Vanessa Erazo

How a New Documentary Offers a Never-Before-Seen Look at Selena Isabel Castro, the director of 'Selena y Los Dinos,' spent two years combing through archival footage to make the film, out on Netflix Nov. 17.

30 years after her death, it feels like everyone knows Selena's story. But in the upcoming Netflix documentary, Selena y Los Dinos, we finally get the chance to hear her tell it.

In an exclusive for Rolling Stone, I spoke with director Isabel Castro about how the film came together! bit.ly/3WC6Y17

Watching it for the second time now and Kiss of the Spider Woman really is so so special. JLo is in peak form, Diego Luna is raw and captivating, but Tonatiuh turns in one of the most powerful, heartbreaking performances of the year. In a just world, he'll have an Oscar in 2026.

'Kiss of the Spider Woman' works, even when the music doesn't Jennifer Lopez is the marquee name, but this adaptation of the Kander and Ebb Tony-winning musical belongs to Tonatiuh and Diego Luna.

Can a musical succeed when practically all of the musical numbers are underwhelming? I didn't think so ... and then I saw KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN.

My review's here; PCHH episode drops next week.
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‘Apocalypse In The Tropics’ Trailer: Oscar Nominee Petra Costa Takes On The Rise Of Christian Nationalism With “Savage Clarity” Watch the trailer for 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' which exposes the rise of Christian nationalism in Brazil, and by extension the U.S.

Netflix premieres the trailer for the Brazilian documentary APOCALYPSE IN THE TROPICS by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Petra Costa, set to open in select U.S. theaters on July 11, and premiering worldwide on Netflix on July 14

Oh, how I cackled at this...

📚 The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice – Tricia Romano

📚 Stay True – Hua Hsu

📚 On Writing Well – William Zinsser

📚 The Science of Storytelling – Will Storr

If you’re also working on your writing craft, I highly recommend these books!

I've been listening my way back into writing with audiobooks on film, culture & craft 🎧

Here are my faves:

📚 It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO – Felix Gillette & John Koblin

📚 Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film – Peter Biskind

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Anything for Selenas: How a Teenage Fan Convinced Her Dad to Make the Selena Movie Back in the '90s, a young fan became obsessed with the idea of making a film about Selena. Luckily, her dad was a movie producer.

RIP #Selena. She died 30 years ago today.
10 years ago, I wrote this article about how Tonantzin Esparza convinced her dad to make the beloved Selena movie.

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"Palpable and heartwarming" -- RogerEbert.com

Rated 94% FRESH on RottenTomatoes, the crowd-pleasing comedy BOB TREVINO LIKES IT is Now Playing at the Music Box!

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The first Puerto Rican film to premiere at Sundance, THE FISHBOWL (La Pecera), is finally in theaters. It’s set in the island of Vieques were tons of people have died of cancer likely due to the waste left behind by the U.S. Navy. I talked to the director: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...

How a 1970s Chicano art group defied the mainstream and made history A group of young Mexican Americans created their own avenues for art to fight exclusion; the documentary "ASCO: Without Permission," executive produced by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, charts th...

A group of young Mexican Americans created their own avenues for art to fight exclusion; the documentary ASCO: WITHOUT PERMISSION by Travis Gutierrez Senger, executive produced by Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, charts their rise to fame

Busy Doctors Can’t Get Enough of ‘The Pitt’

Doctors and nurses who love the show “The Pitt” remember the moment they realized it wasn’t like other medical shows. The unusually accurate medical drama, streaming on Max, has become the talk of real-life hospital breakrooms.

“It's excruciating”: Mo Amer explains that his tearful acting scenes in "Mo" were real The Palestinian-American comedian describes the painful, cathartic process of making Netflix's "Mo" while his family endured turmoil in the West Bank

My interview of Mo Amer for @salonnewsroom.bsky.social about the critically acclaimed second season of "Mo" on Netflix. If you haven't seen series, go right now and watch it. There has never been a show the depicted the humanity of Palestinians and immigrants like this: www.salon.com/2025/02/11/s...