what’s screening; L.A. raises curtain on the world of film; May spotlights diversity in cinema, with festivals on Jewish, Mexican, Asian Pacific and South East European movies

You don’t have to leave Los Angeles to see the world this month. The L.A. Asian Pacific Film Festival, Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and South East European Film Festival Los Angeles all start today. And if that’s not enough, the Hola Mexico Film Fest starts May 9. All told, these events will bring a dazzling, dizzying and diverse slate of movies to a town stereotypically known for being interested in its own Hollywood commercial product to the exclusion of everything else in the cinematic world...