01.27.2023 | By Jack Rico |
The 2023 Sundance Film Festival highlighted the amazing Latino talent in the film industry through its diverse selection of films. From heart-touching stories to thought-provoking dramas, viewers were able to watch films directed and written by Latino filmmakers. Read on to see who are the Latino winners at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Read More
10.3.2022 | By Jack Rico |
If you aren’t familiar with Ximena Sariñana, she’s one of Mexico’s most talented musicians and actresses. In this latest podcast episode of Highly Relevant with Jack Rico, we discuss her most recent album Amor Adolecente and how her hit ballad ‘Una Vez Más‘ came to be. We also discuss the significance of her sophomore English-language album in her artistic growth, the pressures for Latin artists to succumb to the Reggaeton momentum, why it’s hard for Latina artists to find global acceptance, and we discuss her dreams of one day composing on the NY Broadway stage. Listen to the podcast or read the transcript of the interview below. Read More
06.1.2021 | By Jack Rico |
Actor Juan Pablo Raba currently co-stars in Liam Neeson’s border thriller ‘The Marksman’ out on streaming right now. He plays Mauricio, a Mexican cartel soldier out to retrieve his missing prize. Raba discusses how border stories are not going anywhere. People will keep coming up with these stories as they feel so relevant and are here to stay. We also debate The Marksman’s “white savior” narrative and why he believes the movie is really a “brown savior” film. Read More
03.25.2021 | By Jack Rico |
Emerging Mexican-American filmmaker John Gutierrez is set to showcase his debut feature, Sons of the Sea, at the CineQuest Film & Creativity Festival – the annual independent film festival held each March in San Jose, California. Read More
08.29.2019 | By Jack Rico |
Wouldn’t it be nice if the recent swath of Emmy prediction articles read something like this: “This year’s Emmys will revolve around television’s best two shows – ABC’s ‘Grand Hotel‘ and STARZ’s ‘Vida‘. Both Latino, and Latinx dramas provide colossal ratings, and grand performances, all while capturing our national attention.” Vinyl scratch. My fictionalized musing will have to wait for its heyday, but in the meantime, why don’t we play that prediction game people like so much? Read More
09.1.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On this week’s episode, our good friend Luis Miguel Echegaray, the head of Latino content for Sports Illustrated stopped by to talk about their new initiative for Hispanic sports fans, and what is the future of Latin music.
08.29.2017 | By Jack Rico |
Netflix, the world’s leading internet television network, announced today the biographical series The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story will debut exclusively on Netflix October 20, 2017. Read More
08.9.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On the podcast this week, we talk MTV’s TRL reboot and how they need to seize the Latino music opportunity to be successful, plus, we discuss HBO and it’s controversial new slave series ‘Confederate’ with the creator of the #OscarSoWhite April Reign. She and four women have now created the #NoConfederate campaign to boycott the show. Will HBO succumb to social media pressure? Read More
06.23.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On the Highly Relevant podcast this week, we’re talking Latin MMA with former WWE Champion Alberto del Rio, who is now the President of Combate Americas, one of the biggest rivals of the UFC. They’re doing a huge fight event in Miami on July 27th around the Real Madrid/Barcelona soccer Classico and it’s a game-changer for the company. Alberto will tell us all about it. And we also tackle the new Transformers: The Last Knight movie. Is it so bad that it’s good or is it so bad that it’s… well, bad! That and a recap of the top headlines in US Latino pop culture happening this week! Read More
03.2.2017 | By Jack Rico |
On March 24, Netflix will launch the first season of the anticipated Mexican original series, Ingobernable. The thriller and drama series will debut at 12am and feature a total of 15 episodes that will tell the story of a Mexican Presidential family and how in a matter of seconds everything can change. Kate del Castillo (Emilia Urquiza) and Erik Hayser (Diego Nava) portray the First Lady and President of Mexico. Emilia Urquiza, is the First Lady of Mexico with big plans to improve conditions for the country through her commitment to fighting for peace. As Emilia starts to lose faith in her husband, President Diego Nava, she finds herself at a crossroad where she will need to find a way to deal with a great challenge and uncover the truth. Emilia is a woman with a strong personality, conviction and clear ideas that make her capable of doing anything: making a president, leaving a president and killing a president. Read More
