The 2025 Oscars and the Limitations of Latinx Representation
…– it’s about demanding, creating, and reclaiming space. Hollywood doesn’t need to see us. We’ve always been here. The real challenge is whether they can keep pretending we don’t exist….
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"Your Monster" Has Us Falling in Love with Our Rage
When it comes to pop culture, rage, and the power of storytelling, the women behind Latina Media Co have thoughts. Cristina Escobar is a powerhouse critic, our co-founder, and an…
It's Past Time to be Done with Toxic Telenovelas Male Leads
…so young) Latinas crushed on were not only wealthy and spoiled, but also generally terrible – selfish, heartless, disloyal, spoiled, jealous, violent, and emotionally immature man-children who women (both on…
"A Sloth Story" is a Warm Immigration Fable
…Free Anyone Like many real people, Laura makes a deal with Dotti, selling her family’s business, for a bit of money and the freedom it buys. Although Dottie promises Laura…
"The Brutalist" Reveals Modern Truths about Immigration
…his story overshadows the many experiences I heard, although none is any less valuable than the other. The reality is that war is only one side of a painful problem…
With "Emilia Pérez," Adriana Paz is Stuck in an Impossible Position
…feel offended. “The initial idea was to make an opera and in operas, things are not very realistic. Sometimes they’re a bit exaggerated,” he said. Paz’s work in the movie…
“Grosse Pointe Garden Society” Gives Murder Mystery in Simpler Times
…more than a decade since King first disposed of a body as law student Michaela Pratt so it must have been surreal to shoot such a similar scene all these…
NEON's "The Monkey" Only Delivers Shocks
…frustration. Plus, Colin does not deliver any real shock – death, a gun, a hug, a storm, it’s all the same in this performance. Purposeless Characters Brief character appearances are…
Yali Romagoza: Performance, Protest, and the Art of Not Asking for Permission
…to cover her. The piece? A report on Romagoza’s unannounced, performative protest outside MoMA PS1, calling attention to the museum’s abysmal record of solo exhibitions for Latinx women artists. That’s…
“Magic Farm” Gently Pokes at Cross-National Power Structures
…‘yes’ to everything,” she explains, “Many times I’ve asked my grandma something, and out of politeness, she has said yes, even though she hasn’t really understood the question.” As played…