film
Latino Filmmakers Get Nominations In Almost Every Major Oscar Category
*A complete list of Latinos nominated for this year’s Oscars. VL By Remezcla We’re still getting over our Golden Globes hangover (hey, live-tweeting ourkudos and “hell, no’s!” is serious business), […]
10 Latino Filmmakers Who Absolutely Killed It This Year
*Latino film makers face an uphill battle. After reading this, their effort and art is much more noteworthy in my eyes. Check out the piece and then check out the […]
He’s Been In 100 Hollywood Films, But Adrian Martinez Is Now Making IPhone Movies With His Friends
*My first reaction? Yeah, I’ve seen that guy in movies! After that … what a great story! VL By Andrew S. Vargas,Remezcla From Michelangelo to Mozart, the history of Western […]
Netflixeando: 15 Mexican Films You Should Stream on Netflix
*Suggestions for the weekend, à propos of Hispanic Heritage month. I plan to start with Hecho en México. You? VL By La Remezcla How many times have you gone to Netflix […]
Robert Rodriguez’ Heartfelt Speech at SAAHJ – His Motives, and Latinos in Film
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco Those of us seated at the annual San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists (SAAHJ) awards gala last month got a rare glimpse of Film Director Robert […]
Chicana Films Need to be Included in Mexican American Studies Curricula
*Why should Chicana films be included in Mexican American Studies? Here’s why, with a list of films to watch. VL By Linda Garcia Merchant, Newstaco I finally met Tony Diaz in person, […]
Jose Marquez On the Challenges of Making ‘ISA’ a Latino SciFi Film About an Undocumented Teenager
*An undocumented teen, a Wall Street firm that steals people’s dreams? It sounds good already. VL By Matt Barbot, Remezcla Latino scifi isn’t the norm, so brown nerd that I […]
Cesar Chavez the Only Latino-Centric Studio Film Opening This Year
By Dodai Stewart, Jezebel Directed by Diego Luna — whom you may remember as one of the stars of Y Tu Mamá También — Cesar Chavez, a biopic about the farm worker turned civil […]
Film review: ‘Cesar Chavez’
By Arnold Garcia Jr.,Popular Hispanics Say “Cesar Chavez,” for instance, and a graying generation of Chicanos will remember the movement inspired by events in the fields of California in the […]
Blacklisted New Mexico film gets atonement
By Russell Contreras, Associated Press/Seattle Post-Intelligencer ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 1954 movie about a real-life miners’ strike that was blacklisted during the Red Scare is being celebrated in New […]