Film festivals often screen movies that may have been otherwise overlooked by the public eye. Read more...
Photo: Actors Jack Yao and Amber Kuo in a scene from “Au revoir Taipei,” a narrative film by Arvin Chen, which will be screened as the opening night film of the 2010 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
The talent development program Project:Involve "“ yielding alumni such as Effie Brown, producer of "Real Women Have Curves" "“ is back with its seventh annual showcase of short films by filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds. Read more...
Photo: Jarrett Lee Conaway’s “Foolishly Seeking True Love” is one of the films featured in Project:Involve’s seventh annual showcase of short films.
There is a certain line of thinking that asserts that all the great works have already been created, and all new art is just variations on old ideas. Read more...
Photo: The Hammer Museum program “It’s All Been Done Before But Not By Me” begins tonight at 7 p.m. The exhibit features student-submitted art from various mediums such as film, mural, live performance and traditional visual art.
Even during the infancy of "Bollywood" in Mumbai, the center of India's local film industry in the '30s, many other sub-regions of India were producing their own feature films. Read more...
Emo cheerleaders, seductively boozy mothers and a whole lot of teenage angst take center stage in the teen Web comedy "The Monica 90404." Read more...
Photo: Courtesy of JUSTIN BRAUN “The Monica 90404,” premiering today, is a Web series that takes a critical look at teen dramas like “The OC” and “Gossip Girl.” The show satirizes recurring themes in these shows, such as the younger ages the actors are expected to portray.
"No One Knows About Persian Cats" is a flawed but fascinating film that gives an insider look into Iran's underground world of clandestine musicians. Read more...
The age of high-definition video is apparently also the age of the nature documentary. Read more...
