Miguel Arteta

What Is the Future of Hispanic Filmmaking?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.10.2011

Daniel Cubias

The current ranks of Latino filmmakers are thin, and that influences what kinds of stories get told in American cinema. More important, it has an impact on how Hispanic culture is portrayed -- if it is portrayed at all.

Movie Review: Cedar Rapids

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Despite some of the raunchiest dialogue in recent memory, there is an undeniable sweetness to Miguel Arteta's Cedar Rapids (opening Friday 2/11/11) th...

Live from Sundance 2011: Day 4

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

Images -- political and otherwise -- often have only the most tenuous relationship with reality. As it happened, that idea was a significant factor in several of the films I saw at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday.

Vivre Le Creep: Youth In Revolt

Kim Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Kim Morgan

A jerk can be a softie sometimes, though a clever, conniving one.This is the type of creature Michael Cera must create in Miguel Arteta's Youth in Revolt.

Movie Review: Youth in Revolt

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Fine

The film has a strong Dickensian flavor to its plotting, as Nick Twisp works his way through both the twisted landscape of suburban Oakland, Calif., and the crowded byways of his own psyche.