A film by Jenée LaMarque and starring Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson reathe deep. Exhale.  You are now ready to watch The Pretty One, a new romantic comedy directed by Jenée LaMarque and starring Zoe Kazan and Jake Johnson opening  Valentines Day in LA. If you turn your analytical mind off, you can easily enjoy […]

here is a lot of buzz at the present moment about American Hustle, which has received ten Oscar nominations. While the film is characterized by excellent acting, it provides poor historical context to fully understand the FBI’s ABSCAM investigation of the late 1970s. The viewer is led to believe the investigation of members of Congress on […]

arallels abound in the latest film dealing with the Palestinian crisis. Al Helm, which means The Dream in Arabic, and MLK’s  well known ‘Dream’ come together in a unique and profound manner. Al Helm: Martin Luther King in Palestine follows an African American gospel group led by Stanford professor and King scholar Clay Carson who […]

he 22nd Pan African Film Festival, one of L.A.’s leading annual cinema showcases and the biggest and most prestigious Black-themed film festivals, will take place February 6-17, 2014 at the new Rave Cinemas Baldwin Hills 15 at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. PAFF will screen 172 features, documentaries, shorts, as well as webseries in the […]

etflix is now streaming the Oscar-nominated documentary, “The Square.” Activists in all fields of social change should make a point of seeing it. Peter Wong reviewed the film on the Egyptian Revolution and its aftermath for us last week, but his positive comments did not prepare me for a film offering such unique insights into activism and […]