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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

FRESH JUICE, NFMLA Panel: Latino Theater HOMEMADE SKIN CARE, Film Financing Featuring wiip Company ‘sneak peek’ of ‘Sleep FLOWERS and more and Banc of California with the Angels’ by Evelina SUNDAYs - 9am - 3pm Friday, Sep 25th 3:00pm - Fernández

Historic downtown Farmers 4:30pm - via Zoom. NewFilmTHURS- FRI, SEPT 17TH - 27th. Market has steadily grown makers Los Angeles and AcadWith its world premiere schedinto a weekly staple for many emy of Motion Picture Arts and uled for 2021 this reading will residents. Brought to DownSciences in conversation with be preceded by a live, online town by the Southland FarmLuke Rodgers from WIIP and conversations with the artists er’s Market Association, the Adrian Ward from Banc of Califor 10 full days. Times vary. weekly event brings fresh, fornia’s Entertainment Banking for more info visit www.thelatc.org organic, and affordable food to Division. NFMLA.org Downtown.

5th and Spring. @outsidecinemas

www.sfma.net TOP PICK INSIDE THE BRADBURY Saturday, Sept 26th - Oct 3rd12pm-1:30pm. Acclaimed LA tour company Esotouric’s new webinar series trans mits directly to locked down L.A. lovers with a 90-minute virtual history tour and Q&A session about DTLA’s most mesmerizing 19th century landmark. visit esotouric.com or CALL 213-373-1947

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.

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

netflix & chills THE platform

The shuffling of cellmates and levels makes

for welcome changes of scenery, even if the scenery remains literally unchanged. One of the most fascinating elements of The Platform is its aesthetic; while the stark nature of the concrete prison is cold and clinical, it’s occasionally washed in the light of its ever-present alarms (green for when the platform is approaching from above, red for when it’s flying up from below), a stylistic choice that colors the ebb and flow of the plot. Meanwhile, each new level feels exactly that, brand new, replete with new positions for the actors and new camera angles. Because Goreng often wakes up on new levels with new partners, this makes it easier for the audience to keep track of where they are in the story, and where Goreng is in his sentence. Speaking of camera work, Jon D. Domínguez’s cinematography is superb, making a film with such horrifically ugly subject matter look no less than pristine. To attempt to put it delicately, all matters of bodily functions make their presence known in one way or another, so the fact that such a film can remain so gorgeously shot is a testament to Domínguez’s skills behind the lens. Of course, all of this might be rendered moot if it were not for the powerful message underscoring the film, thanks to scribes David Desola and Pedro Rivero, who had initially intended the tale for the stage. Thinly veiled as it may be, The Platform is grotesque in its bare-faced confrontation of the perils of class warfare.

Starving prisoners stomp all over the feast

just to get a few scraps, often ignoring those who might implore them to ration out servings so that everyone might survive, while those less ravenous may be destined to become the feast themselves.

The Platform is admittedly disturbing, yet beautifully crafted and endlessly clever.

The film’s exceedingly grim nature may call for a particular headspace in which to enjoy it; those feeling the effects of self-imposed lockdown may find that it hits a little too close to home, but for those who are prepared, there are few selections more viscerally thrilling than The Platform. In the dawn of the exhibit, partners will be set against each other in an array of activities which will involve them “hunting” one another. The adventure’s first stage will be extremely scary and dark and will last 20-25 minutes. After this, partners will transfer to a room where they will be handcuffed together to finish illustrative tasks paralleling wellknown crimes of passion. One involves putting adult diapers on an astronaut mannequin, which is not easy at all. The tasks are genius and entertaining. Later, the handcuffs will be removed, and the guests will participate in other gory activities relating to murder and darkness, with one re-imagining the “pin the tail on the donkey” game as “stab the heart of the lover”.

