This PBS documentary enshrining the late Robin Williams’ path into television and film history is a sober reminder of how even the best comics in the world often suffer from intense depressions that, as in this case...
Category - Film
Ash Revell
On location in Borneo shooting “Farewell To The King” – a story by Jeff Ramsey.
Released in 1989, the feature film “Farewell To The King” starred Nick Nolte and was directed by John Milius. Based on the 1969 novel L’Adieu au Roi by Pierre Schoendoerffer, it tells the WWII tale of an American...
Pauline Adamek
“The Theory of Everything” – Los Angeles movie review
Anchored by a superb central performance, The Theory of Everything is a well-executed and moving portrait of Stephen Hawking, a man who refused to let a debilitating disease stop him from finding love, happiness and...
Kurt Gardner
Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection – Los Angeles book review
Ah, L.A. in the mid-1980s — what a magical place. The punk rock scene was going strong, KROQ ruled the radio dial, Elvira’s “Movie Macabre” was a Saturday night must-see on KHJ-TV, and I was working at a down-at...
Czech Film and the Prague Spring – film series at the Getty Center – Los Angeles film review
The Getty is presenting a film series, Czech Film and the Prague Spring, on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, at the Getty Center. This event is FREE (reservations required). Feminism, parody, confrontation...
