Indie "Café Chairel" Gives My Mexican Hometown the Movie Treatment
…are set. According to director Fernando Barreda Luna, “The shots are static. There’s rarely any movement from the cameras. It’s the actors who get to use movement – in and…
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With "Emilia Pérez," Adriana Paz is Stuck in an Impossible Position
…She recently announced she is working on a new movie with Diego Luna. But in having to navigate between speaking on the artistry of her role and the cultural sensitivity…
9 Latinx Films to Catch at Sundance 2025
…Sundance 2025: Kiss of the Spider Woman Jennifer Lopez and Diego Luna star in this reimagining of the classic story. That’s enough to get me seated but of course, there…
At the 2025 Golden Globes, Latinos Didn’t Win Many But We Won BIG!
…The Brutalist. Diego Luna was hoping for a knock-out win in the best supporting actor in a television series for his role as Andy, the BFF boxing manager in Hulu’s…
Netflix's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" Is a Courageous Retelling
…Amaranta (Luna Ruiz), Rebeca (Nicole Montenegro), Remedios (Cristal Aparicio), and Pilar (Viña Machado). The women marry, some are barren, others give birth. Rebeca is a feral orphan who eats dirt…
"La Máquina" Delivers Knock Out Punch
“It’s a show that has boxing as a context, but it’s about much more. It’s about family,” says Mexican actor Diego Luna. He is talking about his latest project, La…
Fall Latine TV Preview: New & Returning Shows to Check Out
…García Bernal and Diego Luna, longtime friends and collaborators star in Hulu’s La Máquina, a story about an aging boxer and his manager, who manages to secure one last shot…
Latinos Finally Did Good at the 2024 Emmys
…when BFFs Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal took to the stage? Actually, no need to answer, the question is rhetorical. The longtime pals and producing partners were there to…
The Smart “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld" Is Best in Class
…four days said, ‘The greatest thing Germany invented was the Holocaust.’” The series revolves around the rivalry between Lagerfeld and his frenemy French fashion icon Yves St Laurent (both started…
We Need More Latina Late Bloomer Stories
…have a bachelor’s degree than in 2013. All while facing the same pressures that generations before us have felt. Longtime TV writer Lauren Pomerantz wrote the script for Am I…