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Robert aka Jim is a native Angelo, with a wide range of interests. He holds several academic degrees from Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Los Angeles, and UCLA, in English & Comparative Literature, History, and Education. He has been a teacher and university professor for many years and am still active in the academic community. Being an avid movie goer, he writes on film, including foreign-language cinema, feature films, documentaries, independent and experimental film. Having lived so long in Los Angeles, he is quite interested in the history of this particular city and appreciates its ethnic and racial diversity, as well as its fascinating history of filmmaking and popular music. As a world traveler, he has wandered into many fascinating corners of the globe and writes about his experiences.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Coming of Age and Finding Chosen Family in the...

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By Robert St. Martin Recently featured at the Laemmle NoHo Theatre is Luke Gilford’s debut feature film National Anthem, a coming-of-age narrative of a different stripe. This...

CREVASSE:  Tom Jacobson’s Play About Leni Reifenstahl’s Trip to Hollywood and Meeting...

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By Robert St. Martin Victory Theatre, Burbank, California (The Hollywood Times) 07/30/2024 Friday, July 26 was the opening night of Tom Jacobson’s fine play Cervasse at the Victory...

“CROSSING” Fatih Akin’s Tale of Crossing Borders in the Search for...

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By Robert St. Martin West Los Angeles, California (The Hollywood Times) 07/30/2024 On screen at the Laemmle Royal Theatre in West Los Angeles is a powerful...

THE BAUHAUS PROJECT: A 2-Part Play about the Modernist Historical German...

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By Robert St. Martin Los Angeles, California (The Hollywood Times) 07/25/2024 Last weekend was the opening of a new play The Bauhaus Project – a production in two...

THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE: A Renaissance Comic Romp Far...

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By Robert St. Martin Claremont, California (The Hollywood Times) 07/19/2024 This past weekend was the opening of a new production of The Knight of the Burning Pestle,...

LA TEMPESTAD, OR SHAKESPEARE GOES CARIBBEAN: A Lively Musical Bilingual Production...

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By Robert St. Martin Pomona, California (The Hollywood Times) 07/17/2024 This is the tenth year of the Claremont Summer Shakespeare Festival at Pomona College’s Sontag Greek...

Queer Rhapsody film series kicks off with “Second Nature,” doc examining...

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By: Robert St. Martin Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/16/2024 - One interesting film series this summer in Los Angeles is Queer Rhapsody, running from...

GREEN BORDER: Agnieszka Holland’s Searing Drama of the Refugee Crisis on...

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By Robert St. Martin Currently at the Laemmle Royal Theatre in West L.A. is Agnieszka Holland’s new film – Green Border (Poland, 2023). This profoundly...

HIGH TIDE: A Gay Brazilian Immigrant Trying to Navigate the Queer...

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By Robert St. Martin One film at San Francisco’s Frameline 48 Film Festival that explores the complexities of the LGBTQIA+ community in a microcosm is Marco Calvani’s High...

LADY LIKE: How an Introvertive British Boy Rex Wheeler as Lady...

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By Robert St. Martin Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/26/24 - Screening at San Francisco’s Frameline Film Festival on Wednesday, June 26, at 8:30 PM...