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Extras: ESSENTIAL FOOTBALL MOVIES FROM THE ’00S THAT EVERY FAN NEEDS TO SEE
ESSENTIAL FOOTBALL MOVIES FROM THE ’00S THAT EVERY FAN NEEDS TO SEE The world of football is a common subject for hit blockbuster movies and these are some of the very best There’s nothing quite like a movie filled with nonstop gridiron action. American football and the topics which surround it have been themes in…
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Film: ROBIN FROHARDT’S PLASTIC BAG STORE: THE FILM (World Premiere from CAP UCLA)
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance presents for free the world premiere of Plastic Bag Store: The Film on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 7pm PT. This performance will be free to enjoy on CAP UCLA. Created by award-winning Brooklyn-based artist, puppet designer and director Robin Frohardt, The Plastic Bag Store was conceived as an immersive installation and puppet-theater…
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Theater/Film Review: COCK (Studio Theatre in D.C.)
I FOUND THE PERFECT COCK. NOW SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE IT. D.C.’s Studio Theatre production of Cock is a most successful outing in the world of pandemic theater — that which is filmed as a theater piece but without an audience, and with actors at a physical distance. While COVID-19 has halted live theater…
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Book Review: VITAGRAPH: AMERICA’S FIRST GREAT MOTION PICTURE STUDIO (Andrew A. Erish)
VITAL VITAGRAPH This is the story of two motion picture pioneers, but their names are not Griffith, Chaplin, or any of the usual suspects found in the history books. J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith were prime movers in the film world of their time, but are forgotten today, mainly because others who came…
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Film: NEW RELEASES (Film Movement Plus)
Though TS Eliot once said “April is the cruelest month,” leading independent SVOD service, Film Movement Plus actively seeks to change that notion with EIGHT exclusive streaming premieres not found on any other streaming service, including the Independent Spirit Award-nominated OH LUCY!, a 98% Rotten Tomatoes comedy starring Josh Hartnett and Shinobu Terajima and Rubika…
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Opera / Film: RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: THE MAKING OF A WESTERN OPERA (Quantum Leap Productions)
A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT THEATRE STARRING PETER COYOTE PREMIERES VIRTUALLY MARCH 25 – APRIL 11, 2021 Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera, a documentary film that celebrates the artistry of live theatre, will be presented by Quantum Leap Productions as an online benefit to support creative professionals out of work…
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Film: 93RD OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
THE OSCARS SET TO AIR LIVE, APRIL 25, 2021, ON ABC Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Oscars ® nominations today (March 15), live from London, via a global live stream on Oscar.com and Oscars.org, the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media. Academy members from each of…
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Film: LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA (directed by Raquel Cepeda)
LA MADRINA: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF LORINE PADILLA Available for viewing NOW through March 28th at the Athena Film Festival! Lorine Padilla (On Chair), Millie Cubero (L), Elizabeth Maldonado (C), Miriam JJ Bentacourt (R). Photo by Henry Chalfant. La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla is a feature length documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former “First Lady”…
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Book Review: MEAN. . . MOODY. . . MAGNIFICENT! JANE RUSSELL AND THE MARKETING OF A HOLLYWOOD LEGEND (Christina Rice)
HARDLY AN AVERAGE JANE The Hollywood Golden Age biography market is glutted with studies of Crawford, Davis, Dietrich, Hepburn, Hepburn, Monroe, Taylor and their peers. Is there anything left to say about these fabled creatures? The answer in most cases is a resounding “No!” Consequently, many writers are now exploring less well-trodden paths, and it’s…
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Book Review: JAYNE MANSFIELD: THE GIRL COULDN’T HELP IT (Eve Golden)
A BUST OF PERSONALITY “Ladies and Gentlemen, here they are, Jayne Mansfield.” Talk-show host Jack Paar allegedly paid his writer Dick Cavett $5,000 for that line and it pretty much says it all. He was of course referring to Ms. Mansfield’s celebrated twin assets, but as Eve Golden reveals in this ferociously readable biography, there…
