Latino Films

Film's Director Matt Piedmont Unravels Satire 'Casa de mi Padre'

S.J. Main | Posted 05.16.2012

S.J. Main

Matt Piedmont makes his feature directorial debut with the Will Ferrell, Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal-starrer 'Casa de mi Padre,' opening March 16th, 2012, in select theaters.

Navy SEALs & Latinos Headline "True to Life" Action Movie 'Act of Valor' Opening Tomorrow

S.J. Main | Posted 04.24.2012

S.J. Main

The Bandito Brothers' co-directing team Mike "Mouse" McCoy and Scott Waugh "go big" with action this Friday when their patriotic film 'Act of Valor' opens wide in theaters.

Writer/Director Jill Soloway Explores Latino Themes in Sundance Film 'Una Hora Por Favora'

S.J. Main | Posted 03.28.2012

S.J. Main

In Una Hora Por Favora, it seems the theme of gender stereotypes is turned on its head at the same time as the ethnic one.

Emerging Latino Voices Get To The Point: Short Films at Sundance

S.J. Main | Posted 03.25.2012

S.J. Main

This year's short films represented by Latinos and Hispanics offer a wide array of unique subjects and characters--from challenged love relations in the digital age to sisters battling grief through relieving a plugged milk duct.

Latino-Themed Movie Starring Gina Rodriguez to Rock Sundance Film Festival: Filly Brown

S.J. Main | Posted 03.21.2012

S.J. Main

New Latino voices. Rising talent. A directorial vision from a co-directing team of complementary talents. It could just be the recipe for a movie that packs a punch...or in the least, a really cool rhyme.

Latino Themed Movies Take the Spotlight at Sundance Film Festival: Mosquita y Mari

S.J. Main | Posted 03.20.2012

S.J. Main

Guerrero's voice represents the complexity of the immigrant. Her identity is what she titles "Xicana Urban," a result of being born in San Francisco, raised in the East Bay Area, and maintaining a tight connection with her Mexican heritage.

'Stand And Deliver' And 'El Mariachi' Among A Dozen Latino-Related Movies In National Film Registry

Posted 12.30.2011

"Stand and Deliver," the 1988 film starring Edward James Olmos in an Oscar-nominated role as East Los Angeles math teacher, and Robert Rodriguez's "El...

Movies in Black, Brown and White

Viviana Pendrill | Posted 10.18.2011

Viviana Pendrill

After working in selling movies to the Latino audience for nearly 10 years, I am no wiser. Latinos straddle two cultures and love going to the movies, much more than any other ethnic group.

Gritty Drama About Bornx Family Wins Imagen Award

Latin American Herald Tribune | Posted 10.14.2011

LOS ANGELES – “Gun Hill Road” took home best picture in the 26th edition of the Imagen Foundation’s film awards honoring the Hispanics of the ...

Stolen Dreams: An Intimate Look Inside Rio's Slums

Linda Hassler | Posted 05.25.2011

Linda Hassler

New York has just played host to a unique film -- part social commentary, part an alert, part tragedy, part hopeful -- about three teenage girls in an economic and moral morass that leads to prostitution.