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Horror is woven into political drama in La Llorona , the riveting Golden Globe Foreign Language Film nominee and shortlisted International Feature Oscar contender from Guatemala’s Jayro Bustamante . An elderly wealthy man hears ghostly noises in the night. He is revealed to be former army general Enrique Monteverde (Julio Diaz), on trial for genocide. In court, Mayan-Ixil women give heartbreaking testimonies about systemic rape and murder by his men. At home, his own family begins to question his innocence of sex crimes and war crimes. Is Enrique being haunted by the eponymous La Llorona, the weeping woman of legend who cries for her lost children? Related Story Int'l Critics Line: Todd McCarthy On Norway's Oscar-Shortlisted 'Hope' The women are the ghosts of Enrique’s past, either figuratively or literally, and each of these sheds a light on his crimes as the film progresses. Doctor daughter Natalia (Sabrina De La Hoz) is beginning to see her father … [Read more...] about Int’l Critics Line: Anna Smith On Guatemala’s Golden Globe Nominee & Oscar-Shortlisted ‘La Llorona’

There’s a moment every four years when the polls are tight and certain Democrats shake their heads, marveling at the fact that so many Americans — particularly low-wage workers — still vote for the GOP. “Don’t they know we’re the working people’s party?” they say. “Republicans only care about giving tax cuts to the rich.” Next time you hear a variation on that theme, remember this moment, when Democrats had a majority in the Senate, the opportunity to raise the wage floor for millions of Americans and lift nearly a million workers out of poverty, and — faced with a minor road block — they threw their hands in the air and gave up. On Thursday, Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled that a $15 dollar minimum wage could not be included in Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, because they intend to pass it through the budget reconciliation process, which only requires a simple majority, instead of trying to convince at least 10 Republicans to support the … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris Could Deliver $15 Minimum Wage If Democrats Really Wanted It