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Film: HAVEN’T READ, BUT WILL SEE THAT
THE BEST FILM ADAPTATIONS OF THE CLASSICS Most of the time, when you ask someone how a movie was that’s based on a book that they’ve read before, you’ll hear them say that the book was better. This is the case in most of today’s movie adaptations, where a long and brilliantly written novel is…
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Book Review: A CHRONOLOGY OF FILM: A CULTURAL TIMELINE AFROM THE MAGIC LANTERN TO NETFLIX (Ian Haydn Smith)
THE HISTORY OF CINEMA IS A HISTORY OF US In A Chronology of Film, Ian Haydn Smith takes on the history of Cinema (and incidentally the history of the world) from the late nineteenth century to the present. As befits the recounting of a primarily visual medium, the book is a visual treat with a…
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Extras: MOVIES WITH HISTORICALLY ACCURATE COSTUMES
Filmmakers taking on the re-telling of historical events rely on hours of in-depth research to produce a film with unwavering historical accuracy from the moment the movie title flashes across the screen to the second the credits roll. Film buffs and average-Joe audience members agree that historical accuracy is vital to creating a story that…
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Dance/Film: DANCE CAMERA WEST DRIVE-IN (The Broad Stage at Santa Monica College Bundy Campus)
DANCE AT THE DRIVE-IN A unique drive-in experience showcasing the very best dance films from around the world is headed to the Santa Monica College Bundy Campus – East Parking Lot. Each film will make its World, United States and/or Los Angeles premiere. The Drive-In programs are a unique selection of top-ranked dance films of…
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Film Screening and Q&A: DISCLOSURE (with Laverne Cox, Sam Feder & Amy Scholder; Hammer Museum)
YANCE FORD MODERATES Q&A PRIOR TO SCREENING with Laverne Cox, Sam Feder & Amy Scholder Beginning today, January 19 at 5pm PST, L.A.’s Hammer Museum will present a free screening of Sam Feder’s Disclosure on demand. Before the screening, producer and director Yance Ford moderates a Q&A with Disclosure director Sam Feder, producer Amy Scholder, and Emmy Award winner Laverne Cox. The…
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DVD Review: EALING STUDIOS COMEDY COLLECTION (Blu-Ray in HD from Film Movement Classics)
FOUR VEDDY BRITISH COMEDIES There was a bright, shining moment in the history of British film and it wore the banner: Ealing. The Ealing studios have been in operation since 1902, making them the oldest, still operating studios in the world. Their most recent productions include the popular series Beecham House, and the remake of Murder on…
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Review: RIDING THE RAILS (American Experience)
RAILING AGAINST DEPRESSION Being a lover of railroads, especially railroad travel, I still remember this absorbing documentary from PBS’s American Experience. Back in 1998, I learned of the teenagers who rode the rails during The Depression, and it left an indelible mark on me. That aching search. The adventure. Strangely, it has been hard to…
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Preview: FILMS.DANCE (Jacob Jonas Dance Company with The Soraya, The Wallis, Los Angeles, and The Harris, Chicago)
CONNECTING ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD Here comes Films.Dance, an extremely ambitious and most promising global project from one of the hottest leaders in dance. This stunningly shot series exists at the intersection of music composition, dance choreography, visual arts, fashion, and film. So while the curtain is down, L.A.-based Jacob Jonas The Company is…
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Film Festival: FILM MAUDIT 2.0 (Highways Performance Space)
APPLAUDING MAUDIT Starting tomorrow January 12, 2021, and running through January 24, you’ll find online for free a treasure trove showcase of genre-driven cinema at the Second Annual Film Maudit festival, 2.0, inspired by the legendary artist Jean Cocteau’s 1949 festival, Festival Du Film Maudit, which celebrated a group of films that were sadly overlooked…
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Extras: SIX INCREDIBLE MUSICALS YOU MUST WATCH IN YOUR LIFETIME
6 INCREDIBLE MUSICALS YOU MUST WATCH IN YOUR LIFETIME Unlike Disney musicals watched by millions of kids and die-hard Disney fans, standard, non-animated musicals find it harder to attain massive popularity and success in the 21st century. Today, traditional musicals are much rarer than they were a few decades ago, and many of these rely…
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