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Category: Black Heritage Month

January 20, 2018 Jana J. Monji

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ‘Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart’ ✮✮✮✮

November 24, 2016 Jana J. Monji

AFI FEST 2016: ‘Carmen Jones’ ✭✭✭

November 7, 2016November 7, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise’

October 10, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Roots’ 2016✭✭✭, ‘Django’ and #BlackLivesMatter

October 10, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

Remembering Robert Shaw and the 1989 ‘Glory’✭✭✭✭✭

October 7, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘The Birth of a Nation’ Continues Legacy of Controversy✭✭✭

September 21, 2016October 31, 2016 Jana J. Monji

‘Free State of Jones’ an Important, But Flawed Film ✭✭✭

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  • ‘Jojo Rabbit’: Bouncing Black Comedy About a Boy and His Hero–Hitler☆☆☆☆☆ October 19, 2019
    When you watched “The Producers,” did you ever think something like “Springtime for Hitler” was possible? “Jojo Rabbit” isn’t a musical , but it is  a comedy about a boy and his hero and imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, and growing up and surviving treacherous times. “Jojo Rabbit” isn’t a Mel Brooks movie nor is it […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Native American Heritage Month Movie List 2019 October 16, 2019
    What movies should you watch for Indigenous Peoples’ Day?  Inspired by last year’s PBS mini series, the four-part documentary “Native America,” I asked the experts, from the first Native American actor to receive an Academy Award to the first Native American to earn a Pulitzer Prize to a first-time feature filmmaker, local activists and the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Dolemite’ Is F-Bombing Historic Dynamite ☆☆☆☆ October 16, 2019
    No, geologists and rockhounds, the title is not misspelled. Dolomite may be a mineral, but Dolemite with two e’s instead of two o’s is the pimp alter ego of Rudy Ray Moore (1927-2008) and if you haven’t heard of him, “Dolemite Is My Name” is an obscenely (R-rated) entertaining Netflix biopic starring Eddie Murphy that […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’–A Tale of Much Maligned Fairy and Mayhem to Marriage ☆☆ October 16, 2019
    Remember when Sleeping Beauty was an example of how disastrous improper etiquette could be at formal occasions? If you thought your drunk uncle telling bawdy jokes were bad at your wedding, at least your first-born daughter wasn’t cursed by a snubbed fairy or sorceress. There are also likely language teachers who are despairing that the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Latino Heritage Month Last Chance October 12, 2019
    National Hispanic Heritage Month officially ends on a Tuesday (Oct. 15), but that doesn’t mean the party has to end for you. John Leguizamo’s Tony nominated show “Latin History for Morons” continues its run at the Ahmanson until Oct. 20 (Sunday) before it heads on to Seattle, Washington, Oakland and Chicago. On Saturday, Oct. 19, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Diversity in Nineteen Nineteen October 11, 2019
    As an Asian American, it was hard walking through the Huntington Library’s centennial celebratory exhibition, “Nineteen Nineteen.” The curators made an effort for diversity, citing the limitations of the Henry and Arabella Huntington’s interests, they were able to add books referencing African American soldiers returning from World War I and even included th […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Gemini Man’: Double Will Smith Not Worth the Trouble☆☆ October 11, 2019
    Do you remember those Double Mint commercials? They always suggested that twins were double the fun. “Gemini Man” doesn’t actually feature twins, but through the grace of CGI, Will Smith plays both the world’s premiere hitman and his younger clone.  In this action thriller, it’s more double or nothing and we get nothing. I love […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Lucy in the Sky’: Psycho But Not Psychedelic or Good ☆☆ October 11, 2019
    Natalie Portman is the titular “Lucy in the Sky” and her Lucy does have at least the kind of diamond that comes with an engagement and wedding ring, but Lucy’s marital status proves to be of little matter. Her perspective isn’t psychedelic nor does she profess a special love for the Beatles, but her changed […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Joker’: The Porosity of Joaquin Phoenix ☆☆☆☆ October 11, 2019
    How you like this new version “Joker,” depends on how you like your comics. If you like fantasy that departs from reality where a millionaire can be raised by his butler and villains can look like flightless fowl, then you won’t like this version. If you like a sanitized version of the world and don’t […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • 6 Things Downton Abbey Teaches Us October 4, 2019
    After watching all six series/seasons of “Downton Abbey” and seeing the film, I learned some surprising things beyond I want to grow old and be feisty as Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham. I sorely miss both Matthew Crawley (Dan Stevens) and his spirited, unconventional cousin, Sybil Crawley (Jessica Brown Findlay), but wonder where those […] […]
    Jana J. Monji
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