Blog Posts in August 2018


Getting Started and One Way Street - Short Film Reviews Posted By Valerie Milano Getting Started and One Way Street are Andrea Meyerson's Funny, and Touching Views on Modern Romance by Valerie Milano Andrea Meyerson views the world a certain way; and it shows through in her films, and in her public demeanor. She seems to ... Continue reading » Permalink
Prince Pre Fame: The Photographs of Robert Whitman - Book Review Posted By Valerie Milano By Valerie Milano PRINCE Pre-Fame The Photographs of Robert Whitman Introduction by Spike Lee Prince Pre-Fame is a marvelous collection of photographs from the first professional photo shoot of Prince. Robert Whitman was the photographer and soon ... Continue reading » Permalink
The Taste LA at Paramount Studios Backlot Posted By Joan Alperin By Joan Alperin The Taste is my favorite event of the year, mostly because I think of myself as a foodie. This festival is all about the food and the talented people that create it. According to the Los Angeles Times, who put on this fabulous event, ... Continue reading » Permalink
Street Food Cinema's "Xanadu" at Pan-Pacific Park Posted By Kathy Flynn By Kathy Flynn Xanadu at Pan-Pacific Park Photo by Kathy Flynn Street Food Cinema has been providing exceptional outdoor movie experiences since 2012. With their high definition, 50' screen and QSC speakers, they bring the best in contemporary and ... Continue reading » Permalink
Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood - Theatre Review Posted By Stana Milanovich By Stana Milanovich The company of Theatre of NOTE's West Coast premiere production of MARIAN, OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD PHOTO CREDIT: Darrett Sanders Theater of Note presents the delightful Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, as the ... Continue reading » Permalink
If I Leave Here Tomorrow - A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd Posted By Che Zuro By Ché Zuro For anyone who grew up listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, loving the band, hearing about their plane crash in 1977, or who is just a history and music buff, this documentary is for you! If I Leave Here Tomorrow is the newest film by Stephen ... Continue reading » Permalink
Soaking Up The Horror with Blood Fest - Film Review Posted By Valerie Milano By Valerie Milano Let's review some of the key elements in what is required to ensure survival in a scene straight out of a horror movie: Don't split up. Don't chant anything in Latin. Don't get naked. Never be alone with a doll. Welcome to the ... Continue reading » Permalink
Jews, Christians, and Screwing Stalin at the Matrix Theatre - Theatre Review Posted By Kathy Flynn By Kathy Flynn As the play begins, the ghostly Zayde Murray appears, explaining that what you are about to see is "your typical Jewish kitchen-table comedy filled with bitterness, anger, sarcasm and love." And really, nothing I can say here will can ... Continue reading » Permalink
Meet the Playwrights: Mark Lonow and Jo Anne Astrow of 'Jews, Christians, and Screwing Stalin' Posted By Kathy Flynn By Kathy Flynn Mark Lonow, co-owner of the legendary Improv comedy club, and his wife, Jo Anne Astrow, a stand-up comedian and personal manager, are co-writers of Jews, Christians and Screwing Stalin, the outrageous new comedy inspired by Mark and Jo ... Continue reading » Permalink
Out & About with Susan Hornik - August 2018 Posted By Susan Hornik Stuff'd Dumplings As an Eastern European woman, dumplings are in my soul. Whenever I am back In New York, I always end up back in the East Village, my old stomping grounds and indulge in the local Polish restaurant. But back in LA, I was ... Continue reading » Permalink
You Are Perfect - Theatre Review Posted By Valerie Milano By Valerie Milano Kristin Samuelson, Michael Wiener, and Lindsay Danielle Gitter, in YOU ARE PERFECT Convicted Manson Family member Susan Atkins is the focus of the critically-acclaimed off-Broadway production, YOU ARE PERFECT, starring Lindsay ... Continue reading » Permalink
The CW Network Brings Out Its Best at TCA Posted By Valerie Milano By Valerie Milano CW's presentation to the collected media of the Television Critics Association consisted of shows about to debut and one of its best on its way out. CW's ever-consistent dependence on superheroes and supernatural characters is now ... Continue reading » Permalink
BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee's Timely Masterpiece Posted By Joan Alperin By Joan Alperin Adam Driver and John David Washington © 2018 Focus Featurs LLC. All rights reserved. Spike Lee's brilliant, powerful and extremely timely BlacKkKlansman, is one of the most important films of 2018. This is the true story of an ... Continue reading » Permalink
Waitress - Theatre Review Posted By Kathy Flynn B y Kathy Flynn Charity Angél Dawson, Desi Oakley, and Lenne Klingman in Waitress Photo by Joan Marcus. Waitress, now playing at the Hollywood Pantages, is a story about female friendship and empowerment and taking what life gives you and making the ... Continue reading » Permalink
Colette - Film Review Posted By Valerie Milano By Valerie Milano Keira Knightly Photo by Robert Viglasky © 2018 BLEECKER STREET. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Colette, the story of celebrated French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, is a biopic of her life from the beginning of her marriage to the much ... Continue reading » Permalink
X Ambassadors at the 2018 Grove Summer Concert Series Posted By Kathy Flynn By Kathy Flynn Singer Sam Harris, drummer Adam Levin, and keyboard player Casey Harris of X Ambassadors at the Grove's 2018 Summer Concert Series Photo by Kathy Flynn Indie rockers X Ambassadors played The Grove's central courtyard Wednesday night as ... Continue reading » Permalink
The Secret Lives of Teachers - Short Film Review Posted By Bill Garry By Bill Garry Judith Eisenberg When Miss Faulker is patrolling the halls, students better watch out. In her sensible brown shoes and her prim brown pantsuit, Muriel Faulkner is the very model of a repressed high school Home Ec teacher. She does not ... Continue reading » Permalink
"Mayakovsky and Stalin" perfectly dehumanizes its own themes Posted By Victor Kong By Victor Kong Daniel Dorr and Laura Liguori as Mayakovsky and Lilya Photo by Ed Krieger It is inevitable that there be no more apt moment in time to evaluate our reflections of the Stalinist regime than today. In understanding Russia and its ... Continue reading » Permalink
Under Milk Wood - Theatre Review Posted By Rachel Flanagan By Rachel Flanagan Bruce A. Dickinson and Ensemble Photo by Darrett Sanders "To begin at the beginning: It is spring, moonless night in the small town" and with that, Dylan Thomas draws you into a day in the life of the residents of a small Welsh ... Continue reading » Permalink