Tag: Jim Gilles
Nina Menkes’ QUEEN OF DIAMONDS: A Female Blackjack Dealer in the...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/25/22 - On March 24, 2022, at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica was a screening...
Nina Menkes’ THE BLOODY CHILD: A Murder Mystery Told in Reverse
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/25/22 - As part of a retrospective of the films of Nina Menkes, the American Cinematheque...
Alexander Zeldovich’s MEDEA: Female Revenge for Jilted Love on a Mythic...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/22/22 - One of the more daring films at the Locarno in L.A. Film Festival last...
Elene Naveriani’s WET SAND: Homophobia & Hidden Love in the Republic...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/22/22 - One of the films gracing the Locarno in L.A. Film Festival this past weekend...
Giovanni Cioni’s FROM THE PLANET OF THE HUMANS: Monkey Testicles &...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/21/22 - This weekend was the 5th edition of the Locarno in Los Angeles Film Festival,...
Sarah Ruhl’s IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY: Electricity...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/19/22 - Just opening at the Atwater Village Theatre in Los Angeles on March 18 is...
VENGEANCE IS MINE, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH: Indonesian Comedy Challenges Sex...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/18/22 - Opening the Locarno in Los Angeles Film Festival on Thursday, March 17 at the...
Graham Moore’s THE OUTFIT: Men’s Suits and Chicago Gangsters 1950s Style
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/16/22 - Tuesday, March 15 was the U.S. gala premiere of Graham Moore’s The Outfit (2021)...
THE HALL OF FINAL RUIN: How to Stage a Good Death...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/14/22 – Opening this past weekend at Ophelia’s Jump Theatre in Upland (near Claremont, California) was...
HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES: Satirizing Racial Stereotypes in Tearrance...
By Jim Gilles
Los Angeles, CA (The Hollywood Times) 3/14/22 -
Last weekend was the premiere of a new play at the Atwater Village Theatre –...