Culture
‘A Heated Discussion’ features Black luminaries debating what is to be done
May 16, 2022Black Americans have shown time and time again that they continue casting their fate in with the people of the U.S. as a whole. Black people alone will not solve the problem of racism. In that...
Read more‘Severance’: Alienation and its discontents
May 13, 2022It’s only a job, not something that affects one’s actual self-worth or shapes their entire lives. Or is it?
Read moreDave Harris’s incendiary play ‘Tambo & Bones’ opens in world premiere
May 12, 2022Guided by a genius of a director, Taylor Reynolds, the two leads show off a total mastery of craft in any number of idioms—dance, athletics, voice, gesture, song, accent.
Read moreServing two masters: Mussolini’s moviemaker and his red reels of Albanian agitprop
May 11, 2022Alfredo Cecchetti worked for both the fascist Benito Mussolini and the Communist Enver Hoxha, raising questions about the political use of film and filmmakers.
Read more‘Pacific Cinewaves’: South Seas cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
May 10, 2022An Indigenous tidal wave of filmmaking has arisen with Natives writing, directing, producing, and starring in more authentic, accurate works for the big and little screens.
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