Culture
‘Box of Bones’: Gothic horror shows the monstrosity of racism
July 26, 2018“Horror takes the angst of being Black in America and gives it a space.” Those were the words of author, artist, and curator John Jennings, leading a San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) panel on his latest...
Read moreArtist Ben Shahn was moved by the Tom Mooney case
July 25, 2018Ben Shahn was moved in the early 1930s to paint a series of works based on the infamous Tom Mooney case. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) currently has a display of these works...
Read more‘Dreamgirls’: A dream come true for kinetic choreo and Motown fans
July 25, 2018NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Director/choreographer Tor Campbell’s rendition of Dreamgirls is an extremely exciting, energetic version and vivid vision of the beloved musical that opened on Broadway in 1981 and onscreen in 2006. With a cast of dozens,...
Read more‘Mayakovsky and Stalin’ stride the stage in an L.A. world premiere
July 24, 2018Mednick devotes some attention to the pre-revolutionary era, when Stalin and Mayakovsky were both unscrupulous brigands for the cause; we see that theoretically, at least, they are on the same side.
Read moreWomen directors of Hollywood: ‘This discrimination is real’
July 24, 2018An annual survey found that the moviemaking industry is no more diverse than it was close to a decade ago.
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