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Category: Mark Taper Forum

November 25, 2019 Jana J. Monji

‘Jitney’ Revival Recalls Pre-Uber Days in Pittsburgh ☆☆☆☆

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019 Jana J. Monji

A Little Coen Craziness at the Mark Taper ☆☆☆

April 4, 2019 Jana J. Monji

‘Lackawanna Blues’: How to Color Your Life with Love

November 8, 2018 Jana J. Monji

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

September 21, 2018 Jana J. Monji

The Fable of ‘Sweat’ Equity ✮✮✮✮✮

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Jana J. Monji

‘Head of Passes’: God and Getting What You Ask For ✮✮✮✮

July 8, 2017 Jana J. Monji

Less Science and More Chaos in ‘Heisenberg’ ✮✮

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  • Small Business Saturday in Pasadena 2019 December 3, 2019
    [This article was written for another publication so sorry if you missed it, but worth knowing for next year!] Thanksgiving marks the official open of holiday shopping season. You’re probably making plans for Black Friday but after you hit the big box chain stores, remember Pasadena’s local stores on Nov. 30, Small Business Saturday. Paul […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • Holiday Shopping 2019 December 3, 2019
    Are you ready for the holidays? To get in the mood, you might start with Christmas trees and making an appointment with Santa at your local shopping spots before charging into the holiday shopping madness. If you own a pooch or cat, take advantage of the Santa photo opportunities. Get a sugar rush with an […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Just Mercy’: The Death Penalty and Justice on Trial @ AFI Fest☆☆☆☆☆ November 28, 2019
    There are movies that bring tears of thankfulness to our eyes, tears of happiness and yet make us think about the very nature of justice in the United States. “Just Mercy” is one of those movies. There are days when you might think like Shakespeare, that we need to kill of the lawyers (“The first […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • A Desperate Run to Dawn in ‘1917’ ☆☆☆☆☆ November 26, 2019
    There was one moment in the Q&A when Sam Mendes lost me, a but still, that came after the captivating tale of two friends who volunteer for a mission that takes them literally through no man’s land and to the depths of their friendship and to the edge of humanity. While another movie speculates that […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Unbelievable’: Netflix Takes on Serial Rape and Police Problems ☆☆☆☆☆ November 25, 2019
    When women talk, men interrupt. Sometimes women give up their agency when the should be authoritative; that’s something I noticed in undergraduate classes during individual presentations. It’s something I discussed at breakfast with a lively group of women before the AFI FEST panel on “Framing Female Stores: The Impact of ‘Unbelievable.'” After the pane […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Jitney’ Revival Recalls Pre-Uber Days in Pittsburgh ☆☆☆☆ November 25, 2019
    You might have called them gypsy cabs long ago, but in some places, they were called “jitneys” and according to Merriam-Webster a “jitney” as “an unlicensed taxicab.” In August Wilson’s “Jitney,” the place is Pittsburgh in the 1970s and in a time of Uber and Lyft, this smooth Mark Taper production is well worth the […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Queen & Slim’: Movie Review AFI Fest 2019 ☆☆☆☆ November 24, 2019
    You might have heard that this is a “black” Bonnie and Clyde movie and a character does refer to the couple who end up on the run as such, but Lena Waithe’s screenplay (from a story she and James Frey created) under the sensitive direction of Melina Matsoukas in her feature film directorial debut) is […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Frozen II’: Romance, Fashion and Family Secrets ☆☆☆ November 21, 2019
    At some point, Disney decided that in “Frozen II” its two heroines, Elsa and Anna, could not reasonably accomplish their adventures in long skirts that hit the ground. So now, their travel adventure clothing are long tunics with leggings. That’s a fashion statement that diverges with the  reality of this vaguely pre-telephone/car era, but is […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘Zombieland’: A Geek and a Redneck Unite in a Horror Comedy ☆☆☆ November 21, 2019
    In Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick’s post-apocalyptic horror comedy, more zombie heads explode than f-bombs, but this well-paced and well-choreographed gorefest is family-fun for tweens and teens despite its R-rating. Currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video, you’ll want to view or review before you see its sequel, “Zombieland: Double Tap.” When the movie star […]
    Jana J. Monji
  • ‘The Addams Family’: Before or Out-of-Step with the Times? ☆☆ November 21, 2019
    In 1938, when cartoonish Charles Addams created the fictional household that would eventually be called The Addams Family, the Goths were still a German tribe that invaded the Roman Empire. The Addams, in their full extension of relations and pets, would still take time to form: The disembodied hand called Thing would be added in […]
    Jana J. Monji
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