Culture
Pan 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.
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The 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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‘The Father’: Alfred Molina in a meditation on dementia
February 18, 2020Today’s America seems to be suffering from people dominating the public sphere who appear to be experiencing mental diseases and self delusion and a complete, total lack of self awareness.
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A view from Cuba: ‘Parasite,’ a political movie?
February 14, 2020In 2019, the euphorically intoned question on everyone’s lips that defined the tiny world of cinematography was: Have you seen Parasite yet?
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‘Naked Revolution: A Socialist Realist Opera’ is a Dadaistic immigrant dream farce
February 14, 2020Politically, I imagine there is on the artists’ part some lingering fondness for the ideals of Soviet culture they grew up with, if not always for the practice they experienced daily in the early years of...
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