Culture
Ten films that shook the world: The Russian Revolution centennial
February 22, 2017The programmer and co-presenter of “Ten Films That Shook the World” is film historian and critic Ed Rampell.
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Japanese American internment commemorated by a new oratorio
February 21, 2017The project was timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signing of Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, that resulted in the forced removal and incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese...
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The not so “Great Wall”
February 21, 2017Put your 3D glasses on and your brains into neutral to watch this vapid but eye-popping big budget picture which, at $135-150 million, is reportedly the most expensive movie ever made in China.
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Electrifying “Zoot Suit” returns to the L.A. stage, a must-see
February 16, 2017An eye-popping new production of Zoot Suit, written and directed by Luis Valdez, is the hot ticket in L.A. these days, and People’s World has a starring role in it!
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“Silent Night” in San José shows futility of war, yearning for peace
February 15, 2017That miraculous day of peace on a bloody battlefield during World War I when Scottish, French and German soldiers warily crawled out of their trenches to negotiate an unofficial Christmas Eve ceasefire among themselves.
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