(FILM) There is no better way to recover from (if you’ve already seen it) or avoid (if you’d rather not ruin the trailer) Snakes on a Plane than this quiet, perfectly sweet movie about a girl named Magdalena who lives in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles. Winner of a special jury prize and audience award at Sundance, Quinceañera may not change your life, but it will make you fall in love with the imperfect, naive, adorable teens at the heart of the film. (See Movie Times, page 87, for details.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...