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Billy Bennight

About Billy Bennight

Billy Bennight is a writer, photographer and wardrobe stylist with expertise and years of experience in these disciplines. His musical youth started as a Punk Rocker and has expanded into exploring many genres of music, with an keen interest in art, fashion, photography and writing. He shoots celebrity events and red carpets for The Photo Access and ZUMA Press. He is a member of the Los Angeles Art Association. His images have been published in The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Wall Street Journal and Vanity Fair. He's very engaged in life. You can follow him on his Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/billybennightartist and on Instagram and Twitter @billybennight

Movie Review: ‘Softness of Bodies’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Charlotte Parks lives in Berlin; Charlotte hula hoops; Charlotte is a cyclist, Charlotte is a poet; Charlotte rolls her own cigarettes; Charlotte is a shoplifter and Charlotte is going to face a reckoning . . . maybe, maybe not. Charlotte, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Brian Banks’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Brain Banks‘ story is a familiar and a tragic one that has gotten a lot of attention over the years. Now it’s being told in a major feature directed by Tom Shadyac. Tom Shadyac took on this independent project as director … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘The Chaperone’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Billy Bennight

“The Chaperone” is a creation of Academy Award-nominated actress Elizabeth McGovern and is adapted from the Laura Moriarty novel and the screen play is written by Julian Fellowes, who is best known for writing of the Edwardian drama Downton Abbey. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘In Reality’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Billy Bennight

“In Reality” is a millennial “love story” or really not a “love story” at all, but an analysis, or an observation of the breakdown of what “romantic love” is, is not, and never was as seen by the humorously watchful eye … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Solace’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Sole, played by Hope Olaide Wilson, finds herself untethered from the life she knows after her father’s death. She is subsequently unable to fulfill her dream of going to Africa with her mentor, Keynah, played by Jean Nadine, who has tied Sole … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Spell’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Barak Hardley wrote and starred in this odd, dark, and fanciful slacker thriller/creepy drama. The movie opens with Benny, a comic illustrator played by Barak, randomly arriving in Reykjavik Iceland. There is an air of confusion about why he’s in Reykjavik, but … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘SOCRATES’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Billy Bennight

Socrates is a gritty and emotionally charged Brazilian indie by writer/director Alex Moratto. The plot centers on a a 15 year old boy, Christian Malheiros as Socrates, whose life is forever changed after his mother’s unexpected and inexplicable death in São Paulo’s ghetto of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Saint Judy’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Billy Bennight

“Saint Judy” has a stellar cast of fine actors that include: Leem Lubany as Asefa Ashwari, Common as Benjamin Adebayo, Alfre Woodard as Judge Benton, Alfred Molina as Ray Hernandez and Michelle Monaghan as Judy Wood. Together they bring the real-life story of immigration lawyer Judy Wood to life on … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: ‘Making Montgomery Clift’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival

Posted on September 22, 2018 by Billy Bennight

The Clash’s The Right Profile comes bubbling through my consciousness whenever the topic of screen legend Montgomery Clift—”Monty”—comes up. The jaunty tune easily catches your attention in a sing-a-long fashion, along with references to the dark undertow that accompanies Clift’s … Continue reading →

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Nude Art LA: Exploring the Nude!

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Billy Bennight

It’s time to take it off, I mean, all off! Nude Art LA (NALA) is exploring nudity and “The Nude,” not only in form, but in performance in their second exhibition to be held at Art Share LA in downtown … Continue reading →

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