Culture
Iran at the Chicago International Film Festival
November 7, 2014The Best Picture Award winner at the 50th Annual Chicago International Film Festival went to the stunning Iranian film "The President."
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Alice in Blunderland: “The Dance of Death” and war between the sexes
November 7, 2014This production of the Swedish playwright August Strindberg's 1900 "The Dance of Death," now playing in Pasadena, is expertly acted and directed.
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“Citizenfour”: “The Shock Doctrine” plays out in the Patriot Act
November 7, 2014The NSA and the National Security State have committed possibly irreparable damage to democracy itself, which depends on free speech and liberty of thought.
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Inside Syria: New book sheds needed light
November 7, 2014Reese Erlich's informative and insightful book "Inside Syria" brings to mind the Greek myth of a vast maze under the palace at Knossos.
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New directions for LA opera: “Dido and Aeneas/Bluebeard’s Castle”
November 3, 2014LA Opera's edgy double feature takes this august art form in other directions and shows the possibilities of different modes of expression for the operatic medium.
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