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A few months ago we heard a rumor that Ximena Sariñana’s song “Frente al Mar” would be featured on the Twilight New Moon soundtrack as…
In the hot seat this week: Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Superaquello, Devendra Banhart, and R-Tronika.
Before Bajo La Sal, I had wondered aloud, when will Mexico’s weirdo’s get their chance, where’s their movie? The murders in Ciudad Juarez have captivated…
Colombia has endured one of the region’s most prolonged and deadliest conflicts in the Americas. While there have been other films about the conflict, few…
A bleak look at Pinochet-era Chile through the eyes of a man obsessed with Saturday Night Fever, and little else.
It came as a notable surprise to many individuals in the audience at this year’s Chicago Latino Film Festival during a post screening Q &…
It’s hard to avoid the topic of immigration in everyday life and this includes the arts and cinema. The fact of the matter is these…
Siblings Beto (Diego Luna) and Tato (Gael García Bernal) are plucked from their provincial life as banana-pickers in rural Jalisco to play professional soccer in…
Cary Fukanaga’s debut is a beautifully shot, but unromanticized look at immigration, gang violence, and poverty in Central America.
I just got back from my first trip to Sundance. A short film I acted in (Small Collection by Dir. Jeremiah Crowell – shameless plug)…
It was an interesting year for that dubious genre known as “Latin Alternative”: Latin rockers based in the US came out with refreshing, bilingual tunes…
Ramin Bahrani is unlike most independent filmmakers working today. And that’s quite the compliment. After making the exceptional and quietly profound Man Push Cart—which followed…
What’s the end of the year without a “Best of” list? Here at Remezcla, we keep it local, taking a look back at the past…
Alfredo De Villa’s “Nothing Like The Holidays” is no exception to the standard American cinema template of an acceptable holiday film. But “Holidays” does offer…
The Avengers killed at the box office this past weekend - and is really, really awesome - but it's a team of white dudes. (One of them is sometimes green.) In other words; where are the Latin superheroes? Well, we at Remezcla have compiled a list of superheroes who do in fact, look like us.
In this interview, guitarist Leo Mintek of New York's future rock quintet Outernational had plenty to say about imperialism, capitalism, immigrants rights, and revolution in this exclusive interview.
Coming from a Middle Eastern Jewish family who fled religious persecution, Nuriyá brings to light the rich, folkloric traditions from her ancestors.
