I have only a few additional comments:

1) You are allowed to watch and discuss the movie with friends and/or classmates.  You can even describe their opinions as part of your report ("I liked this film because...   However, my friend Joey hated it; he thought that the main character was...").  However, you must write the report ENTIRELY ON YOUR OWN.  Watch and discuss it with anyone you like, but then go your own separate ways and write independently.

2) The paper must be word-processed. Click here for information about diacriticals (accents and other special characters) on the computer.  Please use a large font and double- or triple- space (leave room for me to write comments between lines).  When you're done, run a word count and write the result somewhere on the paper.

3)  You may not use "El mariachi" as your film.  It's a US production, it has very little dialogue, and also I'm frankly just tired of reading student reports about it.

4) Go ahead and use the Spanish spell-check if your computer has one.  It will keep you from writing non-existent words and verb forms.  However, the Spanish grammar check will not help you.  The ones that are currently available miss too many incorrect things and also give a ton of "false alarms."  It will end up talking you out of using forms that really are correct.

5)  The most important thing is to allow yourself time to do this assignment.  Don't try to watch the film and write the review all in one sitting.  When we write an essay in class, you spend some time outside class preparing for it, and then an hour in class writing it.  That's for a 150-word composition on a relatively simple topic.  Now you're going to write a 250-300 word paper on a more complex topic.  Please allow yourself at least 1/2 hour to outline the review, 3 hours to write it, and 1/2 to proof-read.  It may sound like a lot, but if you stop to think about it, most of you would spend at least that much time on a similar paper for an English class, even though you don't have to deal with a foreign language.  (And if you get an early start, you don't have to do it all in one sitting.)  This is not a tremendously difficult assignment; you've done pretty much the same thing for less credit with your lectura/cultura reports.  It's just longer, and it will be graded like the in-class compositions, so grammar is more important.  You should make it a point to submit a report with NO errors in agreement or in verb forms, since you have time to double-check those things.

6)  About one student per semester gets the brilliant idea of writing this paper in English and running it through a computer translator.  Don't be that student.  Electronic translation doesn't work; it produces almost total gibberish.  The least talented human in a Spanish 312K class can do better than the best translation software currently available (and those free translators on the Web are a LONG way from the best software.) Computer translators are designed to translate OUT of a language you don't understand at all into your native language so that you can get a very vague idea of what an article is about.  Just for giggles, and to give you an example of what I mean, I used a Web translator to translate the following text into Spanish:
 

Begin thinking about the movie review, which is due on Mon. November 19.  Read the list and pick a few of the films that sound good to you, and start looking for them now.   Whatever you do, do NOT wait until the weekend to see it. It will be extremely hard to find an appropriate film on or near campus that weekend.

I copied the "Spanish" text that the translator gave me into a different Web page and translated it back to English.  It gave me:

Begin thinker around the overhaul of film, that must in L. The November 19. Lea the list and chooses few of the films that healthy good to you, and the beginning looking for now. Any you do, she does not wait for until the aim and week in seeing it. To be extremely hard to find an appropriate film in or on near campus that aim of semana.

What grade would you give to a paper written this way?  No matter how bad you think your Spanish is, computer Spanish is significantly worse.  (You'll notice that almost all of these "free" Web translation services also have link to "machine text editing services" that are definitely NOT free.  There's a reason human translators still get paid in the neighborhood of $100 a page.)
 

The UGL has a limited collection of videos, and there are also viewing rooms available there. Click here for information about the AV collection in the UGL.

However, chances are fairly high that all of the Spanish-language films there are already checked out.  If you can afford a few dollars for rental, many of the films on the list are available at Blockbuster or Hollywood video stores.  Vulcan Video on 29th and Guadalupe (walking distance from campus) has a wider selection of titles, although they generally have only one copy of each.  There's also a little-known video store (called something very creative like "the video store") on Guadalupe between 40th and 45th.  It has a smaller selection, but it can be your last-chance option if you wait until the weekend and can't find a film at any of the larger stores.

Besides the viewing rooms in UGL, there are also VCRs available in the language lab on the second floor of Batts.  Apparently they are now only open on weekdays.  Click here for hours.
 

One last note:

Be aware that most of the films on your list would be rated "R" under the US system.  They tend to include "adult situations," strong language, and/or nudity.  If that's a concern for you, "La historia oficial" is an extremely intense film that will almost certainly make you cry, but there are no naked people over the age of 5 in it.  In "Mujeres al borde..." there's a lot of discussion of sex, but it's not shown.  La Boca del lobo (not on your list, but available at Vulcan) is about the problem of terrorism in Perú.  Very intense, very sad, but there's no sex, nudity, or graphic violence.

A few other films you  might find are:

Camila (d. María Luisa Bemberg, c. 1985)-- A true story about a young woman and a priest who fall in love at a time when the penalty for this "crime" against the Church and the State was death.  If you choose this film, consider the following question-- who "wins"?  This film has one rather explicit sexual scene.

Abre los ojos (d. Alejandro Almenábar, c. 1999)-- A sort of science-fiction/mystery/suspense film by the director of the current English-language film "The Others."  This film was on the list previously but was removed because some students were upset by its negative portayal of women and one particularly disturbing scene that combines sex and violence.  It's an interesting film, but not an easy one to watch. You may also find it very difficult to write about, because the director deliberately makes it difficult to distinguish reality from dreams, fantasy, or flat-out lies.  You must have a very high level of tolerance of ambiguity to appreciate this film.
 

Two to avoid:

Atame (d. Pedro Almodóvar, c. 1990)-- Not recommended.  This film was in large part an experiment by Almodóvar to see just how outrageous he could get away with being.  The main problem, for our purposes, is that there's very little plot, so you can't write a good paper about it.  Film majors may find it of historical interest because it incited a lot of discussion about censorship (this film and Peter Greenaway's "The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover" came out in the same year and were the driving forces behind the creation of the NC-17 rating in the US), but don't use it for this paper.

Jamón, jamón--  This film seems to be in every store in town, but frankly it is just a really bad movie.  I'm not sure why it was even exported; don't waste your time with it.