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...
In 1986, a movie titled Kate’s Secret was released on NBC. It was an era t ripe with primetime lineups that included movie-of-the-week programming and specific networks promoting a “very special episode” of the latest hit TV show. There are scenes from Kate’s...
FILM Cats + Vidiots’ Jellicle Ball 7:30 PM, July 1: Meow! You are cordially invited to the feline ball to end it all when Vidiots goes full Jellicle with a special screening of the all-star furry film meowiscal bonanza Cats! No one thought this Andrew Lloyd Webber...
FILM The Goonies in 4K – 11 AM, June 27: On the last Saturday of every month, the museum's Family Matinee is an accommodative screening where we offer open captioning, keep the theater dimly lit, and maintain a lower volume specifically for neurodivergent viewers....
FILM Car Wash 50th Anniversary Screening in 4K with director Michael Schultz; actors Bill Duke, Antonio Fargas, Melanie Mayron, Garrett Morris, Pepe Serna – 7:30 PM, June 20: The employees of Dee-Luxe Car Wash in Los Angeles are just trying to get through another...
The first footage of Stop! That! Train! that I saw was a visual gag where train stewardess DeeDee (Jujubee, RuPaul’s Drag Race season 2, All Stars season 1 and 5, UK vs the World series 1) directs a passenger to their seat, saying, “You’re sitting next to the...
SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details about Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. There’s a scene in the final moments of Disclosure Day when Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) sits behind a news desk, confident and ready to interrupt your regularly scheduled...
FILM Pink Flamingos – 9:45 PM, June 13: Join Vidiots as we head out to the trailer park for one of the trashiest films ever made and the quintessential cult classic that changed cinema forever. Sleaze-bag criminal Divine is dubbed by the tabloids “The Filthiest...
It’s been 13 years since the last Scary Movie and 26 years since the Wayans Brothers released their satirical, unapologetic parody on the horror genre. It’s a joy to see the gang back together in this family affair, with a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans,...
