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L.A. TACO

Jared Cowan writes and podcasts about L.A. filming locations. He also works as a photographer and camera operator.

Jared Cowan

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Film

How a Van Nuys Warehouse Became Part of the Star Wars Galaxy

Revisiting American Me and Its Boyle Heights Apartment Building 30 Years Later

Elmer Argueta is born and raised in Huntington Park with Salvadoran and Guatemalan roots. You can find him in La Pacific or the Foos Gone Wild comment section.

Elmer Argueta

Hometown Hero Made a Film Inspired By Airplane Dumping Fuel Over Children In SELA, and Now Its Premiering at Sundance

Revisiting the Infamous ‘Uneeda’ Lincoln Heights Building From the ‘The Return of the Living Dead,’ 37 Years Later

Kiko Martinez is a film and TV journalist from San Antonio, Texas. He&#8217;s a member of several film critic groups, including the Critics Choice Association and Hollywood Film Critics Association.

Kiko Martinez

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Featured

Cry Macho’s Fernanda Urrejola on Leaving Latin America for Hollywood and ‘Breaking the Cycle of Machismo’

Noe Antonio Adame is a digital media obsessive that spends too much time watching shitty movies, wrangling his kids, and listening to 90s Pop Punk.

Noe Adame

Luchadores vs. La Llorona and ‘Sexycomedias:’ The Art of Mexican Cult Cinema Is Now On Display In Boyle Heights

How Boyle Heights Became a Dance Battleground for Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo

How El Pino From ‘Blood In, Blood Out’ Became East L.A.’s Own Tree of Life

L.A. TACO STAFF

Movie and a Taco: Three Guadalajara-Style Dishes in L.A. To Pair With These Three New Films by Latinx Filmmakers

Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

Astrid

No More Janitors, Maids, and Housekeepers: This Veterana Is Breaking Latino Typecasting in Hollywood By Training Real Gang Members to Be Actors