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."
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.
From Congo to North Dakota, films examine the human condition
Several films screened at the recent 2014 Tribeca Film Festival deal with the search for peace and justice, or for truth and understanding. They offer much valuable food for thought.
Entrapment, food wars, and capitalism in three films
A film that debuted at the recent Tribeca Film Festival offers compelling evidence that our government has gone too far in "protecting" its citizens.
"Belle": young love in shadow of the slave trade
This historical drama takes up Belle's first encounters with young love, the stratified class system of the times, and disgusting forms of chauvinism.
H.R. Giger, 74: Surrealist artist known for his "Alien"
Known worldwide by fans of alternative and surreal art and having something of a cult following, Giger was known for his unsettling and unique style of biomechanical science fiction designs.
Unique films get honors at Tribeca Film Fest
The 12-day festival co-founded by Robert De Niro screened 89 feature films and 57 shorts to an audience of almost a half a million viewers.
"Porgy and Bess": Gershwin - You is my man now!
Inspired by a newspaper clipping about a true-life crime, this perennial classic takes place in Charleston's fictionalized Catfish Row .
"Alphaville" totalitarian fears still relevant decades later
Almost 50 years later, the prescient Godard's sci fi classic takes on a whole new dimension as a parable of the NSA national security surveillance state.
