Friday Film Roundup: Transformers, Unidentified Objects, Scarlet, and more
Friday Film Roundup: Transformers, Unidentified Objects, Scarlet, and more
Latinos are winning big this weekend at the movie theater in everything from the week’s biggest release to its most obscure. In front of and behind the camera, Latinos are all over a weekend that encompasses all kinds of genres, styles, and subjects. From the week’s tentpole release, “Transformers: [...]
Dressing the Wu-Tang Clan: A Look into the Styling of the Saga
Dressing the Wu-Tang Clan: A Look into the Styling of the Saga
The Wu-Tang Clan holds high ground within music culture, and following the legacy built from scratch by the Wu-Tang members, came Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Hulu’s three-season biopic series that lent viewers a voyage into the definitive years of the Wu-Tang Clan's rise and journey to recognition, plus a [...]
Director Josef Kubota Wladkya’s Sophomore Feature ‘Catch the Fair One’ Teems with Rage
Director Josef Kubota Wladkya’s Sophomore Feature ‘Catch the Fair One’ Teems with Rage
“Catch the Fair One” isn’t here to make any friends. It’s coldly unceremonious and teeming with rage. Director Josef Kubota Wladkya's sophomore feature spends every one of its 85 minutes on the razor’s edge of indignity and indifference. Early comparisons to “Taken,” generous as they may be, conjure memories of [...]
Lady Pink: The “First Lady of Graffiti”
Lady Pink: The “First Lady of Graffiti”
This four-part series spotlights generations of New York City Latine hip hop artists, each of them trailblazers in their respective elements. Featured artists: Kid Freeze, a b-boy pioneer who got his start in the 1970s and the inventor of continuous headspins and a range of power moves; Lady Pink, a [...]
Aztec Beliefs and Political Satire Shaped Día de los Muertos Into a Distinctly Mexican Holiday
Aztec Beliefs and Political Satire Shaped Día de los Muertos Into a Distinctly Mexican Holiday
When ancient Nahuas wanted to honor those who had passed away, they marked the season with a special day that we know today as Día de los Muertos — The Day of the Dead. The holiday, celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2 across Mexico and Latin America, is a time [...]
Salt Spell and Evette XO Create a La Catrina Look for Dia de los Muertos
Salt Spell and Evette XO Create a La Catrina Look for Dia de los Muertos
Latina partners with el Jimador to celebrate Dia de los Muertos 2021. As part of this partnership, el Jimador tapped Salt Spell founder Mariana McGrath and Andrea Ortega Costigan to create a La Catrina makeup look in celebration of Dia de los Muertos. The sought-after makeup artists collaborated with beauty influencer Blanca Garcia [...]
Q&A with ‘Backstreet to the American Dream’ Director Patricia Nazario
Q&A with ‘Backstreet to the American Dream’ Director Patricia Nazario
The food truck revolution, which started as a grassroots movement for struggling chefs and working-class families, is now a billion-dollar industry. Parades of trucks offering endless varieties of cuisines now pepper the streets of almost every major city, redefining our idea of the American melting pot. Intrigued by the intersection [...]