by Jordan Young | Oct 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
You have to wonder about the Newport Beach Film Festival when you’re asked to be a moderator for a Q&A session following a TV show you’ve never heard of, and don’t know anyone involved. Fearing the first question would be, “Who the heck is he and why is he...
by Jordan Young | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s always an event when the Pacific Symphony returns to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for a new season. Thursday, September 26, marks not only the cyclical beginning for the hall’s resident orchestra but Music Director Carl St. Clair’s 35th anniversary...
by Jordan Young | Sep 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
A man walks into a bar… trust me, you haven’t heard this one before. The plot of the offbeat new movie comedy “The Falling Star”— released here by Kino Lorber—is so bizarre and the characters so quirky it could’ve been written by Eugene Ionesco. For openers, there’s...
by Jordan Young | Aug 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
If timing is everything, what more relevant time for not one but two plays about the rise of fascism and antisemitism in pre-war Germany? The title isn’t likely to pull you in, but anyone who loves compelling drama is urged to head over to the Victory Theatre Center...
by Jordan Young | Jun 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
What do women want? It’s a question old as time. In David Harrower’s “Blackbird” at the Chance in Anaheim Hills (through June 23), a young woman’s motives remain unclear even after she identifies a middle-aged man as a former partner in an illegal relationship and...
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