Culture
‘Frida, Stroke of Passion’: Kahlo’s lives, loves and leftist politics
February 21, 2020Mexican painter and revolutionary Frida Kahlo is getting the Nanin treatment in Frida, Stroke of Passion, starring Nanin herself, who also, coincidentally, directs.
Read more‘Who Killed Malcolm X?’ seeks justice while showing leader’s continued relevance
February 21, 2020There's no statute of limitations on murder.
Read more‘Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!’ a madcap anarcho-socialist direct action slapstick sitcom
February 21, 2020Pay! creates a heady anarchic concoction mixing loads of laughs and antics with a tumbler of leftwing politics, as Groucho Marx mingles with Karl Marx.
Read morePan African Film & Arts Festival returns to L.A.
February 20, 2020One of the top ways to celebrate Black History Month—and the moviegoing experience in general—is to attend the Los Angeles-based 28th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival.
Read moreThe things we do for love: Styx and Stones in new opera ‘Eurydice’
February 19, 2020This jaw-dropping modern update of a myth dating back to antiquity is an eye- and ear-popping operatic extravaganza that’s not to be missed by opera lovers.
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