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World premiere plays by relatively unknown young playwrights can be risky and it was with some trepidation that I entered the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse to attend, or as it turns out, be enveloped by “Black Cypress Bayou” by Kristen Adele

Quality sleep is the foundation of good health and well-being. It’s during sleep that our bodies repair themselves, our brains consolidate memories, and our immune systems strengthen.

Awards season is upon us once again with the culmination of the Oscars on March 10 at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood.

My mouth is still watering from this sumptuous film, directed and written lovingly by Tran Anh Hung, based on the novel “The Life and Passion of Dodin Bouffant, Gourmet” by Marcel Rouff. 

Director Nikolaj Arcel dreams in technicolor and sees life on a grand scale, a David Lean film on a minuscule budget.

There’s so much out there, it’s a Sisyphean task to keep current.

“Driving Madeleine” is a gift to all of us, old and young.

Class, before we begin with chemistry there is an important lesson to be learned about adapting bestsellers.

Grief is complicated and may smack us in the face or sneak up on us unexpectedly.  

This year’s submission to the Oscars by Germany is a thought-provoking film that sends prickles of discomfort up and down your spine as you recognize yourself, others and society in general at this progressive middle school.