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Robert St. Martin

Robert St. Martin
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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.

THE GREAT YAWN OF HISTORY: An Iranian Allegorical Tale About the...

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Iranian filmmakers are gifted story-tellers and one recent example just screened at UCLA Hammer as part of the annual “Celebration of Iranian Cinema” which...

MORTICIAN: Iranians in Exile in Canada and Dealing with Iran’s...

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Last evening was the opening night of the 34th UCLA CELEBRATION OF IRANIAN CINEMA (JUNE 5–21, 2026) – at the Billy Wilder Theater of the...

Ionesco’s EXIT THE KING: An Absurdist Tale About an Aged King...

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Currently on stage at A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena is a production of Eugène Ionesco’s Exit the King,a darkly comic piece representative of...

THE BEAUTY OF THE DONKEY: Dea Gjinovci’s Documentary About Memory and...

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One film in this year’s South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) that I particularly enjoyed was Dea Gjinovci’s documentary The Beauty of the Donkey....

FANTASY – A Slovenian Film About Three “Tomboys” and a Transexual...

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Fantasy is the debut feature film of Slovenian filmmaker Kukla Kersherović, who is also a well-known musician in her country. Fantasy premiered at the...

Igor Cobileanski ‘s COMOTOGEN: A Romanian Film About the Subtleties of...

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Comatogen is an interesting, well-made film from Romania by director Igor Cobileanski. Its mosaic structure driven by the perspectives of multiple characters is reminiscent...

Tereza Nvotová’s FATHER: An Unsettling Drama About Moral Ambiguity – at...

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A powerful and unsettling film from Slovakia was part of the South East European Film Festival (SEEfest) on Saturday at the Laemmle NoHo Theatre...

MY DEAREST THEO: Alisa Kovalenko’s Video Diary of Being a Ukrainian...

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“My Dear Théo” is a fine documentary made by Ukrainian filmmaker Alisa Kovalenko about her frontline service in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army through video...

OUR FATHER: A Stark Look at Faith-Based Drug Rehabilitation in a...

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Featured in the line-up of films at this year’s SEEfest is a debut narrative feature Our Father (Oce Nas) from Serbia, directed by Goran...

PANOPTICON: Masculinity Crisis of a Young Georgian Man at SEEfest Film...

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On Thursday evening at SEEfest (South East European Film Festival) at the Sunset Screening Room in West Hollywood was a screening of George Sikharulidze’s...