It’s official, I’m back on the Blondie train. The Eras Tour film premiered this past weekend and despite my best efforts to ignore it, I somehow found myself seated in anticipation on opening night. The main reason why I was hesitant to attend is because Swifties were all over social media stating that they’d be […]
‘Past Lives’ Movie Review
“There’s a word in Korean, 인연; In-yun. It means providence or fate; but it’s specifically about the relationship between people. It’s an In-yun if two strangers even walk by each other in the street, and their clothes accidentally brush because it means that there must have been something between them in their past lives. If […]
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‘Carmen’ Movie Review
Choreographer, Benjamin Millepied, brings us his directorial debut with his version of Carmen. Though the film is loosely based on the Opera, there are many familiar aspects of the story missing. Melissa Barrera, described the film as an origin story on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Melissa says, “basically, it is nothing like the Opera except […]
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‘Air’ Movie Review
I fear that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon may just be a dream team. Air tells the story of how Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursued rookie Michael Jordan in an attempt to create a partnership that ended up revolutionized the world of sports and massively affected pop culture. Somehow Ben Affleck made this film feel […]
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With Love and a Major Organ Movie Review | SXSW 2023
Falling in love after one normal interaction with a man? Relatable. With Love and a Major Organ had its world premiere at SXSW. The film which is based on the play written by Julia Lederer and is directed by Kim Albright, is set in a world where everyone’s heart is an object and the pressures […]
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All The World Is Sleeping Movie Review
“What’s worse than being invisible? Being seen as disposable.” Director Ryan Lacen, with the help of 7 system-impacted women with a history of substance use, wrote the screenplay for All The World Is Sleeping in a unique collaboration that was facilitated by the non-profit Bold Futures. You always hear people in the industry say that […]
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La Civil – Movie Review
A few weeks before I started college, my brother ran away from home; a mixture of teenage rebellion and a new girlfriend caused him to make that hurtful decision. He was gone for a couple of months and I don’t think my mom slept for that entire time. So I have first-hand knowledge of how […]
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SANSÓN AND ME | Movie Review
For the Latine community to finally feel like we are getting proper representation in the media, we have to see all the versions of our stories. That means, even the messy and the complicated stories deserve to be told. When Director Rodrigo Reyes worked as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, […]
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Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) Movie Review | SXSW 2023
Directed by Kattia G. Zúñiga, Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) had its world premiere at SXSW 2023. An intimate coming of age film, Sister & Sister (Las Hijas) tells the story of two sisters traveling from Costa Rica to Panama in an attempt to try to reunite with their absent father. During their Summer vacation, […]
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RRR Fan CelebRRRation
We were lucky enough to be invited to a special screening of RRR this past Wednesday at the Theatre at Ace Hotel and let me tell you something, you haven’t truly enjoyed RRR until you’re sitting amongst passionate fans cheering and dancing throughout the film. Directed by S.S. Rajamouli, RRR is an action-packed and exhilarating […]
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