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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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"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 ...

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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 ...

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The Motherf*cker with the Hat - Theatre Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Stephen Adly Guirgis's dark comedic play about obsessions, love, addiction and betrayal is directed by NAACP award-winner and veteran actress Gloria Gifford at her Conservatory's new home in Hollywood. The dark comedic and ...

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Puzzle - Film Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Kelly MacDonald and Irrfan Khan in Sony Picture Classics "Puzzle." When we meet Agnes, she is waiting on the guests at her own birthday party like a listless servant. If it weren't for one iPhone, this suburban blue-collar household ...

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Famous - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Alexander Daly (Ryan), Thomas McNamara (Brody), and Christopher Dietrick (Jason) in Famous at the 11:11. Photo by Genevieve Marie Photography Jason Mast, teen actor turned Hollywood megastar, has just received his first Oscar ...

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Groundlings Family Road Trip - Comedy Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin I've been going to the Groundlings for at least ten years and I'm still blown away by what they do. The Groundlings is an improvisation and sketch comedy theatre that was founded by Gary Austin in 1974. A 'Groundling' is one of the 30 ...

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Mission: Impossible - Fallout - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible - Fallout Photo Credit: Paramount Pictures - © 2018 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. In Mission: Impossible - Fallout, we find Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and the IMF team joining forces with CIA ...

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Arrival & Departure - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Deanne Bray and Troy Kotsur Photo by Ed Krieger The stage is a constant whirl of motion and noise in Arrival & Departure, the new romantic drama at the Fountain Theatre. The set is a reproduction of a classic New York subway ...

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Cry It Out at the Atwater Village Theatre - Theatre Review

Posted By Kathy Flynn

By Kathy Flynn Megan Ketch and Jackie Chung Photo by Darrett Sanders Anyone who has been through the changes motherhood brings will relate to Cry it Out, Echo Theater Company's dark-edged comedy about two new moms and the friendship that forms ...

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On Your Feet - Theatre Review

Posted By Bill Garry

By Bill Garry Mauricio Martinez as Emilio Estefan and Christie Prades as Gloria Estefan and Company, ON YOUR FEET! Photo © Matthew Murphy On Your Feet, the musical now playing at the Pantages, starts at 110% and never lets up. Chronicling the life of ...

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"Sharp Objects" Debuts on HBO - Television Review

Posted By Valerie Milano

By Valerie Milano Sharp Objects, a new eight-part HBO mini-series based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name, launched on Sunday, July 8th, 2018. The psychological thriller was created by Marti Noxon and directed by Jean-Marc Vallé. Golden ...

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Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot - Film Review

Posted By Joan Alperin

By Joan Alperin Joaquin Phoenix and Jonah Hill in "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot," opening July 13. Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot is the story of the crazy, self-destructive, but always fascinating and engaging cartoonist and ...

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