Culture

‘The Traitor’: How one man brought the Italian Cosa Nostra down

January 31, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

The cinematography is highly appealing, making a film about some despicable characters eminently watchable.

F.W. Murnau’s ‘Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans’ has thrilling new score

January 31, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

This is a film town But there’s no period at the end of that sentence because L.A. is so much more.

A marvel of inventiveness in two one-acts from Pacific Opera Project

January 29, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

You wouldn’t have to be an opera lover to love Pacific Opera Project’s latest venture, a double bill of two 20th-century works.

A Sam Shepard double bill, a hilarious send-up of film conventions

January 28, 2020 By Ed Rampell

"This venerable mainstay of L.A.’s live stage scene is presenting the “Circa ’69” season, with revivals “of significant and adventurous plays."

‘The Last Ship’ is a stunning masterpiece of working-class musical theatre

January 27, 2020 By Eric A. Gordon

Another self-conscious aspect of the musical genre that creeps in from time to time comes in some of the solos when singers default into crooning Broadway vocal production, particularly in the amorous, yearning songs.