reviews
The Koch brothers are killing the people of Crossett, Arkansas
December 12, 2017The Arkansas tourism bureau might call it “The Natural State,” but no one goes to Crossett down in Ashley County for the nature.
Read moreCompelling documentary films screened at Toronto Festival
December 8, 2017"One can not live with sighted eyes and feeling heart and not know or react to the miseries which afflict this world."
Read moreClashes of class and culture at L.A.’s Encuentro theater festival
November 22, 2017Encuentro has brought the Vueltas Bravas theater company from Bogotá, Colombia, in its staging of Miss Julia adapted by J. Ed Araiza, directed by Lorenzo Montanini.
Read more“Deferred Action” and “Dementia”: Two outstanding productions at Encuentro
November 15, 2017LOS ANGELES—Twice again, the Encuentro de las Américas Latinx theater festival scores a pair of home runs. What a huge job to pull something like this together! It winds down on November 19, so for those...
Read more“Tigers Are Not Afraid”: A dark fairytale with human trafficking as the real monster
October 17, 2017Issa Lopez’s film uses fantasy to highlight the all too real nightmare that is happening to the women of Mexico.
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