"Ain't Them Bodies Saints,” as its honky-tonk title implies, is a sort of western. The film opts for a Terrence Malick-esque approach in order to assure skeptics that, at its core, it's just a good, old American art film pretending to be a western. Read more...
Photo: “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” is an independent drama fim directed by David Lowery, and follows the tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison.
Judy Gold is a 6-foot-3-inch lesbian Jewish mother of two in New York’s Upper West Side and all she’s ever dreamed of is having her own sitcom. The premise is promising, but Gold's act is neither insightful nor funny. Read more...
Photo: Emmy Award winning actress and comedian, Judy Gold stars in the West Coast premiere production of her own memoir entitled “The Judy Show” directed by Amanda Charlton, now playing at the Geffen Playhouse.
As the day wears on, the gardens and lawns of UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library transform into an unorthodox yet intimate theater stage, where audiences picnic through a scandalous 19th-century birthday party set on the library's spacious grounds. Read more...
Photo: Amielynn Abellera and Brian Slaten play Lady Windermere and Lord Darlington respectively in UCLA’s William Andrews Clark Memorial Library’s modern retelling of Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan,” as part of the new outdoor theater series.
After graduating from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television in 2007, Nora Kirkpatrick dove right into the two aspects of Hollywood she is most passionate about: film and music. Read more...
Photo: Nora Kirkpatrick plays the accordion in the Los Angeles folk indie band, Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, who recently performed at the Hollywood Bowl.
On stage were two chairs, two microphones and two very different people. Read more...
Photo: As part of the Hammer Museum’s Hammer Conversations series, Scott Sternberg and Kevin West discussed their work with fashion and food, respectively, on Aug. 6.
In January, Zachary Heinzerling won the directing award for the U.S. documentary category at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for his debut feature “Cutie and the Boxer.” Read more...
Photo: Director Zachary Heinzerling has been acclaimed for his innovative style.
The Sundance Film Festival, held every January in Park City, Utah, has become one of the most well-known celebrations of independent filmmaking in the world. This year, as an extension of the festival’s NEXT category, which exhibits independent films with innovative approaches to storytelling, the Sundance Institute hosted the inaugural NEXT WEEKEND program over the past four days at Sundance Cinemas in Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: The Sundance Institute’s inaugural “NEXT WEEKEND” program featured a screening of artistic documentary “Cutie and the Boxer” at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater.
