Movie Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Pity the much hyped-about and twitted-about festival film. Whether it premieres at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes or…

Interview: Claudia Llosa Engages the Ineffable in “Aloft”

Claudia Llosa’s new film, “Aloft,” is hypnotic, elliptical and baffling. She cuts between two timeframes to…

Movie Review: Aloha

Former Sony film chief Amy Pascal was right, after all, in her evaluation of Cameron Crowe’s…

RUIDO FEST: From Astro to Zoé and everything in between!

Ruido Fest! It’s been a long time in coming! After sighing our way through years of an…

Omar Sosa: The Soundtrack of the Afro-Cuban Cosmos

Conversing with Omar Sosa is an immersion in a heady whirlwind of ideas tinged with sonic…

Book Review: ‘War Against All Puerto Ricans’

Nelson Denis has just written the must-read history book of a generation

Movie Review: The Gunman

A 50+ year-old former/current mercenary/military operative/super spy is contemplating retirement or has retired when his past…

Sones de México celebrates the Irish side of Mexican history

Many years ago, my mom took me to Mexico City from her hometown of San Luis…

Lyric presents Mariachi Opera!

“Daniel is Mexican American, and in the plot line there are some parts where he and…