
A million laughs: Go Seth, young man!
Seth MacFarlane's R-rated "A Million Ways to Die in the West" serves up a heaping pile of humor with a million mirthful movie moments.

"Trust Me": Nice agents finish last?
Clark Gregg is one of those actors whose name audiences may not know but whose face they will recognize. Especially for his recurring role as Marvel's Agent Phil Coulson.

Geer does Lear: Much ado about the 21st century relevancy of a Shakespearean plot point
The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Los Angeles has launched its season gloriously with "King Lear."

A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party's role in the South
The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.

"Eat With Me": You may be hungry an hour after this tasty coming-out tale
"Eat With Me" alternates between being an enjoyable, poignant coming-out comedy drama and a paint-or rather film-by numbers story.

Public intimacy in the new South Africa
"Public Intimacy" is not outwardly political, but it raises questions about the legacy not only of apartheid but of the freedom struggle itself.

Piketty, The Wall Street Journal, and rational conservatives
"Capital in the 21st Century" has almost had the effect of a tsunami on economic thinking in the U.S. after its translation into English washed up on our monoglot shores.

Ruby Dee, 91: Iconic actress, civil rights activist
Ruby Dee, an acclaimed actress and civil rights activist whose versatile career spanned stage, radio television and film, has died at age 91.

“Ida”: Women discover socialist Poland and themselves
It's a road picture, as the two women go back to their family's homestead and figure out what happened.

Hollywood Heritage celebrates 100 years of filmmaking in Hawaii
Ed Rampell will give a video presentation with laser focus on Hollywood feature films and television productions that are shot and set in Hawai'i.

