Why "Designing Miami" is Latinx TV Excellence
…Designing Miami, we meet Latinx interior design power couple Eilyn and Ray Jimenez. She is Cuban, and he is Dominican, and I quickly became invested in their story. Here is…
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SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
…kept what they learned, eventually costuming their cast in donated clothes to ground their characters and their film. Cassie’s clothes, in particular, tell a story – both of her status…
"La Bachata de Bionico" Is a Compelling, Dark Comedy About Addiction
…by Yoel Morales and written by Cristian Mojica and Morales, the movie stars Manuel Raposo as Bionico. As we see in the film’s episodic storytelling, Bionico’s day-to-day largely consists of…
Q+A With The Flores Siblings, the SXSW Filmmakers Behind "The In Between"
…just didn’t make sense, because we’re both from there. There’s no way to divorce ourselves from this story, it’s a very personal story. Alejandro Flores: Basically, don’t shoot for a…
Why “Solito” by Javier Zamora Matters
…but it’s a great read if you too have relatives who aren’t ready to open up about their immigration story. Not all of us will be able to get our…
4 Iconic Oscar Isaac Roles to Celebrate His 45th Birthday
…on Lisa Belkin’s nonfiction book of the same name, HBO’s limited series Show Me a Hero tells the true story of young Yonkers Mayor Nick Wasicsko, whose tenure was torn…
The Short List of the 8 Oscar-Nominated Women Directors
In 96 editions of the Oscar, only eight women directors have been nominated. The statistics don’t lie, of the nearly 500 nominations in the best director category in Oscar history,…
"Past Lives" Is a Mediation on (Immigrant) Sacrifice Wrapped in a Love Story
…glance, Past Lives (written and directed by Celine Song) is a slice-of-life love story between Nora, an achievement-oriented Korean American playwright (played by Greta Lee) and Hae Sung, an unassuming…
Jackie Cruz Taps into Her Maternal Instincts for “History of Evil”
…mother always believed in my talent,” Cruz, 37, told Latina Media Co during a recent interview from her home in Oaxaca, Mexico about her new film, History of Evil. “It…
"This is Me... Now" Won't Help JLo's Reputation as an Artist
…dance. And two, as Affleck says in The Greatest Love Story Never Told, “The movie wasn’t about me. It was about the ability to love yourself. And that love story…