So Cal Arts & Entertainment

Films from the Baltics get short shrift among foreign language films released in the U.S., so it’s especially satisfying to trumpet the arrival of an extraordinary drama about the Soviet Holocaust (premiering on Film Movement Plus June 11), timed to commemorate the...

The last time I saw “The Producers”(1968), the original version of Mel Brooks’ first and funniest feature film, the writer-director himself prefaced it with a hilarious introduction at the first TCM Classic Film Festival but the film itself did not look good. Happily,...

From vaudeville and radio to movies, television, and far flung outposts across the globe, Bob Hope had one of the longest and most successful careers in show biz. His reputation has faded in the generation since his death at the age of 100 in 2003—even his namesake...

If you haven’t checked out Irish Rep Online’s Theatre @ Home Winter Festival, you’re missing out; happily, it’s been extended through March 7. This series of original digital productions created by Irish Repertory Theatre during the shutdown includes some of the best...

Laurel and Hardy fans haven’t fared too badly during the pandemic. We’ve certainly had plenty to watch. First “The Definitive Restorations”—worth the price of admission for the bonus materials alone—and now “Laurel OR Hardy” (available on Blu-ray from Flicker Alley)....

Three years ago at a film festival in Pordenone, Italy, Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films delighted me with the news he was restoring “The Dybbuk” (1937), arguably the greatest Yiddish film ever made. It’s been a long wait but worth every minute; Serge has topped...

“Outside the Law” (1921) may not one of the better known collaborations between Lon Chaney Sr. and director Tod Browning, but thanks to Kino Lorber—which has one of the more robust catalogs of vintage films today—it looks better than ever on their new Blu-ray and DVD...

The 24th Street Theatre is celebrating Dia de los Muertos online, Monday, Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. PST. Special guests at the virtual festival will include Aztec dance troupe Huitzilopochtli, ballet folklórico Sol de Fuego, and Emmy-winning actor Edward James Olmos. The...