"The Devil Never Sleeps" at 30: Lourdes Portillo’s Family Mystery Endures
How well can we ever know our loved ones? It’s one of many questions that haunts Lourdes Portillo’s classic documentary, The Devil Never Sleeps or El Diablo Nunca Duerme. A…
How well can we ever know our loved ones? It’s one of many questions that haunts Lourdes Portillo’s classic documentary, The Devil Never Sleeps or El Diablo Nunca Duerme. A…
…Dynamo Producciones, is co-directed by Argentina’s Alex García López (The Witcher, Utopía, Daredevil, and The Acolyte) and Colombia’s Laura Mora (Matar a Jesús and Los reyes del mundo). Eugenio Caballero,…
…in political conversation for a long time. Back in 2019, he directed Marighella, about Carlos Marighella, a writer turned politician who led the armed struggle against the dictatorship in Brazil…
…English and Spanish, great food, and a predominantly Tejano music scene (at the time). There’s a brief scene in the film where Selena y Los Dinos performs in Harlingen, Texas,…
…where “the ladies are half dressed, fully equipped,” and “the hot mamis” are “screaming ‘¡Ay papi!’” https://youtu.be/ACYDmW2U2Rg?si=8KA_k6VZVytINoE3 Unlike Los Angeles or New York, Houston or Chicago – all cities with…
…it’s also a huge financial loss. In 2019, our community was the driving force behind 29% of box office sales in the US, essentially contributing $2.9 billion to the national…
…the cultural aspects of being Latin American are automatically lost. Michelle Young Which, ok, but what does it mean to call oneself Latina, Latine, or Latinx? And yes, despite what…
…Going on 30. 50 First Dates. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. The Notebook. Sweet Home Alabama. Love Actually. 10 Things I Hate About You. Movies full of…
…classic, college-senior anxiety. We meet our fictional Rudy as a young man finishing up school who feels completely lost. It’s not just that he’s distracted by his synesthesia – a…
…One Day at a Time. With Love, though, was canceled after two seasons. Los Espookys – 10.4 Inclusivity Score Los Espookys breaks all narrative conventions with nods to Latin American…