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Director: Saim Sadiq | Runtime: 127 minutes | Year: 2022 | Rating: UR | Country: Pakistan | Language: Urdu, Punjabi w/ English subtitles | Fiction Genre: Fiction, Drama Tagline: The debut feature from writer-director Saim Sadiq, "JOYLAND" explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager, when in actuality, he is a backup dancer. The unusual position shakes up the steadfast traditional dynamics of his household and enables Haider to break out of his shell. As he acclimates to the new job, Haider becomes infatuated with the strong-willed trans woman Biba (Alina Khan) who runs the show—an unforeseen partnership that opens his eyes and ultimately his worldview, in ways both unexpected and intimate. Critic Quotes: “A storming debut from writer-director Saim Sadiq: emotional, tender, and quietly radical. With any luck, it will herald a new era for Pakistani cinema.” - Empire Magazine “Sadiq's debut impresses with its sensitive storytelling and vibrant visuals.” - Variety “Joyland is such a delicate, intelligent and emotionally rich film. What a debut from Sadiq.” - Guardian Stay Connected on Social Media! Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

From So Say We All, your local literary arts nonprofit, it's the VAMP storytelling show! April's theme is "Plant-Based", and we're welcoming seven performers to the stage to deliver true stories inspired on this month's theme. Join us at the Whistle Stop Bar in South Park for April's show. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You might just get a little hungry. Featuring stories by: • Sarah Sharp • Maggie Frank-Hsu • TJ Tallie • Catherine Tucciarone • David Zafra • Kelly Bowen • Shayna Jurrens Stay Connected on Social Media! So Say We All: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter Whistle Stop Bar: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already under pressure for other problems. Now, a recent poll says 76% of Israelis want him to resign.

At nearly 1,000 pages long, My Name Is Barbra is the ultimate exercise in directorial control, and a celebration of women's authorship.

The military is now allowing troops to serve even if they don't get vaccinated for COVID-19. But how does that impact troops who were discharged for refusing to get the shots before? In other news, a historic memorial is now under construction, honoring San Diegans who died in the early years of the AIDS epidemic before treatments were available. Plus, UC San Diego is trying to make smarter and faster computer chips.

Residents reported strikes in the Gaza's central region, the latest focus of the nearly three-month air and ground war that has now engulfed most of the territory.

After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.

Hamas and Israel agreed to a four-day pause in fighting and to release at least 50 Israeli hostages held in Gaza and 150 Palestinians held by Israel. The official said negotiations "are progressing."

With smaller, fragmented audiences, water-cooler TV moments now are few and far between. But you can scratch that itch on social media, posting about your daily puzzle habit.

There are growing concerns about the risk of conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan. This presentation explores the rising tensions by analyzing three different abstract terms: the pursuit by Beijing of "peaceful" unification with Taiwan; the U.S. commitment to "unofficial" relations with Taiwan; and U.S. opposition to unilateral changes to the "status quo" in the Taiwan Strait. For decades, these terms served as a bargain for maintaining peace and stability, but the agreement was only theoretical, because the United States and China never reached a joint understanding of what these terms mean in practice. Against the backdrop of great power competition, the discrepancies in the U.S. approach has been laid bare, raising the risk that the bargain could unravel entirely and lead to war between the United States and China. Join the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and 21st Century China Center for a talk with Dr. James Lee, assistant research fellow at the Institute of European and American Studies at Academia Sinica in Taiwan and an affiliated researcher at IGCC. His research has been published in International Studies Quarterly, Business and Politics, the Journal of Strategic Studies, the Journal of East Asian Studies, and the Journal of Chinese Political Science. His policy writing has been published in Global Asia, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, East Asia Forum, Political Violence at a Glance, and The Diplomat. He received his Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University in 2018 and subsequently held research positions at the European University Institute in Florence and the University of California, San Diego. In the fall of 2023, he will be an Eisenhower Defense Fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome. Stay Connected on Social Media! Instagram & Twitter