I bumped into an old acquaintance on campus the other day. Though it had been quite a while since I’d seen the guy, he refused to shake my hand. Read more...

In a strange way, going to see “Golda’s Balcony,” a one-woman show about the life of Israeli heroine and former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, at the Wadsworth Theatre in Brentwood is a bit like going to synagogue. Read more...

When people think of jazz, they usually think of adult contemporary music or the WAVE radio station, or even a musical genre that becomes more appreciated with age. Read more...

“Inside Deep Throat” Directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato Universal Pictures Would you believe that Richard Nixon had problems with more than one Deep Throat? Read more...

By convention, most music fans would not directly associate the guitar with the world of classical music. After all, it would be difficult to imagine a collaboration between guitar legend Eric Clapton and equally renowned classical musicians such as Itzhak Perlman or Yo-Yo Ma. Read more...

“Bride & Prejudice” Directed by Gurinder Chadha Miramax Pictures Throngs of Indian women in colorful saris bursting into song is not the image most commonly associated with Jane Austen’s 18th-century novel “Pride and Prejudice.” Luckily for director Gurinder Chadha, it’s pretty difficult to mess up a classic, and her new film “Bride & Prejudice” sneaks by with this odd combination. Read more...

For most American filmmakers, freedom of subject matter isn’t a problem. But for the growing genre of Iranian cinema, whose films are beginning to receive greater international acclaim, filmmakers deal with challenges in this area all the time. Read more...