A Latina Rite of Passage Story: Girl In Progress

A Latina Rite of Passage Story: Girl In Progress

Mary Mata April 23, 2012

By Laura Donnnelly Gonzalez According to mainstream press, the “sleeping giant,” Latinos, are awakening, inspiring the first Time magazine cover in Spanish.  But, despite such validating nods, mainstream television and film […]

The Emergence Of The Political Eva Longoria

Mary Mata

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 […]

Film Review: ‘The Lucky One’

Mary Mata April 20, 2012

By Gabrielle Bondi, The Young Folks Another year, another Nicholas Sparks film! Now, I will admit that while I tend to give Sparks a lot of flak, mostly because of this, […]

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 […]

This Month in Film: April’s New Releases

Mary Mata April 4, 2012

By Gabrielle Adelle, The Young Folks We’ve entered April! After a pretty good March for movies, now is the time when Hollywood dumps an assortment of movies on us. Most are […]

“21 Jump Street” Is A Reboot That Delivers

Mary Mata March 19, 2012

“21 Jump Street” is the latest offering by directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who brought us “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” The film stars Jonah Hill of such […]

Documentary Sees The LA Riots Through Raw Footage, Interviews

Mary Mata

Austin, Texas — “Uprising: Hip Hop and the L.A. Riots”  is a documentary directed by Mark Ford that premiered at South by Southwest and will be shown on VH1 on May 1. […]

“Wolf” Examines The Totality Of Sexual Abuse

Mary Mata

Austin, Texas — “Wolf” is the latest film and the first feature length film by Ya’Ke Smith, which premiered at South by Southwest. The film deals with the particularly deep subject […]

“Jeff” Tries, Fails To Humanize Jeffrey Dahmer

Mary Mata

Austin, Texas — “Jeff” premiered at South by Southwest this past week; it is a documentary film that concentrates less on the horrendous actions of Jeffrey Dahmer himself, and more on […]

Why Latinos Should Go See “Casa De Mi Padre”

Mary Mata March 17, 2012

By Jose Cruz, OurTiempo.com There has been no question to how this site has felt about this Friday’s release of the new film Casa De Mi Padre. Even before the first […]