Columnist · March 4, 2020
Sustaining an unqualified enthusiasm for all things Hollywood can be difficult; there’s often a disturbing tension between the romance of the movies and the social forces that underpin their making […]
Columnist · March 4, 2020
The weather in Los Angeles has been all over the temperature map recently, but we’ve had enough unseasonably warm days that it was with great anticipation that I headed to […]
Columnist · March 4, 2020
Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation by Qui Nguyen (“Vietgone”) tells the story of Julie D’Aubigny (played by Margaret Odette), a real-life 17th-century queer swordswoman / opera singer. This is […]
Columnist · January 29, 2020
The need to look back in time or to another country for a style or name suggests cultural insecurity. Without established homegrown models or points of reference, or at least […]
Columnist · January 29, 2020
In early January, a controversy broke out between the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood over the preservation of one of the unlikeliest monuments. In deciding to cash in […]
Columnist · January 1, 2020
I’ve rarely responded well to “video installations” that show at modern art museums. Fortunately, I can be surprised. I recently saw a wonderful and wrenching short film that was, to […]
