

Arts Mar 22

For “Minari,” writer and director Lee Isaac Chung drew on his memories of religion growing up in the south.
By Tommy Walters
Arts Mar 15

A new film called “Minari” is an immigrant tale rarely portrayed. It features a Korean family in rural Arkansas, and it's already received major recognition, including a Golden Globe Award. Jeffrey Brown has the story of our arts and culture…
By Jeffrey Brown, Diane Lincoln Estes
Arts Mar 12

Youn said she drew from her own experiences as a grandmother for the film, but also built the character of Soonja in "Minari" by relying on memories of her own great-grandmother, who was alive until Youn was 10 years old.
By Joshua Barajas
Arts Feb 05

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.
By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

By Anne Azzi Davenport, Jeffrey Brown
In her directorial debut, renowned actor Regina King's new film explores a 1960s gathering of four famous friends -- Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke, who debated their work and responsibilities as Black men. Jeffrey Brown takes…

By Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press
“People have a desire to go outside the home and be entertained. That desire hasn’t changed but the ability to do that was profoundly limited.”…

By Jeffrey Brown
Even though most theaters remain closed, a regular lockdown conversation starter begins with “so what have you been watching?” Lorraine Ali of the Los Angeles Times and Ann Hornaday from the Washington Post help Jeffrey Brown sort out the year’s…

By Joshua Barajas
“Billie,” wants to go beyond the black-and-white — and incomplete — narrative of self-destructive jazz artists.

By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press
This year’s inductees into the National Film Registry include a record number of female directors and filmmakers of color as well as a new crop of movies ranging from a silent short film thriller, classic musicals and an acclaimed Batman…
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