With only three feature films to his name, Carlos Reygadas (b.1971) has distinguished himself as one of the most authentic, audacious and uncompromising talents in Mexican cinema today. Beginning with his extraordinary debut film, Japón, Reygadas has attempted nothing less than the reinvention of the art film, rejecting the formula driven conventions of contemporary “independent” filmmaking to create a body of work that fully unleashes the subversive power of the cinema. Fiercely unpredictable, Reygadas’ films contain some of the most shocking, fascinating and deliriously beautiful imagery seen on screen since the time of Jodorowsky, Makavejev and Fernando Arrabal. And, like these masters of counter-cinema, Reygadas ensures that his boldest gambits are intellectual as well as visual. From Japón to the controversial Battle in Heaven and the magical Silent Light, Reygadas creates muted, mysterious allegories that grapple with ideas of alienation, spirituality and sexuality that are central to our times. The HFA is pleased to welcome Carlos Reygadas to present his feature films and a selection of his rarely seen Super 8 films.