Author Archives: Billy Bennight

Billy Bennight

About Billy Bennight

Billy Bennight is a writer and photographer 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 a keen interest in art, fashion, photography, and writing. He shoots celebrity and red-carpet events for ZUMA Press. He is also a member of the Los Angeles Art Association. His images have been published in The Los Angeles Times, People Magazine, Parade, Wall Street Journal, and French Elle, both Vanity Fair and Vanity Fair Italia. He's very engaged in life. You an see more of his work at ZUMA Press at http://zuma.press/srp.html?SRCH=Billy+Bennight&timerange=&viewType=&PDS=&PAGENO=1 You can follow him on his Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/billybennightartist and on Instagram and Twitter @billybennight

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

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

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

“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

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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

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

Posted in Events, Movies, News & Sports, Upcoming Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nude Art LA: Exploring the Nude!

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

Posted in Art, Attractions, Events, Miscellanious, Upcoming Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Aquabats Rally Fans to Save The World by September 1st at 8PM!

The multi EMMY nominated and winning Aquabats have initiated a Kickstarter campaign for their Legion of Righteous Comrades to bring back The Aquabats! Super Show! This is the kind of show the whole family can enjoy. The Aquabats! Super Show! will be … Continue reading

Posted in Events, Miscellanious, Music, News & Sports, Television, Videos | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Movie Review: Madeline’s Madeline: A Surrealist Expressionist Coming of Age Drama

Madeline’s Madeline is part of the independent film movement that embraces surrealism, symbolism and expressionism as a way to tell a story. There is a ‘don’t look away’ visceral sense memory sensibility driving this uniques film. The cinematography is very much a … Continue reading

Posted in Attractions, Miscellanious, Movies, Upcoming Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Movie Review: ‘Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood’

I haven’t read the book, “Full Service,” so I won’t be comparing the book to the movie. I have read Kenneth Anger’s Hollywood Babylon, which I found hilarious, erotic, illuminating and horrifying. I believe Anger’s book is comparable to ”Scotty … Continue reading

Posted in Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We Stole the Fire: Think Tank Gallery x El Silencio Mezcal Partner for Molotov Cocktail

Starting Saturday, August 4, 2018,  from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on RCNSTRCT Studio (7400 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046) you should expect an explosion of artistic expression with “We Stole the Fire” pop-up opening for a three-part immersive program that will … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Events, Miscellanious, Upcoming Events | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment