Culture
Links between domestic civil rights and anti-colonial struggles explored in new book
July 22, 2021Though primarily focused on the period after World War II, the book explores the earlier period too.
Read moreCannes and COVID go together like a horse and carriage
July 22, 2021Another Cannes Film Festival is in the books and this one was beset with all the contemporary contradictions as the global crisis outran the global comeback.
Read moreNew crime fiction novel ‘A Hello to Arms’ slams postwar capitalism in L.A.
July 21, 2021Dennis Broe’s new crime fiction novel starring private investigator Harry Palmer in his second Los Angeles outing has just appeared from Pathmark Press.
Read moreOn the Topanga Trail of the Assassins: ‘Caesar’ on stage in L.A.
July 14, 2021After an extended intermission suffering under the twin tyrannies and plagues of Trumpism and COVID, the return of Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum marks a major milestone on our road back to fully living. For what is life...
Read moreA man’s man: Tinseltown’s gay star lives again in ‘Taming the Lion’
July 13, 2021William Haines loved to act and make motion pictures. He also adored having sex with other men.
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