Paris Chansons is a delightful ensemble of singers and musicians who present authentic French and Russian musical entertainment in an intimate lounge setting. Currently playing around town, I caught a recent show, Paris...
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Pauline Adamek
Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful – Photography exhibition at the Getty Museum – Los Angeles art photography review
Now on view at the Getty Museum, until March 22, is Josef Koudelka: Nationality Doubtful — the first major retrospective in the US of the Czech-born photographer’s work that spans close to several decades of his largely...
“Disconnection” – Los Angeles theater review
Scientology, as a religion and as a semi-cult, has been earning censure since it was first launched in 1953, thanks to its dubious connections to the norms of religion: belief in a strong afterlife and the ability of...
Ash Revell
Pierre Huyghe Retrospective at LACMA – Arts Reporting as Embedded Journalism – Los Angeles art exhibition review
I stand at the mouth of the gallery. It gapes. And still I stand. I have been hired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to announce each patron’s name as they walk in. “Susan Choi!” “Douglas Martini” “Yi Sun Kim!” A...
“A Most Violent Year” – Los Angeles movie review
The year writer/director J.C. Chandor refers to in the title of his excellent new film is 1981, a time when New York City was literally awash in crime. But in A Most Violent Year, the filmmaker takes what could have...
Kurt Gardner