Latino Films

The Oscar Wilde   Conquistador   It’s time to stop a vicious rumor. A photo of the Conquistador de Puerto Rico is circulating on the internet, and I find it very insulting. This is not a Conquistador. This is Oscar Wilde at a premiere of Tartuffe. This is Ashley Wilkes refusing to mount Scarlett O’Hara. This is a Mexican conspiracy, to discredit the strength and savagery of our Taíno Indians. Hell, anyone who can be conquered by a puff like this, should be conquered...Read Full Story

Independent filmmaker Luis Moro is one of those eccentric, rare personalities that will elicit emotion out of you upon first meeting him. Praise and controversy over his film, Love & Suicide has skyrocketed this 6’1’ dark, handsome Cuban actor/writer into indie stardom. His character Alberto in the film was seamless, with such a carefree attitude one wonders if he knew the camera was on him. “There’s a lot of me in Alberto”, said Moro during a recent screening at the HBO New York Latin Film...Read Full Story

Banners to show your support, and spread the word. Link to: www.MoroFilms.com   See the real Cuba. Saturday, September 6th, 2008; Join us at a special one time only film screening event. See three extraordinary films shot on location in Havana, Cuba. The filmmakers bring to the big screen a world of undeniable passionate love, Cuba's Love and Suicide, the movie The first and only feature film in 50 years to be shot in Havana, Cuba by American filmmakers. A love story of a man who goes to Cuba...Read Full Story

  Puerto Rican Guy Shoots his Twin Brother   CAGUAS , P.R. - The Puerto Rican guy who is demanding change from everyone in America, fatally shot his twin brother with a .38-caliber revolver during an altercation in their shared Caguas womb. Pursuant to Section 215 of the Patriot Act and Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), records were recently forwarded to the Pentagon, U. S. wire services, and the National Enquirer. Found in the basement of a Caguas, Puerto Rico...Read Full Story

The Passion of Maradona This weekend was the opening weekend of the 10th International Latino Film Festival in the Bay Area. The festival runs for two weeks at various venues from San Rafael to San Jose featuring a wide variety of feature-length and short films. The Castro Theater, one of my favorites movie houses in the city, is a host venue and this weekend was featuring the movie ‘Amando a Maradona’ (Loving Maradona). For those who are unfamiliar, Diego Maradona is the legendary...Read Full Story