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Film Screening: Unfinished Spaces

Film Screening: This film documents Cuba’s ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro’s Revolution, then neglected, nearly forgotten, and ultimately rediscovered as a visionary architectural masterpiece. Unfinished Spaces (2011)  directed by Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray http://www.unfinishedspaces.com/  1st Showing Where: Herter... 

‘The Town’ a Tour in Thrilling Cinema

By Natalia Muñoz Ben Affleck is a master of the B roll, those scenes that directors and editors lean on to move the action along seamlessly. In “The Town,” his second movie as director, Affleck shows a incontrovertible command of how to tell a story with a few visually thrilling cuts and brillance. As a director, Affleck is a human Google map; he guides viewers through the city of Charleston... 

The roles that Latino actors get in mainstream Hollywood films

By Tavis Potter Many talented and famous Latino actors exist in Hollywood today.  But are they able to nail the diverse roles in mainstream Hollywood films that so many “American” actors do? Or does their ethnicity ultimately affect their job? I have taken a look at the film careers of two specific Latino Actors and the roles they have played in American films over the past few decades. First... 

The Telenovela Takeover

By Cat Baker Telenovelas are unadulterated fun. Melodramatic and exaggerated, you can easily lose yourself in this sensational variety of soap operas. They are rife with complex plot twists, larger-than-life characters, and the necessary large quotas of love, contempt and deceit. Viewers are often loyal and religiously tune into their favorite dramas. The success of telenovelas illustrates something... 
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