Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
On the rough streets of a Mexican city, children orphaned and made homeless by gang violence form a little tribe of their own. There’s plenty of real-life horror in the premise of Issa López’s dark fairy tale, but Tigers Are Not Afraid—a hauntingly beautiful film that feels like a spiritual successor to Guillermo del Toro’s early work; it’s no surprise del Toro himself showered it with praise—weaves supernatural elements into the kids’ poignant and frightening plight.
