"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…
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On Its 20th Anniversary, I Wish “Spanglish” Made Me Proud
…was no obstacle in the pursuit of happiness, was not played by a Mexican (or even a Latina) actress. Paz Vega is Spanish, not a Latina. It bothered me that…
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….
Wagner Moura Helps Puts Journalism Front and Center in “Civil War”
…judge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w “We’re not here to answer anything but to raise questions and people will have their own interpretations of what they saw,” Moura told LatinaMedia.Co moments before the film…
A Love Letter to Selena Quintanilla
…a Latina cultural icon in her own right, which is why I’m celebrating her and her biopic on what should have been her 53rd birthday. I was about six or…
Media Still Prefers Hypersexualized Latinas – Especially in Miami
…with how women – especially young women – are treated and portrayed in media, Latinas more often than not are portrayed as bombshells: fetishized. These roles are for hypersexualized Latinas,…
The LATAM-US Divide on Who is “Latina”
…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…
Camila Mendes Might Just Be Our Generations' JLo
…went out and found himself an exotic Latina.” Who is that nonsense for? I do not see myself or other Latinas as “exotic” or “fiery” – I see us as…
Camila Mendes and Rudy Mancuso Have Your New Favorite in “Música”
…on Prime Video. Or so she tells LatinaMedia.Co on a recent Zoom with her and the film’s writer/director/star Rudy Mancuso. Mancuso based the film on his personal experience navigating the…
Annenberg’s Most Inclusive Latinx Series Are All Canceled
…Selena Gomez’s Only Murders in the Building, with its 8.6 ranking, is the first Latina-led show to score three (and counting seasons) although, it doesn’t break the top third of…