
It began with Begotten, filmmaker E. Elias Merhige’s 1989 black-and-white allegory about death and transformation.
Jordan Riefe has been covering the film business since the late ’90s for outlets like Reuters, THR.com, and the Wrap, and he wrote a movie that was produced in China in 2007. He currently serves as West Coast theatre critic for the Hollywood Reporter, while also covering fine arts for Truthdig.com, LA Weekly, and OC Register.