Not to get too dialectical about it, but the title "The Young Karl Marx" sounds like a contradiction in terms. We've all seen the image of the venerable Karl Marx, the earth-shattering theorist with the full white beard, the man whose massive, three-volume "Das Kapital" and pamphlet-sized "The..

Legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins is Oscar nominated this year for "Blade Runner 2049" and has 13 prior nominations without a win.

With its grand castles and churches, picturesque cityscapes and long coastline, Portugal boasts the kind of scenery of that would make a Hollywood location scout salivate. But the country hasn’t historically drawn major productions the way France, Britain and even Hungary have. The Portuguese gover..

Our roundup of cultural happenings around Southern California this weekend include the brash comic, Quiara Alegria Hudes' play, plus Mozart's "The Magic Flute," Molière's "The School for Wives" and pianist Garrick Ohlsson.

Frieze Fairs, which manages prestigious art fairs in London and New York, will soon be landing in Los Angeles. Frieze LA, which will feature work from 60 international galleries at Paramount Studios, will kick off in February 2019, the company is expected to announce Thursday. Serving as executive...

In the early 1850s, a woman named Biddy Mason migrated to Southern California with a slave-holding Southerner who thought he owned her. He was wrong. Upon their arrival, Mason sued for her freedom and won. Her image and story introduce visitors to “How Sweet the Sound: Gospel Music in Los Angeles,”..

If writer-producer Michel Grey and director Jason Pagnoni truly wanted to shed light on animal abuse, there was probably a more direct, effective way than within the bounds of such a frantic and dispiriting thriller as “Days of Power.” That’s not to say this cautionary tale of an international...

“Frozen” co-creator Jennifer Lee and her boyfriend, Alfred Molina, sit toward the front of the historic St. James Theatre late Tuesday afternoon for a special dress rehearsal of the new Broadway musical. The production has invited industry people — mostly cast and crew of other Broadway shows,...

“Annihilation,” a mind-bending foray into the unknown from the British writer-director Alex Garland, leaves you in an entrancingly beautiful daze. That may be an odd thing to say about a movie with mutant crocodiles, killer bears and an unflagging sense of menace, but for all its surface perils...