I don’t usually rent the latest Batman movie within days of its release, and I tend to prioritize drama and culture over action when selecting a film. But I love culture being used as a source of empowerment — and Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires is built entirely around that idea. Aztec Batman was made […]
There is something inherently off about releasing a film adaptation of Wuthering Heights on Valentine’s Day weekend. In 2026, Warner Bros is packing Emily Brontë’s novel as a tragic romance, but that framing has always been a willful misreading, an attempt to soften a story that is, at its core, about obsession, domination, class resentment, […]
Charles Bukowski. Ernest Hemingway. Dorothy Parker. Rubén Darío. Generations of aspiring writers have long looked up to such self-destructive yet phenomenally talented heroes. For a while there, I was one of them. Like many, I believed that it might be possible to find genius, or at the very least some worthwhile inspiration, at the bottom […]
A24’s “Eternity” sneaks serious, uncomfortable questions into a story that looks, at first glance, like a charming rom-com.
I don’t know how this happened. I watch film for work. I make watchlists like it’s a personality trait. And yet I missed these movies.
Watching “Hamnet,” I recognized Agnes immediately, not as a historical figure but as someone familiar, someone like my great-grandmother.
In 2025, we got a clearer picture of the place Latino talent holds in Hollywood today. Series like The Bear cemented that presence with complex main characters, like Liza Colón-Zayas’s Tina Marrero, a deeply explored figure with a Latino identity. This was further reinforced by the sustained presence of names such as Pedro Pascal, Diego […]
Argentina had the Spiderwoman and Colombia the revolutionary Latina in Noviembre. Not to be outdone, Mexico’s entry to this year’s Oscars — We Shall Not Be Moved — continues Latin American cinema’s recent exploration of how the region’s violent past affects women’s lives. The film (No Nos Moverán, originally) is the feature-length debut of young […]
The celebrity world can be competitive, more than dramatic, and let’s face it — fake. “Friends” and collaborators in the business one day can become bitter rivals tomorrow. Now add in some Latina-ness, and the drama goes up several notches. Our reputation for being assertive, vocal, no-nonsense, and quick to go from zero to 100, […]
Belén is both a reminder and a warning: when abortion is criminalized, we risk harming anyone with a uterus, and it’s already happening.