even ...

Joshua Marston‘s “Maria Full of Grace” reigned at the specialty box office last weekend, grossing the highest weekend pre-screen average for a non-documentary release since March, while Focus Features ...

NPR's Michele Norris talks with 23-year-old Catalina Sandino Moreno, star of the new independent film Maria Full of Grace. It's Sandino Moreno's first film, and she's won four awards for her ...

Winner of the Dramatic Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, Maria Full of Grace is an uncomfortably realistic look at a 17-year-old Colombian woman who, desperate for a job, agrees to ...

BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) - California-born filmmaker Joshua Marston, whose award-winning 2004 picture "Maria Full of Grace" dealt with Colombian drug mules, turns his attention to the conflict ...

Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro has nominated 27 Latino-driven films for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Among the suggestions are films that brought Oscar nominations to Latino actors and ...

If you’re looking for socially conscious character drama unencumbered by sensationalism, make a date with Catalina Sandino Moreno, the star of this season’s most involving personal odyssey. As Maria, ...