Movies
Cuban film ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’ to screen in L.A.
July 20, 2018Marx@200: The Marxist Movie Series, continues July 26th with a screening of one of socialist Cuba’s most popular films, co-director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s international award-winning Strawberry and Chocolate. This 1993 film, which premiered in Havana and...
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Two South Seas cinema superstars open in ‘Skyscraper’ and ‘Siberia’
July 13, 2018Skyscraper It never fails to amaze (and amuse) how movies mirror reality as emanations of the collective psyche. Just days after the premiere of The First Purge, about a race war aimed at exterminating African Americans...
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“Girls Trip”: A showcase of unapologetic Black womanhood in film
July 17, 2017Movies such as Girls Trip challenge the confines of the ways women are allowed to be funny—especially Black women.
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“The Salesman”: Iranian film asks: Is this the enemy?
January 26, 2017“The days of cinema giving answers is over. Cinema should ask questions…"
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“The Handmaiden”: Stunning erotic crime thriller in Japanese-occupied Korea
October 21, 2016In a mesmerizing 145 minutes, the director opens up a toolkit full of sharp contrasts and opposites.
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