Yali Romagoza: Performance, Protest, and the Art of Not Asking for Permission
…are we waiting for? For a major institution to give her a solo show? For a blue-chip gallery to sign her? For a retrospective twenty years too late? If the…
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"Pedro Páramo" Doesn't Do Right by its Women
Out today on Netflix, Pedro Páramo is Rodrigo Prieto’s adaptation of the iconic Mexican novel of the same name that set the blueprint for magical realism. It’s the story of…
"Purple Hearts" is More Propoganda than Romance
…in Southern California, who is as politically “blue” as one can be. Luke, played by Nicholas Galitzine, is a troubled Marine with a complicated relationship with his father, who is…
Four Latina Final Girls Who Beat the Odds
…in X (where she shared the screen with Goth), the Addams Family spinoff Wednesday, and Tim Burton’s long-awaited Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. One of our favorite Latina final girls, she often uses…
"Back to Black" Doesn't Do Amy Winehouse Justice
…to have children. For a woman who wrote and sang the blues like Billie Holiday and Etta James, the suffering went much deeper than that. I didn’t hate the film…
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" Is Funny at Times, But Squanders Stakes
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel of the ghost with the most, delivers comedic beats despite some tonal misfires. It’s not so much bad as it is commitment-shy, as reticent and…
Natalie Martinez Talks the Heat and Humility Baked Into “Bad Monkey”
…summer thunderstorm – came out of the blue for Martinez. After finishing a previous project, the plan was for Martinez and her hubby to vacation for a month. But in…
“Las Azules” Tells the Story of Mexico City's First Women Police Squad
Following the remarkable success of productions filmed in Mexico such as Acapulco and The Mosquito Coast, Apple TV+ brings us Las Azules aka Women in Blue, a Spanish-language crime drama…
Coupling Weddings and Death in Cinema
…ceremonies trump their friendship, learning that they had more humanity when they were “dead.” Some films weave weddings and death much more literally. In Beetlejuice, aside from a miniature model…
5 Reasons To Watch BookTok’s Current Obsession, “My Lady Jane”
…between its lead actors, and in My Lady Jane, the chemistry between Emily Bader and Edward Bluemel is electrifying. Bader and Bluemel explode on screen, bringing life and color to…