The Cold War plays at Toronto Film Festival
The Soviet Union was obsessed with two sports: hockey and chess. For decades, they held the championship in both arenas. Two new films bring back memories of those days.
Trust and obey: “Choir Boy”
Residents of Greater Los Angeles are lucky to have the West Coast premiere of Tarell Alvin McCraney's play "Choir Boy" currently running at the Geffen Playhouse.
"The Liberator" generates some thinking
My movie buddy went to see "Gone Girl" with her book club, so I recruited a professor friend of mine to see "The Liberator" with.
“To Be Takei”: Love, diversity, and Star Trek
A new documentary chronicling the life of activist and actor George Takei is currently screening, to the delight of his many admirers.
Film review: "Love is Strange"
Put seasoned actors like John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, and Marisa Tomei together in a film, and guaranteed there'll be a certain amount of movie magic.
The Los Angeles Swiss Film Festival in review
Swiss cinema and television has a rich heritage. This motion picture plenitude was on full display at Hollywood's Harmony Gold Theater on Sept. 7.
"Wetlands” movie review: Exploring secretions and inner selves
Was I watching something with themes that applied to a swath of a generation of young people who can't bear their lives and see no hope of effecting change?
Nine Eleven
"In the South of the continent, on nine eleven nineteen seventy three, the eternal snows of the Andes bleed red rivers over Chile."
For Whom the Whistle Blows: “The Kill Team”
This documentary's real target market are those young impressionable people who have bought into the madness of Washington's endless imperial misadventures.
“The Last Ship”: Life and love while everybody's dying
The situation is kind of grim, and so is the program. On the light side, there's a dog.
