films
Pan African Film Festival 2024: ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
March 18, 2024You don’t need to smoke a spliff beforehand (or during) in order to enjoy the highly entertaining Bob Marley: One Love. Ya mon!
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Pan African Film Festival: ‘Kipkemboi’ and ‘A Double Life’
March 14, 2024At PAFF, films span the spectrum from Oscar nominees to hard-to-find gems from Africa, the Caribbean, America and beyond that L.A. viewers are unlikely to be able to see at any other venue.
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‘Right in the Eye,’ a live movie concert of George Méliès films
March 7, 2024Although Americans may have largely forgotten about Georges Méliès, every moviegoer owes this French motion picture pioneer an immense debt of gratitude.
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‘The Taste of Things’: A gastronomic feast of l’amour on film
February 12, 2024Writer/director Trần Anh Hùng’s The Taste of Things, a tasty full-course movie meal that serves up spectacular cuisine and rarefied romance, is an acquired taste.
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Alec Baldwin’s magic bullet: The rush to ‘Rust’
February 5, 2024Baldwin as producer was at least partly responsible for a set that, because of skimping on a sparse budget and rushing into production, was a maze of tensions, a tempest ready to burst.
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