If you’re not a Woody Allen fan – and I am not – you may have trouble relating to writer/director Sophie Lellouche’s pleasant if uninspiring chick flick whose hook – the main character’s obsession with the famously...
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Deborah Klugman
“Violeta Went to Heaven” – a portrait of an Chilean Icon – Los Angeles film review
For most of its running time, Violeta Went to Heaven plays out as an engaging although not quite intimate biopic – an illuminative portrait of Chilean singer and artist Violeta Parra (Francisca Gavilán), whose music...
“Bless Me, Ultima” – Los Angeles film review
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...
“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...