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Stanley Kubrick Weekend

“Heeeeeeeerrre's Johnny!” No, that's not a written imitation of the late Mr. Carson entering the stage on “The Tonight Show,”...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

An Inconvenient Truth

Perhaps Orwellian in scope, I believe there should exist a Ministry of Arts that could mandate certain people see certain films,...

Josh Herman

Film Special Features

Behind the Tattoos With

While celebs get all the credit for art performed in front of the camera, many of the hardest working artists in the industry...

Crystal Lafata

Film Interviews

X-Men: The Last Stand

The X-Men are some of the most highly recognizable fictional characters of today and are arguably the definitive comic book with...

Brien Overly

Film Projections

Written For the Screen

What do Casablanca, Groundhog Day, The Godfather and Sunset Blvd. have in common? Well, aside from the fact that they‚re all...

Abbi Toushin

Film Special Features

UCLA Shorttakes

Every great filmmaker starts somewhere-and this may as well be the motto for UCLA‚s Shorttakes Film Festival, which hosts its...

Abbi Toushin

Film Special Features

The Summer Movie Outlook

My job is reviewing the movies playing in theaters, but my hobby is anticipating the movies we won't see for a while. Heck,...

Chris Hewitt

Film Projections

It's Alive

If you love the cuddly, creepy or just plain creative characters in films like Star Wars , Beetlejuice or Spider-Man 2 , then...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

A Dose of Reality

Do you ever stop to think about what makes your doctor prescribe one drug over another? Is it because Pill A has fewer side effects...

Heather Turk

Film Interviews

All Aboard

What happens when total strangers have to rely on each other for survival, knowing their last few hours on earth are in the hands...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Interviews

Terry Zwigoff

Terry Zwigoff is very much an actor's director. To him, the performance is the most important element of a film. This isn't surprising...

Paul Crocetti

Film Projections

Russian Ark With Edward Goldman

The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia is purely a place of beauty. Its many hallways and rooms are exquisite, and it...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Character Study

Set in Australia in the late 19th century, The Proposition combines violent sequences, panoramic cinematography and distinct...

Hussam Kanaan

Film Interviews

Lindsey Lohan

Is bad luck following Lindsay Lohan? She's led a fortunate life, but she's also had her fair share of misfortune and unfortunate...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Projections

Office Space

Wear your flair! Wear your flair! And get ready to beat the boss when Office Space , Mike Judge's quintessential film about day-to-day...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

Water

“What if our conscious conflicts with our faith?” questions the widow Shakuntula. The answer to that question is, at best, acutely...

Rahwa Asmerom

Film Movie Reviews

The Beauty Academy of Kabul

While merely fodder for celebrity tabloids in the U.S., the arts of makeup and hairdressing represent much more in Afghanistan,...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Mixing it up

You might be surprised to learn that the hard-ass women's gymnastics coach in Stick It is the one and only Jeff Bridges. While...

Amy Dunn

Film Projections

4th Annual Indian Film Festival

The much talked-about film Water, from director Deepa Mehta, will open the 4th annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles on...

Abbi Toushin

Film Special Features

Is Hollywood Seeing Double?

Recent movie openings include an animated comedy about animals that escape from a New York zoo and end up in their natural habitat...

Chris Hewitt

Film Movie Reviews

Preaching to the Choir

Preaching to the Choir seeds adequately in the very fertile genre of black films about redemption. But don’t expect performances...

Jean Johnson

Film Interviews

Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria may play a superficial, self-absorbed housewife on television, but she’s hoping audiences see a different side of...

Sandra Kraisirideja

Film Projections

The Goonies and Back to the Future

It’s a blast back to 1985 next week at the recently upgraded New Beverly Cinema, when cult classics The Goonies and Back to the...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

Kinky Boots

One man’s trade becomes another man’s adventure in Kinky Boots, a clever, funny, heartwarming film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor...

Abbi Toushin

Film Interviews

Large and In-Charge

Sitting down with actress/comedienne Mo’Nique is like talking with your older sister, who is doling out funny and honest advice...

Mary Montoro

Film Interviews

Catherine Keener

The past couple of years have been heady ones for Catherine Keener to say the least. This Spring, the two-time Academy Award...

Chris Pryor

Film Projections

Great to be Nominated Film Series

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)’ third installment of its “Great To Be Nominated” film series kicks off...

Abbi Toushin

Film Movie Reviews

On a Clear Day

Director Gaby Dellal makes a good overall impression with her debut feature film, On a Clear Day. Penned by first-time feature...

Hussam Kanaan

Film Movie Reviews

Lucky Number Slevin

In spite of the obvious effort and hard work in the pre-production and production phases, Lucky Number Slevin asks its audience...

Hussam Kanaan

Film Interviews

When Do We Eat

For Salvador Litvak, the director of When Do We Eat?, his little independent film carries a simple message: „Don‚t take yourselves...

Hussam Kanaan