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Melissa Barrera is one of the most talented rising stars in Hollywood. The Mexican actress began her career in her country with telenovelas like Siempre tuya Acapulco and Tanto Amor, and she debuted in Hollywood with the 2018 coming-of-age drama series Vida and later went on to play one of the leads in a big-budget musical film In the Heights. She is most known for playing the role of Sam Carpenter in the Scream films. So, if you love Melissa Barrera’s performances we have picked out the 7 best films and TV shows starring Barrera, that you should check out.

7. Carmen (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Sony Pictures Classics

Carmen is a musical drama film directed by Benjamin Millepied from a screenplay co-written by Alexander Dinelaris Jr., Loïc Barrère, and Millepied. The 2022 film follows the story of Carmen, a...

Ryan Lacen’s feature debut, All The World Is Sleeping, is able to put together a stage that proves to be rather inadequate for the hefty story it tells. It’s indeed a righteous goal to want to chronicle the experiences, which were more candidly harrowing ordeals than anything else, of seven real women fighting off the demon of opioid addiction with all their might. Nonetheless, the necessary grit a story of real demons calls for gets blunted by the spurious charm and shimmer Lacen paints his protagonist and everything about her with. Surrounding the gratuitous glamor of the central mouthpiece are, however, jarringly lifelike anecdotes from practically indistinguishable women who bring their distinct encounters to life and add a disturbing authenticity to the narrative.

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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘All The World Is Sleeping’?

A lot has been stolen from Chama ever since she was a wide-eyed...

Melissa Barerra broke out in the last couple of years with roles in “In The Heights” and “Scream 5.” Now, before she faces off against Ghostface again in “Scream 6,” check out another Barerra performance in “All The World Is Sleeping,” in theaters and on demand next month.

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In Ryan Lacen‘s first solo directing effort, Barerra stars as Chama, a single mom in New Mexico whose addiction issues may force her to give up custody of her daughter.

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"You can do something for the world that's beyond yourself..." Gravitas Ventures has revealed the official trailer for an indie drama titled All the World is Sleeping, the latest film made by writer / director Ryan Lacen. This first premiered at one film festival back in 2021 and is finally opening in a limited release with a VOD option as well starting this March. Fighting for her own life and the ones she loves, a young mother in New Mexico sinks deeper in her addiction while struggling to surface for her daughter. The film "highlights the stigma connected with substance abuse and the seemingly never-ending cycle many people battle..." All the World is Sleeping stars Melissa Barrera as Chama, along with Jackie Cruz, Jorge Garcia, Kristen Gutoskie, Valentina Herrera, Lisandra Tena, and Luis Bordonada. This really doesn't seem so bad, an intimate and captivating look at just how hard it is to...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has picked up North American rights to the drama All the World is Sleeping, toplined by rising star Melissa Barrera (Scream VI), slating it for release in theaters and on demand on March 17.

Written and directed by Ryan Lacen, All the World is Sleeping follows Chama (Barrera), who as a young girl in New Mexico, strived to be different from her mother. Now in her twenties, she’s found herself falling into a similar cycle of generational addiction. This struggle then threatens her balance as a mother to her own daughter. As Chama tries to keep it all together, a harrowing accident will spiral her out of control, causing her daughter to be taken from her custody. With nothing left, she’ll have to confront her past in order to fight for a future — one that can either guide her closer to getting her daughter back or...

Exclusive: Ron Lynch (Bob’s Burgers), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Alyssa Limperis (Comedy Bang! Bang!), Jenny Zigrino (Bad Santa Two), Will Weldon (This is Not Happening), and Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live) are set to play opposite Fred Armisen in the indie horror comedy, Too Late, from Firemark Media.

Based on a script by Tom Becker, the D.W. Thomas-directed pic centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal. Lynch will play the lead role of Bob Devore.

Jack De Sena, Billy Breed, Paul Danke, and Dwayne Perkins also co-star.

Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing the film with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer. Filming will take place later this month in La.

Lynch, has appeared in a number of movies and television shows, including the Comedy Central’s Another Period,...

Exclusive: Fred Armisen, from TV’s Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, and Documentary Now!, has joined the indie horror comedy, Too Late, which revolves around the La underground comedy scene. D.W. Thomas is directing the pic, which will mark her first feature directorial outing. This is the inaugural film for Firemark Media, the production company founded by Thomas and her husband Tom Becker in 2017.

Becker wrote the script and filming is set for later this month in Los Angeles. The plot centers on a lonely assistant who finally finds love and must escape her monster of a boss before she and her new love become his next meal.

Ryan Lacen and Anthony Baldino are producing, with Lonnie Ramati as executive producer.

Thomas previously worked as a film editor on projects like the psychological drama Black Limousine, the offbeat crime thriller Call Back, and the Hoop Reality documentary.

“Too Late is a...

The Bentonville Film Festival (Bff) announced final additions to their programming which includes the world premiere of the Netflix film Good Sam starring Tiya Sircar. The fest, which was co-created by Geena Davis and champions inclusion in all forms of media, has also added spotlight screenings of Gurinder Chadha’s Sundance Springsteen hit Blinded By The Light from New Line Cinema as well as Stx’s animated feature UglyDolls. Now in its fifth year, the festival kicked off May 7 and continues through May 11 in Bentonville, Ark.

Based on the book by Dete Meserve, Good Sam explores what happens when a mysterious good Samaritan (aka “Good Sam”) leaves $100,000 cash on seemingly random doorsteps. TV news reporter Kate Bradley (Sircar) sets out to discover Good Sam’s true identity and motive, turning her personal life upside down. Kate Melville directs from a script by Meserve and Teena Booth. Good Sam will screen...