FILM The Warriors with Lawrence Gordon in person – 7:30 PM, April 22: Director Walter Hill’s action classic focuses on street toughs framed for the murder of a charismatic gang leader and forced to flee to their Coney Island neighborhood. Working from a shrewdly...
FILM Real Women Have Curves with director Patricia Cardoso 7:30 PM, April 14: Vidiots is thrilled to welcome director Patricia Cardoso for a special screening of her essential East LA coming-of-age triumph Real Women Have Curves. A humorous and warmhearted look at...
The first Hamlet movie that comes to mind has always been Kenneth Branagh’s full-text adaptation. I only remember it because I watched his word-for-word version of the William Shakespeare tragedy in high school English. It was four hours. It took us four days to...
FILM Daughters of the Dust at Vidiots– 7:30 PM, April 7: Join Vidiots for Julie Dash’s rapturous masterpiece, Daughters of the Dust. As the 20th century dawns, a multi-generational Gullah family from the Sea Islands off of the South Carolina coast struggle to...
FILM Wattstax – 7:30 PM, April 2: One of the most electrifying music documentaries ever, the eternally funky Wattstax is part concert-film and part powerful document of the historic Watts neighborhood of 50 years ago. Known as “The Black Woodstock” Wattstax was...
THEATRE Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – March 25-29: A powerhouse of artistic excellence, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater carries forward a legacy of African American strength, resilience and joy through the power of movement. Founded in 1958 by Alvin...
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As I watched Variety’s Golden Globes pre-show coverage, I witnessed my fellow journalism peers reading stats from one of the night’s sponsors, Polymarket, an online betting platform. The stats moved across the screen as if I was watching SportsCenter. The Globes...
