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Movies Till Dawn: Classics
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” (2021, Film Movement) Three stories, told plainly and with the most subtle camerawork, detail the complexities in the axis of dreams, reality, and how we exist in or pursue each as part of our daily … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrow Video, Film Movement, Kino Lorber, Undercrank Productions, Warner Archives Collection
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Book Review: TCM’s “Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics”
The delights of summer and the transformative power of the season are explored in “Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics.” Authored by John Malahy, this new book is part of an ongoing partnership between Turner Classic Movies and Running Hen Press. … Continue reading
Offbeat L.A.: There’s a New State Fair in Town- FREE tickets
What a crazy 16 months it has been with the rollercoaster ride of coronavirus and a long void of anything fun in 2020. The blackhole of social distance may have ebbed & flowed, but we need playtime and human stimulation … Continue reading
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‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’ is a Moving Tribute to a True Iconoclast
Though Anthony Bourdain’s history of depression and substance abuse was well-documented, his talent for joyfully sucking all the marrow out of life made his 2018 suicide a shock. The globetrotting iconoclast’s sharp wit, incisive writing style, and authenticity made him … Continue reading
LA Beat Interview – Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson
As Los Angeles rubs its collective eyes, crawls out into the sun and tries to put the prior era of unpleasantness into the rear view mirror, it feels like a particularly good time to scream. The last year has left … Continue reading
You Can Help Save LA’s Last Chili Bowl-Shaped Restaurant
Businesses shaped like cameras, tamales, coffee pots, a stockinged leg, animals, hats, and more emerged in the 1920s through the 1940s as a quintessentially Los Angeles art form, with a novel charm that attracted customers and gawkers alike. Sadly, most … Continue reading