"The Long Game" Celebrates A History More of Us Should Know
…2012, which has now been adapted into the movie, The Long Game. The movie stars Jay Hernandez as JB Peña, the high school superintendent who forms the golf team played…
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Latinos at SXSW 2024 Killed It (And Took Home Big Prizes)
…Y2K is set to be released by A24 later this year. The Uninvited From the angst of high school to the overworked and overlooked middle-aged woman we go. Elizabeth Reaser…
Sofía Vergara's "Griselda" Falls to Its Worst Telenovela Instincts
…104 of Griselda. Cr. Elizabeth Morris/Netflix © 2023 Yet, I did find moments when Vergara’s acting seems to take off – mainly when she first addressed the Marielitos, the Cuban…
"The Crown," a Royal Soap Opera with Historical Undertones, to the End
At the end of the first episode of Netflix’s The Crown Season 6, Princess Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) enters her Kensington Palace rooms. She finds them filled with red and fuschia…
Best 2023 Latinx Performances
…Miles Away, a film based on a true story about a Mexican-American astronaut. Tenacity is a superpower for José Hernández (Michael Peña), the first migrant farmworker to travel into space….
Finally Feeling Latina Enough… Thanks to “Mexican WhiteBoy”
…de la Peña. He came in and told us about his book, Mexican WhiteBoy. It follows the protagonist, Danny Lopez, a shy kid from San Diego who struggles with his…
The Timeless Feminist Discourse of "Pride and Prejudice"
…carefully constructed armor. So, while we marvel at Elizabeth’s attempts to decode Mr. Darcy’s emotions, let’s also ponder the modern Elizabeth’s trying to navigate the labyrinth of modern men who…
'Ahsoka' Shows Fierce Women Can be Fierce Friends Too
…its exemplary treatment of women. Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and her crew of friends, Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), and Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) have been with us since…
Q+A With Elizabeth Acevedo, Author of 'Family Lore'
…a world that discards us time and again and very violently so… Our stories are worthy of that. Elizabeth Acevedo SOFÍA AGUILAR: Why is Afro-Latina representation important for you? ELIZABETH…
'A Million Miles Away' Is an Ode to Latinx Tenacity
I’ve never been a fan of astronaut movies. Although I’m guilty of singing at the top of my lungs, “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing,” I’ve always believed that…