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DOING THE MOST
artS & cULTURE CREEPSHOW
6 FEET APART OR 6 FEET UNDER? Sat & Sun - Oct 3rd. HOURS VARY. Creep Show with featured artist Cassandra Carrillo, a new art collection, merchandise, Mirror City, and an Open Bar. Creep Show will also be streaming live. 653 S. Los Angeles st LA CA 90017 @rizocorpstudio
OUTSIDE CINEMA
SEPT 24th You’re in for a treat! Food Trucks and Restaurants team up at the concession stand for Outside Cinema. Creators invite all to pull up in their vehicles, watch a movie and catch a vibe. 1318 S Figueroa St. LA CA 90015 @outsidecinemas
FRESH JUICE, HOMEMADE SKIN CARE,
FLOWERS and more SUNDAYs - 9am - 3pm Historic downtown Farmers Market has steadily grown into a weekly staple for many residents. Brought to Downtown by the Southland Farmer’s Market Association, the weekly event brings fresh, organic, and affordable food to Downtown. 5th and Spring. www.sfma.net
NETFLIX &CHILLS MOVIE REVIEW BY Taylor Davidson
There are several elements that might go into a modern-day allegory in 2020, a sobering parable for post-COVID filmgoers: claustrophobia, paranoia, distrust in the ruling class. Applied with a bright and colorful palette of pastels, this recipe might result in 2010’s bizarrely prophetic Tangled, but on the other end of that spectrum, drenched in drab greys and ominous reds is Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform, one of Netflix’s most recently featured thrillers.
virtual events NFMLA Panel:
Film Financing Featuring wiip and Banc of California Friday, Sep 25th 3:00pm 4:30pm - via Zoom. NewFilmmakers Los Angeles and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in conversation with Luke Rodgers from WIIP and Adrian Ward from Banc of California’s Entertainment Banking Division. NFMLA.org
Latino Theater
Company ‘sneak peek’ of ‘Sleep with the Angels’ by Evelina Fernández THURS- FRI, SEPT 17TH - 27th. With its world premiere scheduled for 2021 this reading will be preceded by a live, online conversations with the artists for 10 full days. Times vary. for more info visit www.thelatc.org
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THE PLATFORM Originally known as El Hoyo(or The Hole) in its native Spain, The Platformfollows Goreng, a man who agrees to a six-month stay in a “vertical self-management center,” a dystopian social experiment where levels stretch endlessly in both directions, in exchange for a diploma. However, unbeknownst to Goreng is the meal system in this barren hellscape: one single platform loaded with the height of fine dining at the top, which stops at each level for dinner to be served as it descends. Those who attempt to hoard food past their allotted interval will be punished with fatally low or high temperatures unless they drop it back into the hole. The consequences, as Goreng’s elderly roommate is so fond of saying, are obvio: those at the top feast, while those below are left with scraps, if anything, with some having to resort to unthinkable acts just to live to see another day.
Iván Massagué’s portrayal of Goreng is enough to carry the weight of the film, bearing the bright eyes and naïveté of someone who chooses a copy of Don Quixote as their one “desert island” item to accompany them into this literal hellhole, to say nothing of the dawning horror he experiences with each day spent there. The constantly impressive ensemble cast shifts around Massagué, as cellmates are rotated bi-monthly, however, it’s Zorion Eguileor’s performance as Goreng’s original living companion, Trimagasi, that steals each and every scene in which he appears. While initially serving as a clever vehicle through which exposition is meted out to Goreng, insisting on providing information only when he has received as much, he goes on to become a perfectly formed foil, gruff and rasping when he isn’t stuffing his face with 47 levels’ worth of leftovers. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
