dia de muertos
‘Coco,’ Guillermo del Toro win Golden Globe awards
Latinos and Latino-themed movies won big in some of the top categories at the 2018 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday. Disney Pixar’s ‘Coco‘ won a Golden Globe for Best Animated […]
How a harsh criticism turned ‘Coco’ into Pixar’s most uniquely made movie yet
Director Lee Unkrich was hot off the box office success and Oscar win for 2010’s “Toy Story 3” when he delved into making a movie that focused on the Mexican […]
Dear White People/Queridos Gringos: You Want Our Culture But You Don’t Want Us – Stop Colonizing The Day Of The Dead
*I’m not going to overload this space with posts about the cultural appropriation surrounding Día de Muertos. If you read NewsTaco you’ll understand why we only need to post one. […]
Day of the Dead growing in popularity in non-Latino community
*I’m not sure this is a good thing, at least not as it’s depicted in this article. Lucha Libre and a taco eating contest? I understand that culture is hybridized […]
Recipe: Pan de Muerto
*Here it is! From our friends at La Vitamina T. You’ve got a week or so to make it and perfect it. VL By Chef Aldo Saaverdra, La Vitamina T […]
What’s Up With Mexicans and Death? ~ A Review of Book of Life Movie
*Plan on catching this movie this weekend? Melanie Mendez Gonzalez has a great, very complete, review. VL Do you know what Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead is really […]
We’re Slowly Making a Mockery of Day of the Dead …
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco My favorite place on Día de los Muertos is San Fernando Cemetery, in San Antonio, Texas. I find time to steal away, and I visit my […]
Day of the Dead Fact Sheet (… to set the record straight)
By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a festival celebrated on November 2nd by people in Mexico, parts of Central and South America, and increasingly throughout […]
Latino Comics Expo: Javier Hernandez’s ‘El Muerto’ and beyond
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Ever heard of Weapon Tex-Mex, El Muerto, ManSwamp or Dead Dinosaurio? They are the creations of Javier Hernandez, a Los Angeles comic book artist, one of several dozen who […]
¿La Hora de Mexico?
Maria Lourdes Pallais, Reporte Indigo Muerto Chávez, México deberá demostrar que tiene los tamaños para ser el líder máximo en América Latina. Sobre Chávez póstumo, casi todo está escrito. Que […]