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Emily Rios on Filming That Heart-Wrenching Scene Opposite Regina King in ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

Manuel Betancourt — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:56:31 +0000

Emily Rios plays a small but pivotal role in If Beale Street Could Talk. In fact, her character Victoria, is the reason Tish and Fonny, the two lovers at the heart of the warm-hued film, are torn apart. It is Victoria, a young Puerto Rican woman living in Lower Manhattan, who accuses Fonny of sexual

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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Reveals How POC Are at the Mercy of a Corrupt Justice System

Manuel Betancourt — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 22:13:29 +0000

At the heart of If Beale Street Could Talk is an accusation of sexual assault. Victoria Rogers (Emily Rios) has identified Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt (Stephan James) as her attacker and quickly turns his life on its head. Gone is his bright future with the love of his life, the young Tish (KiKi Layne), and his

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10 Latino Coming-of-Age Movies You Should Stream

Manuel Betancourt — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:48:20 +0000

The coming-of-age film is an enduring genre and it’s easy to see why. Who hasn’t looked back on their own teenage years and remembered that one summer, or that one romance, or that one fight with your parents that changed it all? The stories we tell in those movies are premised on relatability: “Hey, that’s

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John Singleton’s ‘Snowfall’ Series Is a Crack Origin Story That Doesn’t Ignore the CIA-Contra Connection

Manuel Betancourt — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:10:50 +0000

There’s a moment in the first episode of the second season of Snowfall that stuns for its outlandishness. It doesn’t involve guns or violence, though there’s plenty of that in this 1980s Los Angeles-set show. Instead it just features two Mexican-American women talking business. Even as they’re dropping racial slurs (who needs the n-word when you

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Diego Luna Was in New York Filming Scenes for Barry Jenkins’ Follow Up to ‘Moonlight’

Vanessa Erazo — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:22:15 +0000

There have seen several casting announcements for Barry Jenkins’ follow up to Best Picture Oscar Winner Moonlight over the past few months. His adaption of James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk is set with a slew of stars like Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Brian Tyree Henry, Dave Franco, Ed Skrein, and Regina King. Two

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