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CineFestival, The Country’s Longest-Running Latino Film Festival, Is Back for its 41st Year

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:31:12 +0000

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center has announced the lineup for this year’s 41st CineFestival. For those in the San Antonio area, this is a rare chance to see many of the buzzed about films that have been making the festival rounds this year. Among these is the program’s opener, Alex Rivera and Cristina Ibarra’s The Infiltrators,

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CineFestival Celebrates 40th Anniversary by Bringing ‘Coco’ in Spanish to the Big Screen

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 19:54:42 +0000

The longest running Latino film festival in the country is celebrating its 40th edition this summer. Befitting such a milestone, CineFestival’s four-day programming is bigger than ever. More importantly, the San Antonio-based fest is honoring its own with its “Hecho en Tejas” theme. Of the movies featured in this year’s lineup, for example, 41 were shot

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Esai Morales and Jesse Borrego on ‘Mi Familia’ and Hollywood’s “War of Images” Against Latinos

Maribel Falcón — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 00:25:01 +0000

At a recent screening of the Chicano classic 'Mi Familia,' OG actors Esai Morales and Jesse Borrego weighed in on how to solve Hollywood's Latino problem.

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How to Make a Movie in 114 Degree Weather: Pablo Veliz on ‘Book of Ruth’

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:00:45 +0000

Pablo Veliz talks about why he prefers working on a smaller productions and the challenges his crew faced shooting during the summer in West Texas.

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Andrea Meller on Making Latino Movies: “I was Tired of Telling Stories About Poverty and Violence”

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 21:45:51 +0000

The Latina director went in search of a celebratory story and found it when she met the voice actresses that dubbed 'Desperate Housewives' into Spanish.

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From John Leguizamo to James Dean: 5 Must-See Movies at San Antonio’s CineFestival

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:16:57 +0000

CinFestival opens on February 21 and runs through the 28th at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas.

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TRAILER: John Leguizamo Stalks Women and Fakes an Orgasm in ‘Fugly!’

Pili Valdés — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:38:44 +0000

John Leguizamo's semi-autobiograpical comedy 'Fugly' stars Rosie Perez and other women he's trying to bang.

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‘Blood In, Blood Out’ Screenwriter Gives Advice to Writers: Eat Healthy Before You Go Drink Tequila

Mary Angelica Molina — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 23:53:59 +0000

Jimmy Santiago Baca is an ex-con, poet, screenwriter, and now documentary subject. We talked to him about his new film and his writing routine.

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