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Tótem, Mexico‘s submission for this year’s Oscars, drops a bomb on you before the opening credits have even rolled. A mother, Lucia (Iazua Larios) and her daughter, Sol (Naíma Sentíes, luminescent), are goofing around in a public restroom. The seven-year-old girl is sitting on a toilet, unable — or maybe …

Melissa Barrera seems remarkably composed for someone navigating one of the most trying periods of their personal and professional lives. You’ve probably seen the headlines: The rising star of Vida, In the Heights, and the Scream films was fired from the horror franchise and falsely branded antisemitic for a series …

In director Roger Ross Williams’ Cassandro, we first meet Saúl Armendáriz — the real-life luchador portrayed by Gael García Bernal — when he’s still scraping his way through the amateur circuit. He’s got an uphill battle ahead: Not only is he smaller and lighter than most of his brawny opponents, …

Peso Pluma is honoring the work of the artists that came before him. During his massive show at Mexico City’s Foro Sol Saturday night, the Mexican star welcomed Natanael Cano onstage and recognized his work “paving the way” for his own success. “I have to say some words in front …

In the larger-than-life world of lucha libre, there are “technicos” (good guys who fight for truth, justice, and the rule-abiding way) and there are “rudos” (villains who lie, cheat, and steal victories). There’s also a third category that’s neither hero nor heel, however, and that’s the “exotico.” A relatively late …

One of the more wonderful surprises out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Cassandro, director Roger Ross Williams’ tender and poignant portrait of Saúl Armendáriz (Gael García Bernal), a gay lucha libre wrestler from El Paso (who spent much of his youth across the border in Juárez) who rose …

Fast-rising Mexican singer Peso Pluma received death threats in Tijuana this week, as three “narcomantas” — threatening banners placed by narco organizations — were discovered across the city. On Thursday, a man allegedly responsible for placing the banners — supposedly on behalf of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación — was …

The solipsism of artists and influencers offers infinite variations on self-lacerating lampoon, and Sebastian Silva’s new film Rotting in the Sun comes up with a dandy. Here Silva, the Chilean filmmaker best known in the States for the Michael Cera psychedelic quest movie Crystal Fairy & the Magic Cactus, creates …

Even the President of Mexico is standing behind Yahritza y Su Esencia after the group faced extreme backlash for comments they made about Mexican food. On Thursday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spent more than 10 minutes defending the Mexican-American group, saying he’d be open to seeing siblings Yahritza, Mando, …

Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis said that he would be open to using drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels during a Thursday campaign event in Iowa. When asked by a voter if he would use “drones” or other military measures against the cartels, DeSantis replied, “Yes. I’ve already said that.” “We …