This year’s Tribeca Film Festival, running April 16-27, is filled with films that offer diverse portraits of Latinos (including a few requisite drug traffickers). Here’s your guide to all the Latino happenings at the fest.
Argentina, Mexico, & Uruguay Win Big at Cinema Tropical Film Awards
The 4th annual Cinema Tropical awards handed out prizes to the best Latin American films of the year (and two U.S. Latino ones) in New York City.
10 Latino Films You Probably Didn’t See in 2013 But Should
We know it’s not always easy to get out to an art house theater. So, here is our list of the Top 10 Latino Films of 2013 that you probably didn’t see but should.
Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence? — Review of ‘Narco Cultura’ Documentary
'Narco Cultura,' a documentary about narcocorridos is in theaters November 22.
Pele Biopic Will Hit Theaters Ahead of 2014 World Cup. ¡Golazo!
Shooting just started in Rio de Janeiro for soccer legend Pele’s biopic. Oleeee, Ole, Ole, Ole!
Gael & Diego Are Bringing Their Film Festival to the U.S.
This past weekend it was announced that Ambulante — the traveling documentary film festival founded by Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, and Pablo Cruz — will cross the border into the U.S. (via Los Angeles) in late September 2014.
FX's 'The Bridge' Writer Fernanda Coppel Talks Depicting Mexico Authentically and Watching Demian Bichir Barf
Fernanda Coppel, an NYC-based playwright, is part of a team of writers who work on “The Bridge.” I met up with Fernanda to pick her brain. How did a Latina playwright end up writing for a hit cable TV show?