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The Emilia Pérez Disaster: When Hollywood's "Diversity" Becomes a Slap in the Face
With its queer protagonist, colorful aesthetic, and political undertones, it had all the ingredients for a cinematic breakthrough that could have re-centered the existing rhetoric surrounding Mexican and queer realities. Instead, we got a fever dream of queer clichés and a narrow-minded European fantasy of Mexico—a superficial spectacle that stumbles clumsily over the very identities it claims to uplift.
Dec 9, 20253 min read
The Madness of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
Dan Johnson does a beautiful in-depth analysis of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
Dec 1, 202515 min read
Latinx Narratives in Anime: Alita: Battle Angel, a Cultural Adaptation Without Erasure
Alita: Battle Angel is a vibrant, layered world mirrored the social disparities often explored in Latin American cinema
Apr 30, 20254 min read
Una Mezcla: Miguel Martinez and His Film Short With Your Life
With Your Life is part of a larger project exploring themes of immigration and the deeply human stories shaped by these forces.
Dec 12, 20247 min read
La Cocina: A Radical Shift in Perspective on Restaurant Life!
If La Cocina were a restaurant and I a restaurant critic, this film would get three Michelin stars
Nov 20, 20245 min read
Problemista: A Surrealist Venture into the Immigration Complex
Review of Julio Torres's Problemista--a tribute to an El Salvador that has seldom—if ever—been depicted on film!
Aug 18, 20245 min read
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