The Global Film Village

by Marla Lewin West Coast premiere at the Bootleg Theater We spoke with John C. Reilly and Evan Brenner after the premiere last night of Buddha – A Fantastic Journey. It is indeed an enlightening play, as the life of the Buddha is explored from his own words,. Siddharttha Gautam was born an Indian prince around […]

  by Marla Lewin The Whitmore Eclectic Theatre specializes in heartfelt often experimental theatre. Their current play is by Moby Dick Rehearsed by Orson Welles and imagines the story of Moby Dick presented in its own contemporary time. Herman Melville wrote the book in 1851 and Welles decided to imagine how people of that time reacted […]

by Marla Lewin The Los Angeles Theatre Center will be the host venue for a Los Angeles Wine Tasting Gourmet Rendezvous, on Friday, August 12. A vintage 60s fashion show produced by Dave Temple from Clever Vintage Clothing, providers for the Mad Men TV series will help set the mood. Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack provided […]

by Marla Lewin What better way to kick off a new season of theatre than with an original Agatha Christie mystery? SPIDER’S WEB is a English drawing room mystery. All of the suspects are present from the beginning. The fun is solving the case along with the detective simply using observation and deduction. There is […]

by Marc Halperin The Walt Disney Company has released the first images of Andrew Stanton’s John Carter that will be released on March 9, 2012. I first wrote about this film last January, It has definatley been worth the wait. Click on the image above or text below to see it. John Carter Teaser Trailer […]

LOST may have been a ratings smash but the most famous group of castaways ever on television was created by Sherwood Schwartz on  Gilligan’s Island. He died peacefully today surrounded by his family at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Sherwood Schwartz was 94. He made an indelible mark in pop culture. He won his only […]

by Marla Lewin I reviewed Just Imagine back in December of 2009, the show has been extended in Los Angeles, through August 28th at the Haywood Theatre. Don’t miss it if you love the man and his music. The star of Just Imagine is Tim Piper, who has also played the John Lennon role in the […]

by Marla Lewin The Filmmaker Mixer gave us a chance to catch up with David Ansen and Doug Jones. They were both excited about the diversity of film shown this year, and David shared that he had traveled again to many festivals including Berlin, Toronto, and also to Havana, Cuba to bring films to LA. […]

by Marla Lewin Stuart Gordon returned to the Steve Allen theatre with his new musical version of his own cult horror film “Re-Animator”. Complete with disposable plastic raincoats for those in the first few roses. The audience was amply warned of what was to follow when they found that the seats for at least the […]

  by Marla Lewin   The most anticipated film at the Los Angeles Film Festival is Drive which is a metaphor for LA.  Fresh from its win at this year’s Cannes Film Festival where Nicholas Winding Refn won the Best director award. The director and stars were announced and then we are brought into the world of Echo Park, […]