Uncomfortable, Intimate SXSW Film “Malta” Portrays a Different Colombian Experience
…director, says “I think now it’s a little bit different. But even now, everyone wants to leave – so they can come back better… If they do come back, they…
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Q+A With The Flores Siblings, the SXSW Filmmakers Behind "The In Between"
…that movie – it got a little distribution deal, it went to a couple of festivals. So he really laid the groundwork for us to see that it was possible…
4 Iconic Oscar Isaac Roles to Celebrate His 45th Birthday
…2005 with a degree in theater, the Guatemalan-born actor broke into Hollywood with a handful of supporting roles. Little by little, his notable appearances in films such as Agora, Body…
The Short List of the 8 Oscar-Nominated Women Directors
…(Yentl), Penny Marshall (Awakenings), Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry), Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), Ava DuVernay (Selma), Dee Rees (Mudbound), and the list goes on and on. The evident inequity…
"Past Lives" Is a Mediation on (Immigrant) Sacrifice Wrapped in a Love Story
…no matter the cost. My parents are from Quito, Ecuador, and as young adults unexpectedly immigrated to the United States as political exiles with few resources and little understanding of…
Visually Stunning, "Dune: Part Two" is Otherwise Same Old
…old, yet beyond looks, little has changed. These tales prize the lives of white men as more valuable than others. While it’s a fictional movie, it reinforces arguments that white…
Why We Need an Ugly Betty Remake Now
…missed Latinx faces in these productions — there was so little representation that for every Latinx name in a series or movie, we celebrated. Ugly Betty was huge for us….
Beyond “Barbie:” The Diverse Dolls that Defined My Youth
…since the film was announced, we’ve been living in the blonde bombshell’s shadow, much like the little girls in the film’s 2001-inspired opening sequence. Love her or hate her (for…
"Selena & Yolanda" Deserves the Outrage
…back-to-back episodes on February 17 and 18. The “secrets” will air (what a coincidence) a month before the anniversary of Selena’s death and a little over a year before Saldivar…
Sundance Winner “Sujo” Honors Mexican Youth
…beautiful little boy in the way that all children are beautiful. And something is surely wrong with our society – both that within Mexico and the larger world – that…