I'd say everyone should drop what they're doing right now and rush out to the theater to see Sin Nombre, but it's only showing in limited release in New York, LA, and San Francisco, which would be a bit difficult for some of you to easily get to. If you live in one of these places, drop what you're doing and go see Sin Nombre. It's an incredible film that debuted at Sundance to critical acclaim and is a product of Dieogo Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal's production company Canana, so you know it's gotta be good.

It's almost impossible to believe that Sin Nombre is Cary Joji Fukunaga's feature debut; its storytelling is so accomplished, its visual style so crisp, and its heightened naturalism and performances so textured. A social-political thriller in the tradition of American film noir, Sin Nombre is set on the border, where Mexico becomes the crucible and the fearsome gangs of today's Mexican countryside, the gauntlet, to freedom.

The stories of Sayra, a teenager living in Honduras and hungering for a brighter future, and teen gang members Smiley and Casper, for whom the Mara Salvatrucha is nearly their entire universe, become interlaced on the train to the border, a journey that will determine the future of their lives. Young Casper is already a wary veteran of the "Mara," and his new recruit is the 12-year-old Smiley, full of bravado and looking for status.

Read more on Sundance's site and on Focus Features' site, where you can watch the trailer. I generally like to go into films with no expectations, but I saw the trailer for this one and it didn't have an effect on my viewing of the film at all. This movie is so amazing it'd be hard to ruin it.

For those of you outside New York, LA, and SF, check out the list of cities the film will open in over the next two months. I have a feeling this is going to be a big one.