Indie Films Dec 26-29

Posted By Suzanne

DOC HOLIDAY: ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO YOU; STARTS DECEMBER 26 Arena Cinema Hollywood presents a four-day festival of documentaries beginning the day after Christmas. The Look of Silence. Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. Produced ...

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Indie Films Dec 18-24

Posted By Suzanne

STINKING HEAVEN, SOLITARY, THE WORLD OF KANAKO, ANGUISH BEGIN EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD ON DECEMBER 18 Stinking Heaven. Directed by Nathan Silver. Written by Silver, Jack Dunphy, Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross and Keith Poulson. ...

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NFMLA Film Fest December 12th

Posted By Suzanne

Akash Director: Sri Charan Faced with her bible abiding, hard working father's failing health and his inability to provide for her education, eight-year-old Bargavi learns the ways of courage and hope by giving us an unapologetic and honest account ...

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Indie Films Dec 11-17

Posted By Suzanne

ALMOST THERE, ORION: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, CLOSE RANGE, THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT: EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS START DECEMBER 11 AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD Almost There. Directed by Dan Rybicky. Produced by Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden. Color, 2015, ...

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A Night at the Sands - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell with Photos by Chuck Jones. A video Review: https://vimeo.com/146518209 Lucy takes control of the stage to the chagrin of Ricky. A night at the Sands from Creative Artist Studios is more than a theatrical event, it is an ...

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Front Door Open - Theatre Review

Posted By Erin Fair

Review by Erin Fair David Selby and Joanna Miles. Photo by Ed Krieger Front Door Open is a play about an agoraphobic woman named Eleanor and how it affects her surrounding family. She hasn't left her house in years and is comfortable with it due to ...

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Love and Information - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Review by Suzanne Birrell (l-r) Dan Via, Melina Bielefelt, Cindy Nguyen, Michael Evans Lopez, Sarah Rosenberg, Alexander Wells, Daniel Getzoff, Betsy Moore, Ashley Steed. Photo by Mainak Dhar Love and Information a dexterous montage written by award ...

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Women w/o Walls - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

Reviewed by Rachel Flanagan Kristin Carey and Esther Mira. Photo by Alex Moy Women w/o Walls is a new twist on the story of Charon the ferryman on the River Styx as he transports the dead to a final resting place. Using concepts from both Dante's ...

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Prairie-Oke Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

A review by Bill Garry (L-R) Amy Procacci (Mrs. Moleson) and Drew Droege (Mellie Moleson). Photo by Dan Whitlock There's a boisterous party going on in a Silver Lake basement and, if you're lucky enough to score tickets and get past Mr. Dan, the ...

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Entertainment - Film Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

Review by Rachel Flanagan In 2012, director Rick Alverson delivered the 2012 Sundance competition entry The Comedy to audiences who found it anything but a comedy. Instead, the film was a tragic case study of a thirty-something slacker leading a ...

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Toys: A Dark Fairytale - Theatre Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

A Review by Rachel Flanagan Julia Ubrankovics & Tunde Skovran Toys: A Dark Fairytale is anything but your average run of the mill fairytale. Instead, it is a dark story of two young women who grew up in two completely different worlds but come to ...

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The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek- Theatre Review

Posted By Erin Fair

A Review by Erin Fair "The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek" begins as the story of real-life "outsider artist" Nukain Mabuza, (Thomas Silcott) is forced to face his legacy as a painter, a person, and a black man in 1980s South Africa. With him is a ...

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One Cut, One Life - Film Review

Posted By Rachel Flanagan

By Rachel Flanagan. Ed Pincus was well-known as a pioneer to first person documentary films. One Cut, One Life is one last film Ed made with Lucia Small, who had previously collaborated on an earlier film, "The Axe in the Attic" (2007). The film is a ...

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Indie Films Nov 6 - Nov 17

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nascreen.com I REMEMBER YOU: EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STARTS NOVEMBER 13 AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD I Remember You. Written and directed by Claudia Sparrow. Produced by Leandro Marini, Maria Valentina Bove, James Cotten and Bradley Smith. From Indie ...

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The Exit Intervview (An Existential Comedy) -Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

A review by Suzanne Birrell. Davey Johnson and Catie LeOrisa If Ionesco is your cup of tea, you will definitely enjoy The Exit Interview (An Existential Comedy) now playing at the Lounge Theatre in Hollywood. The Exit Interview is wacky fun, ...

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ANNIE - Theatre Review

Posted By Suzanne Birrell

Review by Suzanne Birrell (l to r) Isabel Wallach as Duffy, Lilly Mae Stewart as Molly, LillyBea Ireland as Tessie, Issie Swickle as Annie, Angelina Carballo as July, Sydney Shuck as Kate and Adia Dant as Pepper in "It's The Hard Knock Life" Little ...

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Oscar's Hollywood

Posted By Oscar Arslanian

Hollywood Leads the Way. Watching Kilroy Realty's Columbia Square and Hudson Pacific's Hollywood Icon take shape on Sunset Blvd. is easy because of their highly visible locations. Equally impressive, however, is J.H. Snyder's $138 million, 244,000 ...

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From the Editor

Posted By Nyla Arslanian

Can someone tell me why there's always the "good news and bad news"? There was good news for our businesses with summer tourism up but not so good for traffic or for our hillside neighbors who were inundated with visitors armed with GPS and smart ...

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The Emperer's New Clothes- Theatre Review

Posted By Jen Brown

A review by Jen Brown. Lukas Bailey as the Emperor, James Patrick Cronin as Ronald, Julie McKay as Princess Felicity, Kathy Garrick as Beatrice. Presented by Storybook Theatre. Photo Credit: David P. Johnson. What do you get when you combine a sweet ...

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Indie films Oct 28-Nov 6

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EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS START OCTOBER 28 AT ARENA CINEMA HOLLYWOOD: THE CREEPING GARDEN, BARE, AT GRANNY'S HOUSE; TOKYO TRIBE HELD OVER The Creeping Garden. Directed and produced by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp. From 108 Media. Color, 2015, U.K., 81 ...

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