Uncomfortable, Intimate SXSW Film “Malta” Portrays a Different Colombian Experience
…I was as a daughter – when I was a child and when I was a teenager. And I also asked myself about what kind of mother I wanted to…
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SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
…the scene, just talking about your husband in the movie, in that journey, because I’m going through that. And the way you guys did it, it just made me feel…
"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…
Q+A With The Flores Siblings, the SXSW Filmmakers Behind "The In Between"
…loved movies and we’d always watch movies with him… [My older brother] Paco made his first movie when I was a junior in high school. He made it in Eagle…
"Past Lives" Is a Mediation on (Immigrant) Sacrifice Wrapped in a Love Story
These days, with my overcrowded Google calendar and the convenience of streaming services, I find myself (somewhat shamefully) watching movies and shows on my “To Watch” list in approximately 10-minute…
Jackie Cruz Taps into Her Maternal Instincts for “History of Evil”
Jackie Cruz wants to be a leader – both on and off the movie set. It’s something her Latina mother instilled in her growing up in the Dominican Republic. “My…
"This is Me... Now" Won't Help JLo's Reputation as an Artist
…this sci-fi meets telenovela? Because whatever this movie musical tries to be, it’s hard to watch. I wish I could say it’s so bad, it’s good – like husband Ben…
"La Guagua Aérea" and the Not So Promised Land
…Atlantic. It is this sentiment that is echoed at various times during the movie. Again, at the opening airport scene, we meet an elderly man, Don Faustino Román (played by…
Visually Stunning, "Dune: Part Two" is Otherwise Same Old
…movies from a white man’s perspective I can watch before it gets tiresome. Production-wise, Dune: Part Two is a film that delivers stunning desert vistas alongside dreary empires of destruction,…
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….