Culture Watch

I don’t know about you, but I’m scared. I use social media, doesn’t everyone? But it is increa

Newly retired LA Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader, a long-time Santa Monica resident, is a woman

I love movies that don’t follow a standard story line and that veer into unknown, imaginative and

Everyone should be as lucky as I am, to have a next-door neighbor like Jeremy Katz. Need a lounge ch

Two documentaries to help raise your IQ and a French farce to make you laugh: the three must-see mov

It’s a transformative time in America, socially, culturally, economically, racially. And some of t

I was approached to write about Lori Lansens’ newest novel, “This Little Light,” based on a ge

I was moved by a video, posted on Facebook a few days ago by Greg Laemmle. Here it is—watch it,...

In lockdown, I appreciate my TV more than ever. I’m also grateful to the publicists who allow me t

Judith Teitelman says she never planned to write a novel; but she doesn’t believe in accidents or