At CinemaCon 2024, It’s Obvious Latinas Are About to Have a Big Year
…us proud as another Latina taking on a successful franchise. Nyong’o will lead A Quiet Place: Day One, which follows Sam (Nyong’o) as she navigates the loudest city in the…
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Media Still Prefers Hypersexualized Latinas – Especially in Miami
…the foreigner. She was loud, heavily accented, and trying to fit into a white, suburban, North American life that she didn’t totally understand. She was the beautiful trophy wife to…
Decoding the Feminine Power in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans”
…Ambition Truman Capote was born in 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was an avid reader and writer since a young age, and by the time he moved to New…
"My Dead Friend Zoe" Is a Different Veteran Film
…don’t whisper it amongst my community, I shout it – loudly. So, consider this my call of support for My Dead Friend Zoe from the top of the Hollywood Hills….
"Cheech and Chong's Last Movie" Keeps Their Legacy Smokin
…it.” The pair eventually entered into the studio to record comedy albums, which were produced by Lou Adler, who later went on to direct their first feature film, Up in…
4 Iconic Oscar Isaac Roles to Celebrate His 45th Birthday
…the fissures and collapse of an enduring relationship. In this five-episode version, Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain bring to life Jonathan Levy and Mira Phillips, a seemingly promising upper-class married…
"Past Lives" Is a Mediation on (Immigrant) Sacrifice Wrapped in a Love Story
…the awkward pauses (or talking too loudly) during my video chats with family. Nora saying, “I only speak Korean with you and my mom” when Hae Sung jokes that her…
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…
12 Latinx Films to Catch at SXSW 2024
…a wild ride with time travel, a black hole growing inside a woman’s chest, and Ayo Edebiri. Expect a lot of fun from this Mary Louise Parker-helmed comedy although sadly…
Beyond “Barbie:” The Diverse Dolls that Defined My Youth
…of Barbieland, but she’s still a movie star in her own right: later on, she would appear in animated films such as Barbie & the Diamond Castle and Barbie and…