by Deb Martin | Sep 16, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Movies, Music, Theater
Easy Rider, the iconic film written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, roars into Radio City Music Hall on Friday, September 20th to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The film released in 1969, was one of the very first independent movies and was...
by Dan Metz | Sep 10, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
Poster courtesy of HBO I was ten years old on September 11th, 2001. It was a big day of firsts for me. It was, for example, the first time that I experienced a feeling of unreality surrounding an unbelievable moment. I was, however, very young and 130 miles away,...
by Dan Metz | Aug 31, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
I’m Leaving Now Four hundred years ago we were introduced to Don Quixote, an adventurer who fled the mundane world for imagined battles with wizards and giants. From the opening of “I’m Leaving Now,” it is clear that directors Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda...
by Dan Metz | Aug 19, 2019 | Culture, Featured, LA, Movies, Music
Blixa Bargeld and FM Einheit of German band Einstürzende Neubauten, performing at an event in the Mojave Desert. Photo credit: Fredrik NIlsen (1984) The story of punk rock in the US reads a bit like the story of jazz: a time of musical experimentation where even...
by Dan Metz | Aug 16, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
Neil gets Jo to pose for her instagram in Birds Without Feathers. Cinema reflects an idealized world. Films tend to project an ease of existence that ignores the awkward parts of life: the pauses, the tangents, the missed cues and forced repetitions. Cool characters...
by Dan Metz | Aug 8, 2019 | Culture, Events, Featured, Movies
Downtown chats with actor Nicholas Coombe about his role in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, his acting journey, and his love for the arts. Nicholas Coombe Photography by Noah Asanias | Grooming by Marlayna Pincott Nicholas Coombe grew up in Perth, one of the world...
