This weekend, many will celebrate Easter around the world, and here in the United States, Sunday, March 31, is also known as Cesar Chavez Day. Today, filmmaker Luis Valdez shares his early years and friendship with Cesar, and how he went from the picket line to having three films on the National Film Registry.
A collection of sounds effects from the California Radio Historical Society provides a glimpse into the the “golden age of radio” in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
STRANGE DAYS (Lightstorm Entertainment / 20th Century Fox, 1995). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks. With Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Vincent D’Onofrio, Michael Wincott. (145 min, color, widescreen, 35mm archival print from the Copyright Collection, R-rated). On the eve of the 21st century, in war-torn Los Angeles, …
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (2023) may be the longest and most comprehensive film ever made about the "father of the atomic bomb,” but today we look at several films on the National Film Registry that set a narrative on how the American people should behave and respond in Oppenheimer's atomic age.