Cristina Escobar

3 weeks ago | latinamedia.co | Saraciea Fennell |Carolina Blanco Alvarado |Cristina Escobar |Sarah Vasquez

It’s the last day of Women’s History Month and what better way to keep the celebration going than ordering a bunch of books by and for trailblazing Latina authors? To help, we’re shining a light on the amazing mujeres who paved the way in the publishing industry by stacking awards. These barrier-breaking Latinas are here to inspire the rest of us.

1 month ago | latinamedia.co | Edgary Rodriguez R |Carolina Blanco Alvarado |Cristina Escobar |Sarah Vasquez

Have you noticed how many times you interrupt a TV show to scroll through your phone? You’re not alone, it’s an addictive behavior shared by the masses and it has affected what shows get made. Although many Latino viewers may think they want more epic telenovela stories, every day we have less time to dedicate to any single story.

1 month ago | rogerebert.com | Cristina Escobar

Everyone loves a hero. We're awash with heroic stories in film and TV, decades into the comic-book-turned-movie blockbuster. In fact, we've had so many of these stories that there's a bona fide backlash now, with countless films whose taglines could be "not all heroes wear capes."'Now, whether they're wearing spandex or not, most motion picture heroes are men. The very word "hero" conjures a masculine figure, standing in the Superman position, legs spread, arms akimbo.

1 month ago | rogerebert.com | Cristina Escobar

"Daredevil: Born Again" is uneven, but the ambitious nine-part series lands plenty of punches if you go in knowing that it positions comic-book fare not as escapist entertainment but as bloody, political commentary. First, the disappointments. Like many a reboot/sequel before it, this new Marvel entry doesn't get going until its second episode, spending the pilot completely on set-up.

1 month ago | latinamedia.co | Edgary Rodriguez R |Cristina Escobar

I cried in the middle of the street on my first day working for an NGO in Madrid. A Ukrainian boy told me his story – he had survived the war and was now walking alone in the roads of a country that was not his own, with a language he barely understood. His whole family was killed. At times, his story overshadows the many experiences I heard, although none is any less valuable than the other.