Gael García Bernal crushes it (and others) as 'Cassandro,' lucha libre's queer pioneer

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/15/ [login to see] /cassandro-review-luchador-lucha-libre-gael-garcia-bernal
"If you, like me, know little about the gaudily theatrical style of professional wrestling known as lucha libre, the new movie Cassandro offers a vivid crash course — emphasis on the crash.

It begins in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez, where hulking wrestlers, or luchadores, clobber each other in the ring. They sport bright-colored masks, skin-tight costumes and menacing monikers like "the Executioner of Tijuana." They smash each other over the head with chairs or guitars while onlookers cheer and jeer from the sidelines. The outcome may be predetermined, but there's still real drama in this mix of brutal sport and choreographed ballet".