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…
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"Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird" is an Ode to Friendship
Director Nicolas Jack Davies was in Austin about two years ago after interviewing Omar Rodríguez-López and Cedric Bixler-Zavala for the documentary, Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird. As…
SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
…Up, which premiered at SXSW this week. She tells me this at the film’s wrap party, held in Robert Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios in Austin. At the same event, Iranian immigrant,…
Jackie Cruz Taps into Her Maternal Instincts for “History of Evil”
…government has transformed into a theocratic police state. Cruz plays Alegre Dyer Rodriguez, a political prisoner who escapes from a detention center in Louisiana and reunites with her husband, Ron…
Why We Need an Ugly Betty Remake Now
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24baYvYpRY8 In it, we had an important ensemble of Latinx actors including Ana Ortiz, Tony Plana, Adam Rodríguez, Mark Indelicato, Freddy Rodríguez, and Salma Hayek (also as executive producer). But…
Filmmaker Lina Rodriguez & Her Slow Meditations on the In-Between
…her husband. After a six-year time jump, Rodriguez allows for a delicate and fragmented immigrant narrative to unravel. Resisting the stereotypical “border-crossing” narrative loaded with violence, crime, and suffering, Rodriguez…
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…
“My Life With The Walter Boys” Represents Our Actual, Diverse World
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIXtOrHF80 Let’s start with Nikki Rodríguez, who plays the lead character Jackie. She’s an actress with Mexican, Puerto Rican, and German roots raised in Minneapolis. This is her first starring…
2024 Latina Shows to Watch
…Carolina Giraldo (aka Karol G), Argentinean Martin Rodriguez, and Cuban Alberto Guerra. Griselda promises enough drama, betrayal, intrigue, violence, and sex to keep viewers glued to the screen. Eric Newman…
"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…