A Boogie Rican from da Bronx: Hello Mrs. de la Luz

Larry Rohter has the story and Damon Winter has the pic above, both for the NY Times, as they give props and light spread the ache about La Bruja, Mrs. Caridad de la Luz's Striking one woman show about wherein she plays seven different characters from three generations of a Puerto Rican family in the Bronx. Mrs. de la Luz acts her heart out, sings, raps and dances.

“There is a little bit of me” in every character in the musical, Ms. De La Luz said. “I am a boogie Rican from the boogie-down Bronx.” Read on Here.

The Dictator & The Disco King

The Bold new Chilean film “Tony Manero” uses “Saturday Night Fever” as a device to dissect the abusive dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Larry Rohter has the story at the NY Times.

Cha Cha Cha

Larry Rohter in the NY Times on Alfonso Curaon, Guillermo del Torro and Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu's new production company. Mexico's three most powerful directors get at it with their own prod company. Coppola, Bogdanovich, and Friedkin tried it in the 70s with The Director's Company. That was cool. This is cool. Very Cool.
(Pic is by Marcos Delgado/European Press Agency)