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In Emilia Pérez, French director Jacques Audiard boldly presents the tale of cartel boss Manitas del Monte who decides to retire from business and undergo gender reassignment surgery to become the ...

“Emilia Pérez” is quickly becoming an awards-show favorite, raking in four Golden Globe wins and 13 Oscar nominations — plus SAG Award nods, too. The sweeping Spanish-language operatic musical defies ...

“Emilia Perez,” the bold and stylish musical from director Jacques Audiard starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldana, is pure cinema. Riffing on genres with ease and abandon, the ...

With 13 Academy Award nominations, the — take a deep breath — French-made, Netflix-distributed, Mexican trans-narco musical “Emilia Pérez” made history Thursday morning. It's the most-nominated ...

What’s Good: Emilia Pérez is a film, it is functional, it tells a story, and you will be able to follow it with no issues. What’s Bad: The film fails at being a good drama, as there is no conflict ...

Director/writer Jacques Audiard tells a fascinating story through unconventional means. Inspired by Boris Razon‘s novel Écoute, the musical centers on drug lord Manitas Del Monte (Gascón), a ...

What Audiard's wild Mexican musical lacks in psychological complexity it more than makes up for in bold swings, even when they often don't work. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a movie musical ...

‘Emilia Perez’ is a Golden Globe-nominated film, starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez. Emilia Pérez first premiered at the May 2024 Cannes Film Festival and has become a gradual ...

French composers Clément Ducol and Camille talk about the music behind the new musical drama, starring Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Karla Sofía Gascón. By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin In ...