This Pride, QWOC Film Fest Walked the Walk
QWOC Film Fest walks with the integrity that follows two decades of honoring local legacies and the struggles of the global majority.
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Is ‘No Hard Feelings’ Really Bringing Back 2000s Comedies?
It shouldn’t even try. “No Hard Feelings” left me feeling extremely uncomfortable, conflicted, and frustrated.
Why This Mexican Watches ‘Eat Pray Love’ Annually
Growing up in a Mexican household, I didn’t grasp that people like me could travel the world. In fact, it was only in the last five years when I realized I could travel – just like Liz Gilbert, Julia Roberts’ character in Eat Pray Love. Though Europe still remains unreachable, movies like this helped me […]
Guillermo del Toro’s Debut “Cronos” 30 Years Later
Three decades later, “Cronos” still has the distinct mark of its creator’s debut, serving as a calling card for Guillermo del Toro’s work.
‘Martínez’ Breaks Through The Mundane
“Martínez” made me ponder how objects hold stories, generational divides, and what can inspire men like my father to change their patterns.
Young Love, Blaxploitation, Pam Grier, “Cinnamon” Has It All
“Cinnamon” blew me away. Channeling the Blaxploitation films of decades past, it feels dated and current in the best ways.
“La Llorona,” Indigenous History, and Guatemala’s Political Amnesia
With oppression and amnesia as the status quo, “La Llorona” provides a counter-story to the narrative that Indigenous people are powerless.
“Shiny Happy People” Exposes More than the Duggar Family
“Shiny Happy People” problematizes the Duggar family as entertainment, showing how Discovery+ normalized fundamentalist conservative values.
(Body) Hair We Go Again: Women Shaving in Film and TV
Hollywood positioning shaving as a staple of femininity and attractiveness is outdated and reductive. It’s time to cut it out. Pun intended.
‘With Love’ Season Two Is A Refreshing Take on Latinx Love (and Sex!)
Whenever I think of the phrase “happily ever after” the first image that comes to mind is Cinderella and her Prince Charming waving from the back of a horse-drawn carriage (understandable since we’ve been conditioned by movies and fairytales to believe that’s what a happy ending looks like); I rarely think about people who don’t […]