Tag Archives: film
Film Friday: A Place Beyond the Pines, Starring Actress Eva Mendes
June 6, 2013
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At a time when we are still asking ourselves, if and when Latinas will ever be offered better acting roles, Eva Mendes has us believing Sí, Se Puede! in the film A Place Beyond the Pines (rated R). Mendes captivates as a woman conflicted by Read More...
Bless Me, Última Brings Chicano Literature and History to Film
February 27, 2013
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Rudolfo Anaya‘s Bless Me, Última is now a film. Click here to watch the movie trailer. The big screen version of this celebrated coming of age novel received a big endorsement from film critic Roger Ebert who gave Bless Me, Última four out of five stars. For us to appreciate the film Read More...
¿Oscar de la Renta: One of the Few Latinos at the Oscars?
February 23, 2011
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Earlier in February, the title of an article in the New York Times seduced me: “Hollywood’s White Out” declared that the 2011 Academy Awards were so white, they were “blinding” (a similar article in the UK.’s The Independent “The Oscars Read More...
