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Film Review: Lady Macbeth

July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017

  Beginning with a fascinating screenplay by Alice Birch and pitch perfect direction by William Oldroyd, this is not Shakespeare’s...

Richard Gere and Joseph Cedar Discuss “The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer”

April 27, 2017

April 27, 2017

Richard Gere is one of America’s acting treasures. He has an uncanny knack for selecting scripts with the most interesting...

Rogue Machine Presents Another Hit – “Still Life” by Alexander Dinelaris

April 4, 2017

April 4, 2017

If ever there was a compelling argument for the merits of the 99-Seat Plan, the production of Rogue Machine’s West...

Charles S. Cohen of the Cohen Media Group To Host Film Series on KCET and Link TV

February 14, 2017

February 14, 2017

Part 1: The Film Series   The Cohen Media group is synonymous with producing, directing, or distributing high-end, award-worthy foreign...

Jennifer Connelly On “American Pastoral” and Being a Working Mom

November 28, 2016

November 28, 2016

Jennifer Connelly is not only one of the world’s most beautiful women, she is an accomplished, hard working actor racking...

The Pan Am Experience

November 19, 2016

November 19, 2016

Have you ever longed for the good old days when luxury travel was, well, luxury travel? Back in the day,...

“As Straw Before the Wind” Needs More Wheat & Less Chaff

September 3, 2016

September 3, 2016

Anyone who has ever needed the services of a caretaker, either temporarily or permanently, may have been fortunate enough to...

Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced” on Stage at Mark Taper Forum

June 21, 2016

June 21, 2016

Amir, (Hari Dhillon), an American Muslim, and Emily (Emily Swallow), his beautiful blond wife, have it all. They are a...

‘Blood:’ A Play Review of the Japanese Tainted Blood Scandal

March 20, 2016

March 20, 2016

After sitting through some unsatisfying evenings of theatre, every once in a while I see a production that leaves me...

Bathsheba Doran’s ‘The Mystery of Love & Sex’ West Coast Premiere at Mark Taper Forum

February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016

Center Stage With… Beverly Cohn Editor-at-Large Please forgive me for putting Luigi Pirandello’s iconic play “Six Characters in Search of...