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Recent Film Articles

Leonard Maltin

In the pantheon of film critics, one beatific, bespectacled gentleman has done much more than criticize and editorialize; he’s...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

The Taking of Pelham 123

It requires a certain caliber of actor to make a film centered on a phone call riveting, but that’s exactly what Denzel...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Dim Sum Funeral

Let’s face it: As Americans, we’re all immigrants. It might have been two years or two hundred, but almost everyone...

Melissa Russell

Film Special Features

The crosstown rivalry between USC and UCLA will never die; it’s the Gaza Strip of college face-offs. While there might never...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

A Wink and a Smile

The term burlesque dates back to the early 18th century when it was used to describe musical shows that combined serious and...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Unmistaken Child

Buddhism is an ancient religion that has been around for thousands of years in countries throughout the east. Only recently have...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Food, Inc.

“You might not be able to eat for a while after watching this,” warned the person sitting next to me as I sat down...

Geoffrey Altrocchi

Film Movie Reviews

The Art of Being Straight

Written, directed and starring Jesse Rosen, The Art of Being Straight is a touching story about a young man’s struggle...

Henry Senecal

Film Movie Reviews

Land of the Lost

It was the campy sci-fi freak show that originated from the brilliant team of Sid and Marty Krofft. Now, Land of the Lost gets...

Ebony March

Film TV Time

Love at First Bite

Ahh, l’amour. Rest assured this isn’t your average boy-meets-girl storyline, though. “True Blood” is...

Yuri Shimoda

Film Movie Reviews

Séraphine

True, there’s no shortage of tales of artists gone off the deep end. It’s a thread that seems to repeat itself, woven...

Natasha Desianto

Film Special Features

Israel Film Festival

Just another film festival in Los Angeles? Not quite the case with the Israel Film Festival, now in its 24th year, and the largest...

Bonnie Priever

Film Interviews

Throw Down Your Heart

The banjo has long been synonymous with the South. With its quirky sound, it could be the guitar’s country cousin. However,...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Away We Go

He’s a bright-eyed, all-American guy with good looks and charm that lingers even when he’s no longer in the room....

Candice Winters

Film Projections

Hollywood Black Film Festival

African-American presence in the independent film industry is greater than ever and with a historically groundbreaking president...

Sarah Bennett

Film Special Features

CineVegas

It’s a side of Sin City that you may not expect. Behind the neon signs and flashing bulbs, the scandalously clad dancers and...

Candice Winters

Film TV Time

Paris Hilton's 'My New BFF'

THE GUY: She looks good, which just might be reason enough for you to tune into the new season of her old show, “My New BFF.”...

Christopher Agutos & Allyson Barkan

Film Movie Reviews

Summer Hours

Olivier Assayas’ multi-layered ode to French society, Summer Hours, exists on several planes simultaneously. On the surface,...

Natasha Desianto

Film Movie Reviews

Pontypool

This movie is set in Pontypool, a one-horse town in Ontario, Canada, in the middle of a long, dark, bleak winter. The main character,...

Geoffrey Altrocchi

Film Movie Reviews

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

It’s what every child dreams of: night falls, the lights are out and suddenly the inanimate objects that innocuously surround...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Departures

For many cinemaphiles who were sitting at home on a particular Sunday last February watching a certain awards show, there seemed...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Easy Virtue

This take on Noël Coward’s 1924 play “Easy Virtue,” of American race car driver Larita (Jessica Biel)...

China Bialos

Film Movie Reviews

What Goes Up

If What Goes Up must come down, look out below because a downpour of putrid filmmaking is in the forecast. Steve Coogan stars...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Special Features

The Time Travelers (1964)

What are they serving for dinner in the mutated future? Deep dishes of cheesecake. Released at the height of Beatlemania in...

Rafael Alvarez

Film TV Time

Wanna Dance?

Two “So You Think You Can Dance” alumni, Lacey Schwimmer (season three) and Chelsie Hightower (season four), were...

Yuri Shimoda

Film Projections

The Harder They Come

The Harder They Come is a pivotal film, not just for music but culture as a whole. In 1972, Perry Henzell – after being educated...

Sarah Bennett

Film Special Features

End of Late Night Leno

Television has come a long way since “The Ed Sullivan Show.” With reality TV dominating the airwaves due to its instant gratification...

David Tobin

Film Interviews

Drag Me to Hell

He is the immensely talented director of the Spider-Man movies. However, what most people don’t know about Sam Raimi could...

Ebony March

Film Projections

Cuban Cultural Night

Often overlooked for its Mexican cousin “Cinco de Mayo,” “20 de Mayo” is Cuba’s Independence Day, and although its celebration...

Sarah Bennett

Film Special Features

Dane Cook

Dane Cook is not your mother’s stand-up comedian, no matter what Oprah says. In fact, with his often vulgar, always-loud...

Sarah Bennett