arts and culture
L.A. Asia Pacific Filmfest commemorates a memorable Maori moviemaker
May 10, 2019A terrific biopic about Maori moviemaker Merata Mita, the first Pacific Islander woman to direct a feature film.
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‘El Gato Montés’: A gypsy, bandit, and torero walk into a bullring
May 8, 2019This provocative production about a ménage à trois is one of LA Opera’s most outrageous undertakings.
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‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘Six Degrees of Freedom’ and human salvation
May 7, 2019The episode does well in hiding the inevitable twist that is to be expected in Twilight Zone stories.
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‘Daniel’s Husband’: A persuasive polemic for marriage in Southern California premiere
May 7, 2019In Daniel’s Husband we confront another hot-button issue that while it centers a same-gender couple, could equally apply to anyone.
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‘Red Joan’: The British Rosenbergs?
April 26, 2019Nunn’s stodgy Red Joan rarely rises above the form of filmed theatre and never becomes, alas, a truly realized feature film in its own write/right.
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