At CinemaCon 2024, It’s Obvious Latinas Are About to Have a Big Year
The lights on the CinemaCon 2024 stage have officially darkened. Pero, hot damn they leave a helluva lot of hope for Latinas on the big screen in the coming months….
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"The Long Game" Celebrates A History More of Us Should Know
…of the high school golf team. The Long Game is the actor’s first movie. Photo by Sarah M. Vasquez The Long Game premiered at SXSW Film Festival last year and…
Lío Mehiel is Just Getting Started
…starred in their first short film, Distoria. It premiered at the 2018 Outfest Film Festival, a year when the festival made strides in featuring more projects by women, Trans directors,…
Latinos at SXSW 2024 Killed It (And Took Home Big Prizes)
The SXSW 2024 Film Festival is officially in the rearview and one thing is clear – Latinos at SXSW came to Austin with their A game. Our gente is behind…
"My Dead Friend Zoe" Is a Different Veteran Film
…was a runaway festival favorite and took home the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award. When something is worth talking about, I don’t whisper it amongst my community, I shout it –…
"Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird" is an Ode to Friendship
…he walked around, he kept thinking “Wouldn’t it be great if the film launched at SXSW?” Through that manifestation, the documentary had its US premiere at SXSW Film Festival earlier…
"Cheech and Chong's Last Movie" Keeps Their Legacy Smokin
…they came to meet in Vancouver. “What Dave [Bushell] did was amazing,” Chong said at the post-screening Q&A at the SXSW Film Festival. “He got inside us somehow. He got…
Uncomfortable, Intimate SXSW Film “Malta” Portrays a Different Colombian Experience
…at the SXSW Film Festival. Malta gets uncomfortably close to Piñares’ Mariana, a young woman dreaming of escaping her toxic family and in an act of rebellion, traveling to the…
SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
“How are you contributing [to] this world? I want people to ask themselves that question when they leave the theater,” said Julieth Restrepo, the lead of the romantic comedy Switch…
"La Bachata de Bionico" Is a Compelling, Dark Comedy About Addiction
La Bachata de Bionico (Bionico’s Bachata) played at the SXSW Film Festival for the narrative competition. Filmed in a mockumentary style and using chapters to distinguish its arcs, the movie…