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Funny Games

There are remakes and then there’s Funny Games. Director Michael Haneke delivers a shot by shot, scene by scene carbon copy of...

Zach Bourque

Film Movie Reviews

Flash Point

“Are you guys busting thieves or cops?” Detective Sergeant Ma Jun asks indignantly after being questioned by his superiors for...

Bourbon With Brendan

Film Interviews

Planet B-Boy

Nowadays, it seems like we only see breakdancing at high school dances – and oftentimes, the guys only try to do it to impress...

Michael Lee

Film Projections

Lunatics and Liars $10,000 Grassroots Video Contest

Are you a budding filmmaker with a nutty sense of humor? Well, you’re probably looking for funding. Here’s a quick way to compile...

Jessica Koslow

Film Interviews

Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna)

In an era fraught with debate over immigration, Under the Same Moon (La Misma Luna) may seem like just another film about immigrants...

Sasha Ali

Film Interviews

The Grand

Although he’s known primarily for his screenplays, Zak Penn’s (X-Men: The Last Stand, Fantastic Four) latest offering is an improvisational,...

Henry Senecal

Film Interviews

Positively Perry

There’s a familiar thread that runs through most of Tyler Perry’s movies. It’s not his reliance on stereotypes, his focus on...

Samantha Ofole-Prince

Film Interviews

'Greek' Star

“Greek” follows loveable nerd Rusty, a freshman at the fictional Cyprus Rhodes University, who has decided to pledge a fraternity....

Carly Goldsmith

Film Interviews

Adam Carolla

“In radio you tell a joke and your listeners hear it after a seven second delay. On ‘The Man Show,’ we’d shoot a sketch and it’d...

Mike Venezia

Film Movie Reviews

Paranoid Park

Alex (newcomer Gabe Nevins) doesn’t think he’s ready for Paranoid Park, the eastside skate park in Portland, Ore. Even though...

Mike Buzzelli

Film Movie Reviews

College Road Trip

When an overprotective dad does whatever it takes to avoid losing his daughter to a faraway college, comedy ensues. Martin Lawrence...

Kantreal Daniels

Film Interviews

Blindsight

In 2002, director Lucy Walker’s Devil’s Playground, a film about Amish teenagers, made quite an impression on audiences. “I...

Jessica Koslow

Film Interviews

Charlize Theron

Sleepwalking is a gritty, realistic portrait of a family in crisis struggling to attain some sort of normalcy. In trying to outrun...

Henry Senecal

Film Projections

A Hard Day's Night/Across the Universe

Bridging the generation gap between Beatlemaniacs, the New Beverly Cinema is giving young and old fans four chances to catch...

Sarah Bennett

Film Special Features

Los Angeles Film School

Fight Club, The Matrix, Gangs of New York, Back to the Future, This is Spinal Tap. Chances are you’ve seen some of these movies...

Michael Lee

Film Interviews

Sean Faris

In natural habitats, the male usually asserts his dominance through posturing and intimidation. Should his opponent fail to relent,...

Ebony March

Film Interviews

Married Life

Hollywood has not always set the best of standards for the complicated nature of married life. Everyday existence behind the...

Alexander L. Carpenter

Film Interviews

Snow Angels

The pristine coolness of freshly fallen snow, the gentle pitter-patter of bird's footprints on a downy bed of white, the disarming...

Ebony March

Film Projections

Southern California Business Film Festival 2008

Only in California can one film festival show episodes of “The Office” and Oliver Stone’s Wall Street alongside student work...

Sarah Bennett

Film Movie Reviews

Girls Rock!

A lot of Riot Grrl nostalgia is woven into Girls Rock!, the all-female equivalent of Rock School. At a five-day camp in Portland,...

China Bialos

Film Movie Reviews

The Other Boleyn Girl

Phillipa Gregory’s novel, The Other Boleyn Girl, provides all of the soapy, gossipy fun of a chick-lit favorite, like a Bridget...

Angela Matano

Film Special Features

Solid Silver Screen Performances of 2007

EVAN RACHEL WOOD (KING OF CALIFORNIA) At the ripe age of 20, Wood is still young, but her breakthrough performance came five...

Rayhané S. Sanders

Film Interviews

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a hybrid of sorts, meshing the delighted stylish whirl of a jazz era period flick with a quick...

Sam Roudman

Film Interviews

CJ7

Hong Kong’s Stephen Chow is probably best known by American audiences as the director and star of Shaolin Soccer and the international...

Norman Mayers

Film Interviews

The Bank Job

Let’s just get it all out in the open: Jason Statham is good at playing ne're-do-wells who somehow manage to gain sympathy from...

Ebony March

Film Special Features

Spring Movie Guide

This is often the season of date movies, when the studios take a breather from likely award heavyweights and give us something...

Rayhané S. Sanders

Film Projections

Caddyshack

Before Adam Sandler got the crap beat out of him by Bob Barker in Happy Gilmore (and way before Tiger Woods started endorsing...

Sarah Bennett

Film Movie Reviews

Vivere

The paths of three women converge on one of the most miserable Christmas Eves that one could imagine in director Angelina Maccarone’s...

Natasha Desianto

Film Movie Reviews

Vantage Point

This movie, with an all-star cast consisting of Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt, is cliché,...

Keyvon Pierre

Film Movie Reviews

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father is based on the memoir of Raimond Gaita. Romulus, brilliantly portrayed by Eric Bana, is an immigrant who...

Natasha Desianto