Every year, industry execs flood the streets of Sundance hoping to find the next great filmmaker, temporarily transforming the snow-covered mountains of Utah into the Hollywood hills. Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Sundance shorts draw L.A. film buffs
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Capturing a Community
For the first time in two decades, Outfest is returning to UCLA. The Los Angeles-based showcase for international lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film and video has joined with the renowned UCLA Film and Television Archive to create the Outfest Legacy Project, the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT films in the world. Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Unearthing King Tut
Though he was buried in a vast, treasure-filled tomb, King Tutankhamun probably never would have dreamed that thousands of years later, a comparable sum would be spent to share his story with the world. Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Harry and the Potters tour the nation
What if Harry Potter had a band? And what if Ron and Hermione played backup? Paul DeGeorge had been stewing over this idea when someone yelled out “We love you, Harry Potter!” at a concert for his younger brother Joe, who looks like the boy wizard. Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Absent-minded DJ better than any music
Somewhere between Casino Morongo and the only Burger King in Indio, a part of me died on May 1, 2005. I’m exaggerating, but when you half expect to see the Fox News text crawl reveal which celebrities have developed a taste for human flesh, it’s obvious that hyperbole is now the new black (forget pink, it’s over). Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
Barbarian Invasion
Live and on the air early one Friday afternoon, Malik Gaines, keyboardist for the band My Barbarian, instructs listeners on how to make a homemade percussive instrument. Read more...
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July 24, 9:00 pm
“˜A Good Soldier’ has its moments, but too unreal
Playwright Nicholas Kazan loosely bases his new drama, “A Good Soldier,” on both Sophocles’ “Antigone” and on contemporary events in Iraq. But in the program notes, Kazan also warns his audience that “no attempt has been made to be faithful to either.” Kazan accurately assesses his work. Read more...