"Freeheld": Ms. and Ms. Smith go to Washington
Inspired by a true story. The precedent struck by Laurel and Stacie's struggle played a major role in the same-sex marriage movement.
Fresh from Toronto International Film Festival: “This Changes Everything”
"What if global warming isn't only a crisis? What if it's the best chance you're ever going to get to build a better world?"
Hispanic Heritage Month: A Costa Rican poet honors Carlos Bulosan
Carlos Sampayan Bulosan (1913-1956) was a class-conscious English-language Filipino novelist and poet.
“Breathe”: A brave new play about choking in America
Giving no hint of having been written 15 years ago, this is actually the world premiere production of the play.
A book of considerable consequence: "Chasing the Scream"
"Why did the drug war start and why does it continue and what happens if you choose a radically different policy?"
“The Man Who Knew Infinity”: An infinitely rewarding film
"I found this film to be an infinitely rewarding biopic that showed 'math is an art, not a science.' "
Today in history: Alberto Moravia died in 1990
In the same year Italian writer Alberto Moravia died in his Rome apartment at 82, his autobiography, "Vita di Moravia" was published.
“Best of Enemies”: New documentary revisits Buckley vs. Vidal
"Best of Enemies" succeeds without being partisan or overbearing. Its subject speaks for itself.
California rolls in new film “East Side Sushi”
Anthony Lucero's fine film uses the framework of food film to deftly explore class, work, ethnicity, and sexism.
A Latina Medea for the modern age
"Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles": A great theatrical opportunity for Angelenos awaits in Malibu!
