Horrible Imaginings Film Festival is back, bringing film lovers together for a communal deep-dive into our worst nightmares and burning desires. They’re swapping the pre-vaccine virtual platform of 2020’s festival for the more 2021-style hybrid platform. Labor Day weekend, HIFF...
King Kong piercing the forests of Skull Island and claiming a helpless and screaming Ann Darrow is one of the most thrilling moments in movie history. Served up live on stage at Maverick Theater — even with a bit of...
Kong returned to Fullerton’s Maverick Theater to ravage the streets of New York — eh, of 1933 — again, and though the ending hasn’t changed, the fun remains. The clever, high-tech staging, strong cast and breezy production keep Maverick’s King...
A cucumber. An eggplant. Four toothpicks stuck into the body of each. Sitting atop a shrine next to the ashes of grandma and grandpa, mounts of produce offer rides to and from the afterlife. This is the strongest memory my...
David Markland was expecting this summer to be a very different one. Even more different than last summer. But he’s quite happy to be wrong. In the first announcement, Markland wrote he was “almost as surprised and excited as you...
Editor’s note: As a service to readers, H.E.N. continues to publish dispatches from our special correspondent Ray-Edgar Upton Spillane, who travels the world in search of real men’s adventure, epic peril, and daring escape. LAS VEGAS — I’ve always...
The mystifying atmosphere of North Bend that stirred the imagination of David Lynch continues to offer its surroundings as a platform to showcase modern filmmakers. The North Bend Film Festival is back this summer with a new hybrid experience. From...
Avant-garde theater company Zombie Joe’s Underground Theatre returns with a vengeance in their new production Urban Death: Trail of Torment. LA’s theater scene has been dark for more than a year and the new production will be keeping the lighting...
Witches Brew LA brings Les Carnaval de La Lune to the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles on June 12. Put on your cosplay best, a themed face covering and get ready for a night of fun. Witches Brew LA...
Jeff Gahagan tells quite a feel-good story, standing on the balcony of the Charles M. Shultz Theater. In the cool of a May evening, with the screams of roller coaster riders, thumping of dance music, and buzz and whirr of...
