Designed for courses in which films from the Spanish-speaking world are used as springboards for classroom Spanish language discussion, this second edition has more of the same stimulating exercises and conversation materials that have made the first edition a success. Students hear Spanish as it is spoken in a wide variety of real situations and are encouraged to listen to and converse about the social and cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries around the world. The second edition includes short readings (interviews, reviews and other source material) emphasizing reading and writing as well as other competencies. Each chapter is devoted to one movie, and contains appropriate vocabulary, cultural notes, special terms for conversation and composition, a focus on a specific scene for structured discussion or writing, questions for review and understanding, as well as optional reading sections from directors or critics.