FILM Cult Classics Cinema presents Idlewild starring Outkast 7 PM, August 23: Classic Cinema, curated by DJ Rosegawd in Los Angeles, is a cinematic and musical journey celebrating classic Black movies and the soundtracks that brought them to life. This series...
FILM An Evening with Edgar Wright: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – 9:45 PM, August 15: Our evening of epic epicness continues with a special screening of Russ Meyer’s sexy psychedelic cinematic freakout Beyond the Valley of the Dolls introduced by Edgar Wright!...
FILM Can’t Hardly Wait – 7 PM, August 9: Vidiots can’t wait to party with Writer/Directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont at a special screening of their quintessential 90s teen classic Can’t Hardly Wait! Vidiots, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles. ...
FILM Sorry to Bother You – 7:30 PM, July 30: Gardena Cinema’s schedule also includes Boots Riley’s wildly inventive satire, a fierce, funny, and unmistakably political film from one of the most distinctive Black artists working in American cinema. For DIASPORA...
FILM Zoot Suit with director Luis Valdez – 7:30 PM, July 23: Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary Luis Valdez for a special screening of Zoot Suit, his memorable musical rendition of LA Chicano history starring Edward James Olmos. Plus! A Live DJ set from...
FILM Juice with Ernest Dickerson – 7:30 PM, July 16: The directorial debut of Ernest R. Dickerson, who previously lensed Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), trains its sights on four Black teenagers in Harlem. While Q (Omar Epps) is obsessed...
I have lots of opinions. Lots of them. It’s embedded in my gay genes. That is why I love critiquing and analyzing film, TV, media, and all that informs culture. Culture is a shared system of customs, arts, and beliefs of an era of time, a physical geographical...
FILM Killer Klowns from Outer Space – 4 PM, July 11: Join Gardena Cinema for The 3rd Annual Killer Klowns Punk Rock Fest on July 11 from 2-10:30 PM. 2:00 PM: John Massari opens the event with an incredibly rare screening of Mike Jittlov’s zany 1988 film The...
There was a cathartic validation while reading Roshan Sethi’s debut novel, The Simp, a searingly realistic tale about the absurdity of Hollywood in all its white splendor. The Simp follows the aforementioned Raj, an unemployed actor who lands a job as an assistant...
