Culture
“Ant-Man” is fun, but never thinks big
July 30, 2015The movie is a decent enough popcorn flick, but its narrative weaknesses and hit-or-miss jokes don't help it much.
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More than a review: The importance of “Jimmie Higgins” work underlined
July 28, 2015"He was not one of the speakers, of course - he would have been terrified at the idea of making a speech; but he was one of those whose labor made the speaking possible."
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Savoring Sautet: Five films by French auteur Claude Sautet re-released
July 27, 2015Rialto Pictures is theatrically re-releasing five films by one of France's lesser known, yet nonetheless noteworthy auteurs, Claude Sautet, in L.A. at the Laemmle Royal Theater..
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“Green Grow the Lilacs”: Summer of the “Okies”
July 24, 2015WGTB is presenting Lynn Riggs' 1931 classic Green Grow the Lilacs, wherein two of the townsfolk identify themselves as being one quarter Native.
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“Mr. Holmes”: Sherlock’s greatest case, a study in existentialism
July 23, 2015At 76, Ian McKellen plays a 93-year-old Sherlock living at what appear to be the white cliffs of Dover and as a younger Holmes, hired for what was to be his last case.
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