films
Tennis comes a long way in new film “Battle of the Sexes”
October 12, 2017Picture the year 1973: The sexual revolution was in full swing, and on the tennis court, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs battled it out in front of 90 million people.
Read moreRevolutionary triple feature: Latest installments in Soviet film series
September 20, 2017The latest three films to be featured show that the Bolsheviks certainly had a sense of humor.
Read more“Gook”: The not-so-black-and-white race dynamics of LA riots
August 17, 2017By centering on Black and Asian Americans, Chon gives audiences a powerful slice-of-life perspective into racial relationships not often explored.
Read more“Storm Over Asia”: Soviet film to screen in L.A.
July 24, 2017The sprawling saga occurs during the Russian Civil War and depicts a forerunner of Third World liberation movements.
Read moreNetflix’s “Bright” tackles class, racism, and police brutality through Urban Fantasy
July 24, 2017"Bright" takes on today's race and justice problem in an interesting and new way.
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