Nina Collins

Review: THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM at Black Point Theatre

Death becomes her…I think. Or maybe it becomes him. Someone might be dead. Or not. Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm leaves many unanswered questions at the Black Point Theatre, ones that I’m not sure I will ever understand. I suppose that’s the point, as Zeller said, “…For me the theatre is, above all, the place for questions, not answers. For doubt more than certainty or conviction.”  

BAMcinématek to Present A Different Picture: Women Filmmakers in the New Hollywood Era

From Wednesday, May 2 through Sunday, May 20, BAMcinématek presents A Different Picture: Women Filmmakers in the New Hollywood Era, 1967—1980. A counter-narrative to the traditional macho mythology of the New Hollywood era, this series seeks to correct a historical wrong. As programmer Jesse Trussell explains, “This series is a redress to the established Easy Riders and Raging Bulls narratives; women from coast to coast radically altering film form, film subject and film power structures.” This series spotlights the prodigious work of female filmmakers in the United States from 1967—1980; films made both inside and outside of the Hollywood system and encompassing a wide array of genres from comedy to drama, art house to exploitation.

BWW Reviews: The Cast of CAKE Takes The Cake

CAKE is a dark, dark film with comic moments, but it deals with love as much as it deals with tragedy. We still have star-crossed lovers (Aniston and Worthington) along with our substance abuse. There's nothing more appropriate for a woman who wants depth and starred in HORRIBLE BOSSES and F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

California Stage Presents Ray Bradbury's MARS IS HEAVEN Tonight, 8/22

The late Ray Bradbury wrote the classic sci-fi drama "Mars is Heaven" in 1947 as a short story for a magazine he edited. He later adapted it for radio in 1954, and then in 1992, set it for television. This exciting tale about the first manned spacecraft to land on the "red planet" still holds its relevance through the ages of human imagining. Bradbury's philosophy viewed the future of space travel with awe and fear. In this production, we search the face of Mars to see if there are beings hidden among the craters, and if so, are they friendly or not? California Stage presents this work tonight, August 22, 2012 to commemorate Ray Bradbury's first birthday away from this planet.