Adaptation of Rudolfo Anaya’s Classic Novel Looks Pretty, Lacks Depth Review by Deborah Klugman Rudolfo Anaya’s coming of age novel Bless Me, Ultima, was published in 1972 at a time when cultural and racial barriers...
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Deborah Klugman
“Night” a stunning documentary – Los Angeles film report
::STOP PRESS:: Use discount code: NIGHT0213 For online ticket purchases here. More info on TONIGHT’S screening below. A prize-winning 82 minute documentary by Australian filmmaker Lawrence Johnston, “Night,” was...
Pauline Adamek
“Eternity” – a filmic tribute to a Sydney ghost by Lawrence Johnston
For almost half a century (between 1932 ’till the late 60s) a single word would appear beautifully inscribed on the streets of Sydney. It was always the same, written in yellow chalk in perfectly elegant copperplate...
“Gangster Squad” – on-set interviews with the stars
Pin striped suits, fedoras and tommy guns – Hollywood’s latest addition to its film noir canon is Gangster Squad, featuring a prestigious and mostly macho cast led by Sean Penn as sinister mob boss Mickey Cohen. The...
Promised Land – Los Angeles film review
Timely Film Keeps Some but not All of its Promise Promised Land isn’t a great film but it is a good one, with a timely narrative that deals in the immediate sense with the pros and cons of fracking and, in a broader...