Email Author STACY DAVIES

2011 Stories by STACY DAVIES

• Bourbon Jones

  published December 29, 2011

  Dubbed everything from bluesy to rootsy to gospelly, this quartet who formed in 1993 prefer their music to be labeled “Louisiana... More >>

• Marty

  published December 22, 2011

  Written by the astute Paddy Chayefsky (Network, The Hospital), this 1955 film about two regular, lonely people whose lives are suddenly brightened... More >>

• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

  published December 15, 2011

  Hailed as one of the worst films ever made, this kitschy, insanely ridiculous 1964 flick is a favorite among campy cult lovers and those who... More >>

• OCMA's 'State of Mind' Show Us Its Tits?

  published December 8, 2011

  A few weeks after my piece about Barbara T. Smith's 1981 "Birthdaze" performance ran (" More >>

• Richard Newton Film Shorts

  published December 8, 2011

  Clearly, the best thing to happen to the arts in forever is the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative that has energized the arts... More >>

• 'By the Running Foot' Opening Reception

  published December 1, 2011

  The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art breaks out of the mold this month with a show in which the only criteria for artworks is that they... More >>

• Barbara T. Smith Shows How the Angry Penis Lives

  published November 24, 2011

  Amid the hearty backslapping at lectures, performances, galas and dinners celebrating the Getty's massive Southern California-wide arts... More >>

• Metamorphosis

  published November 24, 2011

  It’s always a boon to any curator when a fresh, new talent is unearthed, and rather exciting to both nurture that young artist and present... More >>

• Superman

  published November 17, 2011

  In 1978, producer Alexander Salkind assembled one of the finest casts on record for the biggest-budget superhero movie ever, including... More >>

• Robert Cray

  published November 10, 2011

  Five-time Grammy-winning blues guitarist Robert Cray has delivered soulful riffs since his uncredited appearance in 1978’s Animal House as... More >>

• Talking With...

  published November 10, 2011

  The true identity of Talking With…’s playwright is a bit of a mystery—Jane Martin is rumored as the pen name of Jon Jory, a... More >>

• Magnolia

  published November 3, 2011

  The fact that Tom Cruise is in this film notwithstanding, writer-director P.T. Anderson’s 1999 third feature was an award-winning... More >>

• Turn of the Screw

  published October 27, 2011

  Henry James’ Victorian ghost story about a governess slowly unraveling while caring for two unruly children who seem to be frequented by a... More >>

• Jhina Alvarado Offers a Time Capsule

  published October 20, 2011

  The other day, a friend of mine posted to my Facebook page an image of Steve Jobs with the headline "1 Person Dies and 100 million cry"; next... More >>

• Speakeasy Ragtime Show

  published October 20, 2011

  In 2011, pretty much nothing is off-limits: stoners and prostitutes fight for their rights (and get sympathetic ears), and binge drinking... More >>

• Haunted House of '80s

  published October 20, 2011

  Much like a new-wave zombie chick sporting a ripped-neck sweat shirt and stirrup pants, the music of the 1980s will just not die. So, this... More >>

• Carrie

  published October 13, 2011

  As the ultimate revenge film about bullying, this 1976 shocker by director Brian De Palma from the Stephen King novel showed all schoolyard... More >>

• Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

  published October 6, 2011

  In 1980, this 13-part PBS series, co-written and presented by Carl Sagan, was the most widely watched series in the history of American... More >>

• The Birds

  published September 29, 2011

  Widely thought to be the last great film from director Alfred Hitchcock, this gruesome 1963 psychological thriller is a tour de force in suspense,... More >>

• Shirley MacLaine Is Still Out On a Limb

  published September 22, 2011

  Whether you loved her as the pixie-haired elevator operator in Billy Wilder's The Apartment or the feisty Aurora Greenway bellowing... More >>

• Alex Couwenberg Opening Reception

  published September 22, 2011

  Mid-century modern abstract painter Alex Couwenberg presents a new series of paintings this month at the Peter Blake Gallery—and they’re... More >>

• Shirley Valentine

  published September 22, 2011

  This 1989 Tony Award-winner is best known to the masses as a film starring Pauline Collins, who received an Oscar nod for her portrayal of the... More >>

• Missing Persons

  published September 15, 2011

  So, if Lady Gaga stole “Born this Way” from Madonna, and “Joe Calderone” from Annie Lennox (see Grammy’s, 1984), then she... More >>

• Semana Flamenka

  published September 15, 2011

  The enticing, erotic flamenco music of the Spanish gypsies comes to the Barclay this week, featuring artists from the Semana Flamenka company, as... More >>

• Blithe Spirit

  published September 1, 2011

  Written in five days, Noel Coward’s supernatural comedy was an instant hit with British WWII audiences in 1941, both for its exceptional... More >>