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NAIL SALONS continued from page 6

Nail technicians in California need an extensive amount of sanitation training already, which adds to the confusion of why nail salons have been singled out for being high risk. In fact, technicians must log a total of 400 hours of training in health and safety, disinfection, and sanitation to achieve their nail technician license. “Our beauty industry has been targeted so unfairly. We are one of the safest industries because we have always worn face masks and gloves. Sanitizing is part of the beauty license. You had to have many hours at beauty school about safety and pass that part of the test to hold a license.” When asked how she’s getting through this, Ms. Nguyen has been honest about how it has affected her spirits.

“I have been depressed, stressed, financially concerned for all my techs livelihood and mine.”

While Ms. Nguyen has reached out to Eric Garcetti over her concerns.

Hopefully nail salons will join their counterparts and reopen their businesses in the next coming weeks. Until then DTLA can only hope salon own

crimes of passion: museum of love

The museum does not stop with the Connection Adventure. Indeed, it will be taken down on September 20th and will not return until around mid-January of next year. The Crimes of Passion exhibition will replace it on September 25. “Crimes of Passion will be the antithesis of the Connection Adventure. I am very excited about it. It will be very, very dark and it is definitely not for everyone.”

ers do their best to hang in there.

The passion does not finish yet: there is also a drive-through Los Angeles Horror Story scavenger hunt sending people to well-known crime scenes in the city related to Crimes of Passion. While they travel to their destination, they will have a detailed story of the crime.

Once they make it, they will usually be given photos of the crime scene and will have to search for an object pertaining to the crime. The crime sights include the Toolbox, Richard Ramirez, Black Dahlia, and the Golden State Freeway murders. The hunt can last from 2.5 to 4 hours.

It is best to schedule an early arriv

al to be able to spend more time at the museum, since the experience is limited to 2 hours some couples have even stayed in the building for 5 hours. If there is more attendance, the museum is open to expanding its hours of opera- tion.

liimerick’s tavern

It’s Saint Patty’s Day, every day at Limericks on 6th and Flower. Thank your lucky shamrocks there’s an outdoor patio as well. Limerick’s Tavern earned its place as a

neighborhood hot spot quickly thanks to their selections of whiskey, signature cocktails and an extensive list of gourmet tapas. bacon, avocado, and ...but wait... we’re

With an outside patio on 7th and Broadway, The Los Angeles Biergarten is ready to host beer drinkers who want to eat, sit back and unwind or get rowdy watching sports. Modeled after the Beer Halls in Germa

ny, LA Biergarten offers 100 different beers on tap, over 40 bottled beer selections plus shots of hard liquor to help get you in the spirit.

Well, in that case, let’s go with the Hummus and Veggie Dip. So warm. So right.

ATTENTION: Limericks has just added a Downtown Weekly Kingdom menu item! It’s called Liquid Purp Cocktail! Tag a photo of you or a friend on IG drinking the “Liquid Purp” and you could

Grilled chicken sandwiches, tacos, fish limericks Tavern is located at and chips, and the Limericks Burger 615 Flower Street, LA CA 90017 topped with lettuce, tomatoes, thick juicy @limericks.dtla win a Hummus Veggie Dip plate on us.

talking healthy right? PETIT PESO In the heart of Downtown on the busy main drag of West 7th

embedded between a coffee shop and a jewelry maker is PeTITE Peso, serving good old traditional flavors while adding mild twists to traditional Filipino recipes.

Customers often call ahead to

order the French Dip, Chicken Adobo Sandwiches, and Machado Pot Pie, and while, traditionally Filipino cuisine uses meat such as pork, fish and chicken Peso sees new vigor in customers ordering the VEGAN options they offer as well. tention away when you’re trying to watch your diet, their delicious healthier options will definitely keep you focused. These choices include New York Steak Salad, Veggie Pasta and a Chicken Caesar Salad with fresh crisp Romaine lettuce tossed with a creamy Caesar dressing, grated Parmesan cheese, croutons, and topped with a marinated grilled chicken breast - all healthy enough to provide your body the energy it needs to cheer on your favorite team.

The Pinakbet salad with pickled

okra, family-style Munggo Bean and rice bowls are amongst the best of the chef’s selection.

Stop by and support Petite Peso!!!

They are great at spreading the love, health and culture of the

la biergarten

Philippines through delicious