The writer-director, known for surrealist 'SNL' work and 'Los Espookys,' tries something new in the A24 film: "I've always had a hard time being personal." By Esther Zuckerman It’s immediately evident ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Julio Torres writes, directs, produces and stars in Problemista (now streaming on Max), a very strange and idiosyncratic and – watch out for this word, which should only be doled out in the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: In light of the current strikes, A24 is pausing the release of Julio Torres’ Problemista which was set to launch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The disparate themes of immigration, white privilege, the politics of art and art galleries, cryogenics and even corporate ...

Emily Bernard is a Features Editor and Peer Mentor for Collider who studied History, Playwriting, and English at the University of Scranton. She’s a proud comedy nerd who loves getting into the nitty ...

The 36-year-old El Salvador native brings his surrealist comedic sensibility to Austin with his directorial debut. "We’ve had it up to here with magical children in prep school," he says. "How is that ...

Julio Torres attends a screening of Problemista in New York on Feb. 27. Comic, actor and filmmaker Julio Torres came to the U.S. from El Salvador in his early 20s — and he says he is personally ...

Writing about A24’s Problemista is what I imagine it must be like to catch a cloud in a jar: fascinating, fun, and so utterly impossible. This film is unpredictable and revelatory and I’m looking at ...

In Spanish, the word problemista can mean a number of things: It can refer to someone who is problematic or a troublemaker to others. In writing his debut film, Problemista, now in theaters worldwide, ...

The imaginative, New York-centric world of “Problemista,” Julio Torres’ feature directing debut, is a celebration of eccentric characters who are drawn to problematic situations. But none exemplify ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: Let me tell you about another A Martinez. Alejandro Martinez is the main character in a new film, "Problemista." It's written by Julio Torres, who's best known for writing some of ...