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Kenna Wong Ghaill

Kenna Wong Ghaill

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Film Programmer at the Art Theatre of Long Beach, with a monthly print-only film column in The Ardent magazine.

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Film Review: "Paper Tiger"

The end of a trilogy that started 30 years ago with his debut film Little Odessa and continued in 2022's Armageddon Time, James Gray concludes the retelling of his frightening childhood in Paper Tiger, in theaters soon.

Film Review: "I Play Rocky"

Without flinching or compromising, Sylvester Stallone defied the odds and made one of the most successful films of the 1970s. Now, I Play Rocky aims to immortalize the oral history of how that film made it to the big screen.

Film Review: "Wild Horse Nine"

America's finest over-actor turns down the volume for this downbeat western from acclaimed writer-director Martin McDonagh.

Film Review: "Cape Fear" (1991)

The first film that rightfully earned Scorsese his bad reputation with women.

Film Review: "Clayface"

While it certainly is another promising entry into the burgeoning anti-MCU. This all thrills, no chills comic book romp comes up short.

Sundance Review: “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!”

Since the first entertainers emerged with their sketches and tableaus, comedy has been meant for an audience, not an individual. The high of a laugh, a gasp, a scream shared with strangers cannot be compared to one indulged in isolation. And a film so clearly designed for the cinema cannot be enjoyed in the same way on the couch at home. We’ve heard this sentiment repeated ad nauseam over the last five years, and it has never been more true than when considering Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! An ima...

Three Conversations with the Gimp

A summary of three post-screening Q&As with writer and comedian Stephen Hibbert at the Art Theatre of Long Beach for the fortieth anniversary of Pulp Fiction. Stephen was, and still is, a friend of Quentin Tarantino. When Tarantino was searching for an actor to play the wordless but crucial role in his sophomore film of a gimp kept in a sadistic pawn shop owner’s basement, he called Stephen, The audition unfolded as a playful session between Tarantino and Hibbert, with the director acting as the...

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