With a twitch of his slender mustache and a burst of witty doublespeak, Cantinflas captured the hearts of film audiences all over Mexico, where he appeared in some four dozen films beginning in 1937.

A Long Beach skateboarder-turned-filmmaker has returned from the Cannes Film Festival with a prize for his short documentary, “Build Ramps Not Walls.”

A Mexico-focused production by Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil will arrive in Mexico in August.