Guillermo del Toro

‘Emilia Perez’ may be an Oscars favourite, but a day after its debut in Mexico, the acclaimed narco-musical was already drawing sharp rebukes for portrayals of sensitive subjects that some found superficial. While narco violence and the dramatic tales of cat-and-mouse between criminals and authorities in Latin America have long captured the imagination of Hollywood, they’re also a point of trauma for many Mexicans who live with the consequences. (AP/Martín Silva Rey)