Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Reading Room

Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Reading Room

Yesterday LACMA launched a new addition to their website that showcases out of print and hard to find publications. I haven’t had a chance to check out a lot of the books that are currently up for their first series “Southern California Art of the 1960s...
Gene Siskel Film Center | Mine

Gene Siskel Film Center | Mine

In 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast it left about 80% of New Orleans flooded. Approximately 1,800 people lost their lives and almost five years later the community is still rebuilding. There are not too many subjects that I continue to source out...

Tuesday’s Video Pick | Something’s Got A Hold On Me

I don’t think I have ever touched on this before but I love soul music from the 60s. It’s about one of the only things I listen to. For this week’s pick I couldn’t pass up this amazing video of Etta James, who I adore, just rocking it out on...
An American Journey: In Robert Frank’s Footsteps

An American Journey: In Robert Frank’s Footsteps

During the month of January the Gene Siskel Film Center hosts a series that spotlights new works of documentary films in a series called, Stranger Than Fiction: Documentary Premiers. For this month we will check out a couple of films including Mine, Prodigal Sons, and...

Tuesday’s Video Pick | French Star Wars

If you have never watched any of these videos and have the smallest notion of the Star Wars galaxy; then, I would highly recommend watching all of this video. The French had a really great grasp of what Lucas was doing wrong. Screw the Jedi, any plot, or any other...