Film

At 94, James Hong is still unstoppable. With more than 650 film and television credits going as far back as the early 1950s, Hong is one of the most prolific actors ever.

  You might have seen actress Didi Conn in film credits including You Light Up My Life (1977), Frida (2002) and the TV series, Benson (1981-85). But it’s more likely you know her as Frenchie, one of the infamous Pink Ladies in the hit film, Grease (1978), which features a memorable scene in which Frankie Avalon sings ‘Beauty School Dropout’ to her.

On the morning of Monday, December 16, 1935, the body of a young woman was found doubled over on the front seat of her chocolate brown 1934 Lincoln Phaeton convertible parked in a garage in Pacific Palisades. Wearing diamond jewelry and dressed in a mauve and silver evening gown and a mink coat, she had seemingly died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

RiverBlue, an unprecedented documentary, made its mark in 2017 highlighting a powerful question: could fashion possibly save the planet? It portrayed some incredibly stunning, yet at times, shocking images that left us forever changed by the way we look at fashion, and fixated on the impact that the clothes we wear have on our climate and planet. Perhaps the most shocking element in the film is the exposure to the gloomy side of the consumer’s beloved blue jeans.

There has been a Laemmle in the movie business literally almost since there has ever been a movie industry. After quitting his job in his late 30s and buying up a series of nickelodeons before then transitioning into the film rental and distribution markets, Carl Laemmle challenged Thomas Edison’s monopoly on moving pictures, and in 1912 co-founded Universal Pictures.

April 22nd is Earth Day, a momentous occasion to celebrate and raise awareness about environmental issues. So many great movies and documentaries can educate and inspire people to take action toward a more sustainable future.

In 1976, when Brazil was torn and bitterly divided politically, I picked up my old knapsack and joined a group of young journalists who decided to see the magnificent universe born from the Amazon River, its affluents, and forests within forests. The most important source of clean water, rich soil, never-ending waves of trees and grass, and masses of birds, snakes, butterflies, jaguars, and monkeys.

Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire takes viewers on a journey with the top experts from across the nation to better understand wildfire. The film begins with the harrowing escape from Paradise, California on November 8, 2018, after the town ignited from wind-driven embers and burned within a few hours of the fire’s start- and continues on to revisit more recent record-shattering fires.

Twenty-five years ago, Reed Harkness began making short adventure films with his father’s Super 8 camera starring his 11-year-old younger half-brother, Sam. Eventually, the pair decided to film their 2,000-mile road trip to solve a family mystery: Sam’s missing mother.

Mankind is confronted with a shocking reality: everywhere plants are starting to wilt away. This is an apocalyptic threat.