Co-stars Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño establish an awkward chemistry in this peculiar dramedy about a Los Angeles gay man who hires an undocumented Latino dayworker to keep him company. Let’s say ...

The buddy comedy “Papi Chulo” could go wrong in all sorts of ways, so it’s kind of a minor miracle how much it actually gets right. Funny, empathetic and tender, it pretty much sneaks up and catches ...

After a newly-single TV weatherman is put on leave following an on-air meltdown, he directs his energy into home improvement and hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto to help. Despite a ...

Let’s say you want to make a movie about the dynamic between middle-class white folks and the undocumented dayworkers they employ (some would say “exploit”) in a city like Los Angeles. There are ...