Culture
The life of Frida Kahlo, an opera waiting to happen
June 22, 2017Two hours before each performance at MOLAA, Frida ticket holders will have free exclusive access to the exhibit, “Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray."
Read moreNew film “20 Weeks” asks, To birth or not to birth?
June 21, 2017With no plot complications outside the blinkered focus on the couple to distract us, the film seems dogged and redundant.
Read moreSoviet filmmaker Aleksandr Dovzhenko’s “Arsenal” to screen in L.A.
June 21, 2017In his history of the Soviet film, Kino, Jay Leyda called the 90-minute-long Arsenal “the first masterpiece of the Ukrainian cinema.”
Read moreThis week in history: Recognizing the history of the pink triangle
June 20, 2017Originally intended as a badge of shame, the pink triangle has been reclaimed as an international symbol of LGBTQ pride.
Read moreUnsatisfying self-satisfied lives depicted in South African film
June 20, 2017Writer/director Kagiso Lediga’s new film Catching Feelings received its world premiere on June 18 at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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