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Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo

Monica Castillo is a freelance writer and film critic based in Brooklyn. You should ask her about that time she hitchhiked to a red carpet premiere.

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'Everybody Knows' image courtesy of TIFF

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'Life Itself' photo by Jose Haro. Courtesy of Amazon Studios

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'The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez' still courtesy of the Criterion Collection.

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Celia Cruz performing at the "Concierto Para Los Heroes" benefit sponsored by The Recording Academy at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, Ca. 9/14/01. The show will benefit the families of fallen firefighters and police officers of New York City. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.

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Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Brandon Cruz

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Art by Alan Lopez for Remezcla

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Gael Garcia Bernal attends IFP's 26th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on November 28, 2016 in New York City. Photo by Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for IFP

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