You can take filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños out of Laredo, but you can’t take Laredo out of Castaños
When filmmaker Silvia Del Carmen Castaños was younger, they’d make frequent walks across the Texas-Mexico border to visit their grandmother’s…
Author: kaitlyn_hardy
Kaitlyn Hardy is a junior at Emerson College majoring in journalism and minoring in media studies. As a staff writer for The Independent, Kaitlyn is excited to extend her love for film into journalism and learn more about the movie industry. She is a lover of memoirs, live music, and obsessively rewatching movies (she’s seen Dog Day Afternoon 13 times).
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5 Off the Beaten Path Thanksgiving Movies
5. ‘Shoplifters‘ (2018), dir. Hirokazu Koreeda This film starts off the list by bending the rules slightly. “Shoplifters” isn’t necessarily…
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In Conversation with Nick McCarthy, programming director of NewFest
NewFest’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival has historically provided a jumping point for the legacies of gay, queer, and trans communities. The…
