SPOILER ALERT: This article contains very specific details about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. f the Spider-Man franchise didn’t star Tom Holland and Zendaya, I wouldn’t care as much. Besides the two global superstars proving their names can put butts in movie theater...
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...
SPOILER ALERT: This article includes details about The Odyssey. There is a specific moment in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey that made me realize that the film’s hero, Odysseus, is an asshole. When Odysseus (Matt Damon) and his homies are escaping the lair of Mr....
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...
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...
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...
