SXSW's “Switch Up” Brings an Easy Latinidad to US Rom-Coms
…setting, Maimi, and then Brownsville, but also the cast – Restrepo moved to the US from Colombia just eight years ago, and de la Fuente, who’s Chilean, has been appearing…
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Why We Need an Ugly Betty Remake Now
…a given, Ferrera said they all would be back in a heartbeat and that gives me hope. I was a child when Yo Soy Betty, la Fea premiered in Colombia…
12 Latinx Films to Catch at SXSW 2024
…a hostile Caribbean city.” Malta Credit: Andrés Rios Listed as hailing from Colombia, Argentina, and Norway, this international drama follows a Colombian woman who fantasizes about traveling to the title’s…
Filmmaker Lina Rodriguez & Her Slow Meditations on the In-Between
…across from each other, unmoving, for too long. A kiss imminent, but somewhere still far away. The in-between was centerstage. While watching the third feature film by Colombian-Canadian filmmaker Lina…
4 Latin Literature Classics as Valentine's Day Books
…On more than one occasion, the Colombian Nobel laureate commented that Love in the Time of Cholera was his favorite book. Check it out this Valentine’s Day and it may…
On-Screen Latinx Couples To Watch this Valentine’s Day
…live their lives. Betty and Armando from Betty La Fea The Colombian show Yo, Soy Betty La Fea is known as the most successful telenovela of all time, being remade…
Sofía Vergara's "Griselda" Falls to Its Worst Telenovela Instincts
…month, it’s a damn sight better than Lifetime’s The Cocaine Godmother starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and that awful accent. At least it’s a Colombian actress playing a Colombian woman – with…
Colombian “El Otro Hijo” Explores Overlooked, Intimate Pain
…the plot of the Colombian film El Otro Hijo (The Other Son), by Juan Sebastián Quebrada, a tragedy without a resolution that won the prizes of Best Movie by the…
15 Latinx Sundance Titles to Watch For
…turvy as the film asks questions about identity and the roles we play. Igualada Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Darwin Torres Colombian director Juan Mejía Botero follows Francia…
2024 Latina Shows to Watch
…tells the story of Griselda Blanco, the Colombian trafficker who laid the foundations of the Medellin Cartel and forged a multi-million dollar empire in the 1970s and 1980s. Legendary for…