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Category: On stage

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Come From Away’: A Ticket to Hope ✮✮✮✮✮

November 8, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Valley of the Heart’: Earnest But Unfocused☆☆

October 26, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Dear Evan Hansen’: A Letter from Loneliness

September 21, 2018 Jana J. Monji

The Fable of ‘Sweat’ Equity ✮✮✮✮✮

August 26, 2018August 26, 2018 Jana J. Monji

‘Ain’t Too Proud’: The Temptations and Temptation, a Musical History ✮✮✮✮

July 20, 2018 Jana J. Monji

Ethnicity v. Culture: ‘Soft Power’ and ‘Portmanteau’

December 25, 2017 Jana J. Monji

‘Luzia’: A Gorgeous, Colorful Appreciation of Mexican Culture ✮✮✮✮

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  • ‘Superpower Dogs’ and ‘Dogs: A Science Tale’ at the California Museum of Science ☆☆☆☆ March 18, 2019
    Director/writer Daniel Ferguson starts out “Superpower Dogs” with a breathtaking bird’s eye view of a solitary skier starting a suicidal run down a steep British Columbia mountain to disaster. An avalanche buries him, but luckily for him and the camera, avalanche rescue expert, Henry, drops in to dig him out. Henry is a well-trained dog […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘The Wedding Guest’: Turn Down this Invitation☆ March 18, 2019
    I’ve never been to a Muslim wedding and by the end of “The Wedding Guest,” you won’t have been either, but the movie might make you think of that Christian wedding trope where the priest/minister asks: “If anyone can show just cause why this couple cannot lawfully be joined together in matrimony, let them speak […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Hotel Rwanda’: Real Black African Superhero vs. International Neglect☆☆☆☆ March 18, 2019
    Just the name of Dev Patel’s new movie, “Hotel Mumbai,” recalls another movie, “Hotel Rwanda.” Both are inspired by true events. The 2004 “Hotel Rwanda” is about the 1994 spring genocide (7 April to 15 July) of Tutsi by the Hutu and the efforts of the manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines, a four-starred 112-room […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Lilies of the Field’: Movie Classics ☆☆☆☆ March 18, 2019
    The 1963 movie “Lilies of the Field” was adapted by James Poe from William Edmund Barrett’s 1962 eponymous novel. Starring Sidney Poitier and directed by Ralph Nelson, it won Poitier a Best Actor Oscar–a first for an African American as Best Actor and the second for any acting role (the first being Hattie McDaniel for […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Dick Dale and the Asian Influence in Southern California Surf Scene March 17, 2019
    The “King of the Surf Guitar” died at 81 (16 March 2019) and from his pseudonym you’d suspect he was white European, but Dale whose sound helped formulate the Southern California style was born Richard Anthony Monsour (4 May 1937) in Boston to a Lebanese father and he was well aware of musical Middle Eastern […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • PBS ‘Women, War & Peace II’ for RogerEbert.com March 16, 2019
    Who better to tell the story of women than women? In it’s second installment, the PBS documentary series “Women, War & Peace” returns for a second series on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26, 9 to 11 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with four stories about women involved in conflicts in Northern Ireland, […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Director Julia Bacha on ‘Naila and the Uprising’ March 9, 2019
    In her 2017 “Naila and the Uprising” (Tuesday, March 26 at 9:00 p.m.), Peabody-winning director Julia Bacha shows the central role Palestinian women played in the First Intifada through the story of Naila Ayesh. The documentary uses 2D animation to illustrate some horrific life experiences including the destruction of an 8-year-old Naila’s house in Ramallah […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Director Gini Reticker on ‘The Trials of Spring’ March 8, 2019
    Emmy-winning and Oscar nominated filmmaker Gini Reticker was one of the original directors of the 2011series, “Women, War & Peace” and returns in this second series with “The Trials of Spring” (Monday, March 25 at 10:00 p.m.).  This documentary premiered in 2015 at 90 minutes and follows three Egyptian women who fought for justice during […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Irish Filmmaker Eimhear O’Neill on ‘Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs’ March 8, 2019
    Once upon a time in Northern Ireland, there was an all-woman political party, patched together in six weeks, the party one two seats at the peace talks ended The Troubles.  “Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs” is part of the second installment of the PBS documentary series “Women, War & Peace.” “Wave Goodbye to Dinosaurs” is the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Losers’: Losing Perspective on Figure Skating Facts March 5, 2019
    The Netflix new series, “Losers,” is about sports figures who didn’t quite make it as far as they dreamed. I’ve only watched one of the eight episodes, but found the one about Surya Bonaly, “Judgement,” misleading. The Netflix summary tells me about this 37-minute episode: “Surya Bonaly dazzled figure skating fans with her skill, but […]
    Jana J. Monji
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