by Jordan Young | May 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
You’ve seen the movie, why bother with the play? In the case of David Henry Hwang’s “M. Butterfly” (through June 8 at South Coast Repertory), you’ll want to make the time to catch this revival—especially if you missed it on Broadway. The play exemplifies what live...
by Jordan Young | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ever have one of those days where you can’t get started? David Hare apparently had one, and managed to turn it into a hit play called “Skylight” (at Anaheim’s Chance Theater through May 19). The romance between Kyra and Tom depicted in this overly long drama has run...
by Jordan Young | May 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
There can be no argument that “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” was a great achievement for 1937. Without taking anything away from Disney, Lotte Reiniger’s “The Adventures of Prince Achmed” (available on Blu-ray from Milestone Film & Video) must be acknowledged...
by Jordan Young | Apr 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
More than a bit of the blarney in So Cal next week. If the cluster of Irish films at the Newport Beach Film Festival tomorrow aren’t enough—see the previous blog—Dublin’s famed Abbey Theatre touches down May 2 at Chapter One in Santa Ana with a touring show, “Two...
by Jordan Young | Apr 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Want to see a new Hungarian film? I do. It’s called “Curtiz” and it’s about the complicated life of Hungarian-born director Michael Curtiz during WWII and the making of “Casablanca.” It’s screening next week at the 20th annual Newport Beach...
by Jordan Young | Apr 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Film festival season is officially underway. Hot on the heels of the long-running film noir festival, Noir City (closing tonight), the tenth annual TCM Classic Film Festival virtually engulfs Hollywood April 11-14. Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan and director Rob Reiner will...
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