Category: Spanish Language
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Emilia Pérez review: beautiful, fascinating, dangerous
Emilia Pérez is surprising and different. It’s a musical with color saturated visuals. It’s a story about Mexican drug cartels and dirty money. It’s a story about being who you are and what that can cost. It’s a story about redemption. There are some spoilers ahead.
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In Her Place review: the truth and the fiction both feel real
In Her Place (El lugar de la otra) is a drama from Chile. Set in 1955, it’s a fictionalized version of something that really happened. It’s Chile’s Best International Feature Film of 2025 Oscar submission.
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The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3 review
The Lincoln Lawyer, season 3, brings a new case to Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) and his group of associates. As usual, in this series based on mystery novels by Michael Connelly, things get very complicated and dangerous before it’s all over, but Mickey usually manages to win his case as a defense attorney in the…
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The Secret of the River review, excellent Mexican series
The Secret of the River (El Secreto del Río) comes from Mexico. It’s an 8 part series. I thought it was a queer masterpiece full of tender and touching portraits of what it is to be transgender, or muxes, in certain parts of Oaxaca.
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(Un)lucky Sisters review: comedy from Argentina
(Un)lucky Sisters is a lighthearted romp of a story about finding your family and finding a secret cache of euros in your dead father’s apartment.
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Land of Women, fun romp through Spanish wine country
Land of Women (Tierra de mujeres) moves from New York City to a remote Catalan wine making village in Spain when Gala (Eva Longoria) learns thugs are after her husband and her family over a small loan of $15 million.
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Raising Voices review, Spanish #MeToo series set in a high school
Raising Voices (Ni una más) starts slow with a couple of episodes introducing us to four teen girls who are friends. It feels very slight. By episode three the thematic elements of feminism, misogyny, and sexual assault have been introduced. The tone changes and the series becomes compelling and intense.
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Love, Divided review: Spanish remake of a French rom-com
Love, Divided (Pared con pared) is a Spanish rom-com about two feuding neighbors who fall in love through a wall. It’s a remake of the French version of the story, called Blind Date. I remember seeing Blind Date a few years ago. The new version was written by Marta Sánchez and directed by Patricia Font.…
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Red Queen (Reina Roja), a Spanish thriller
Red Queen (Reina Roja) is a Spanish series that bills itself as a thriller, although it contained many fantasy elements and frequently strained my ability to suspend disbelief. It’s based on a very popular Spanish novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado. The series has 7 episodes and ends on a note that suggests more seasons with this…
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Norma, who finds herself in mid-life
Norma comes from Argentina. It’s a charming drama about how Norma transforms herself in mid-life. The life she was leading is stifling. She can’t breathe, she’s prone to panic attacks, she can’t sleep. She needs a change and doesn’t know it. When she realizes that things need to be different she makes huge changes that…