Maria Garcia is a New York City-based film critic, and the author of Cinematic Quests for Identity: The Hero’s Encounter with the Beast (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). She is also a regular contributor to Cineaste, America’s leading magazine on the art and politics of the cinema.

Founded in 1967, Cineaste is today widely regarded as one of the most important film quarterlies published anywhere in the world. The journal’s unique editorial focus is reflected in the in-depth nature of … Keep Reading
