Shen Yun 2018 Touring show celebrates 5,000 years of Chinese culture. Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, 450 N. College Way, Claremont. Sun., 1 and 6 p.m. Also, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tue., 7:30 p.m.; Wed., 2 p.m.; Thu., 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Fri., 8 p.m.;...

Hello! I'm Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Last week, we mentioned the conversation around representation, appropriation and appreciation in Wes Anderson’s new “Isle of Dogs.” This week Justin Chang, Jen Yamato and I sat down t..

L.A. Times critic Justin Chang questions why so many Christian-themed films come up short creatively and which film work, no matter if the audience is made up of believers or atheists.

Myanmar might seem an odd locale for comedy, yet it proves the ideal setting for Wendy Graf’s lighthearted romance “Unemployed Elephants” at the Little Victory Theatre. The play centers on the unlikely, frequently wacky interactions between her two protagonists, played by Brea Bee and Marshall...

The annual FYF Fest began as a scrappy punk show held at a small rock club in Echo Park. This year one of the event’s headliners will be Janet Jackson. An unlikely choice? Not according to the woman who booked FYF. “The evolution of Janet’s career and what it allowed and inspired other artists...

This weekend: Center Theatre Group's "Block Party" kicks of with "Bloodletting"; the musical drama "Evangeline, the Queen of Make-Believe" plays at Plaza de la Raza; and Shen Yun Performing Arts returns to SoCal. Also, ancient past comes alive at LACMA and the Getty.

The female melodrama was one of the foremost genres of classical Hollywood filmmaking, reaching its heyday in the 1940s. These days, stories of complex women and their complicated private lives are unfortunately few and far between, though filmmaker Tyler Perry has never been afraid to plunge into....

The promise of new love meets the thrill of new sounds on “Golden Hour,” Kacey Musgraves’ knockout of a third studio album. “Kiss full of color makes me wonder where you’ve always been,” the 29-year-old country star sings in “Butterflies,” before adding, “I was hiding in doubt till you brought...