Smuggled: A Truly Rasquache Film Screening

Smuggled: A Truly Rasquache Film Screening

Mary Mata May 18, 2012

By Latino LA Don’t know what Rasquache means? Neither did I until I discoveredReel Rasquache Art & Film Festival, and realized how perfect the selection of Smuggled as the festival’s […]

Film Review: BATTLESHIP

Mary Mata

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Movies based off toys aren’t really my forte. While I did enjoy the firstTransformers movie to an extent, it wasn’t enough to warrant any other subsequent […]

Film Review: Sacha Baron Cohen’s THE DICTATOR

Mary Mata May 16, 2012

By Shane A. Bassett, The Young Folks Expect the unexpected in an ambush of the senses not recommended for the weak stomach, this absurd comedy is a visual and verbal […]

This Month In Film: May New Releases

Mary Mata May 2, 2012

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Tis the season of summer blockbuster films! And to start it off with a bang, we have one of the biggest superhero movies ever […]

Film Distancia Tells Story of Guatemala’s Civil War

Mary Mata April 27, 2012

By Antonio Zavala, Voxxi Tomas Choc an elderly man in a small town in Guatemala searching for his daughter, who he hasn’t seen in 20 years. He hopes against all odds […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi When Eva Longoria was unveiled as one of co-chairs of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, the reaction among the national press corps was the usual rolling of the […]

Interview With “Bully” Director Lee Hirsch

Mary Mata April 18, 2012

By Janice Fuentes, Our Tiempo While I enjoy a pleasant conversation with Kelby, one of the subjects in the much anticipated documentary “Bully”, the movie’s director, a very tired Lee […]

Lionsgate Eyeing Cuarón & Iñárritu To Direct ‘Catching Fire’

Mary Mata April 13, 2012

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks The LA Times is reporting that Lionsgate has come up with a list of eight directors that they will like to helm the second […]

Immigration Documentary Searching For Funding To Finish Film

Mary Mata March 27, 2012

For several years filmmaker Christian Rodriguez has studied the issue of immigration from Mexico to the U.S., in hopes of creating one of the most “comprehensive investigative documentaries about immigration […]

“Give Chase” Is A Movie Where “Brown” People Are Just People

Mary Mata March 26, 2012

Imagine being able to turn on the television, or walk into a movie theater, and seeing people living their fictional lives that look like you. What if Latinos, blacks, Asians […]