“A Poet/Un Poeta” Argues Self-Destruction Is Overrated
…the tired trope that vices will somehow yield inspiration and genius. A Jury Prize in Un Certain Regard at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, this at-times frustrating, other-times hilarious, and…
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The Mixed Bag of Latinos This Awards Season
…list of wins for best non-English film from both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle, plus three wins at Cannes for Best Director,…
With Films like "The Secret Agent," Kleber Mendonca Filho Makes the Specific, Universal
…demolish her home – the last old building in Av. Boa Viagem, Recife. With Bacurau (2019), a sci-fi/western, set in the deep sertão of Pernambuco, he lands his first Cannes…
9 Latine Films To Watch at the Denver Film Festival
…teen named Yurlady (Rebeca Andrade) in a bid to live vicariously through her potential success. It premiered at Cannes this past May, where it won the Un Certain Regard Jury…
6 Latino Films to Catch at TIFF 2025
…awards season buzz already for Hedda as is Wagner Moura (Civil War) after his Cannes win for The Secret Agent. Also on our radar is America Ferrera in Apple TV+’s…
Latinxs Who Are Pure Fuego Over 40
…Qualley received a 6-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. At 41, Plaza plays a sapphic cop to Qualley’s lead “Honey.” The epitome of black cat energy, Plaza also…
Five Films to Catch at LALIFF 2025
…Happiness is fresh off its world premiere at Cannes and is courtesy of Josefina López (Real Women Have Curves playwright). It’s making its US premiere at LALIFF 2025 on Saturday,…
Cannes' "The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo" Celebrates Trans Women
…The Cannes Film Festival selection focuses on a community of trans women living in a mining village in Chile in 1982, the early days of the disease. It combines folklore,…
With "Emilia Pérez," Adriana Paz is Stuck in an Impossible Position
…has not been overshadowed by the negative press. Last year, she won the Best Actress award at Cannes along with her co-stars, Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez….
"Emilia Pérez" is THE Female Force To Be Reckoned With
…in our Western society.” Emilia Pérez has absolutely slayed at every festival or screening it has played at since premiering. At Cannes, all four female leads won the Cannes Best…