LA Weekly

Sherman Torgan: Last of the Independents

Tue, Jul 24, 2007, 3:00 pm

1944–2007

Born to Be Rad

Wed, Apr 18, 2007, 6:00 pm

John S. Rad, 1936–2007

Freedom of Information

Wed, Aug 16, 2006, 6:01 pm

Copyright and its discontents

After the Fall

Wed, Aug 9, 2006, 12:00 pm

Oliver Stone at ground zero

A Face in the In Crowd

Wed, Jul 5, 2006, 3:00 pm

“His memory is incredible,” says Benn Schulberg, 25, son of legendary screenwriter Budd Schulberg, who…

(I Belong to The) Blank Generation

Wed, Mar 15, 2006, 3:00 pm

Perhaps it’s the beneficent gaze of Sister Aimee Semple McPherson, the merest trace of something…

Death Race 2000

Fri, Jan 13, 2006, 6:00 pm

Horror filmmaker Eric Red crashed his Jeep, killing two. Then he slit his own throat. That was only the beginning

The Passion of the Rad

Thu, Nov 10, 2005, 12:00 am

An enigmatic independent auteur may have made the world’s next great midnight movie

People in Glass Apartments

Thu, Apr 28, 2005, 12:00 am

Living a stone’s throw away from an architectural masterpiece

Radio Provocateur

Thu, Jun 10, 2004, 12:00 am

Phil Hendrie conquers the AM dial one deluded caller at a time. So why can't he get his mug on TV?

Bart Wars

Thu, Jun 3, 2004, 12:00 am

The Last Picture Show

Thu, Jul 17, 2003, 12:00 am

Of Los Angeles’ great archival double-bill theaters, only Sherman Torgan’s New Beverly Cinema remains. Can this revival house be saved?

The Misfits

Wed, Nov 13, 2002, 12:00 am

Four killer producers on the cutting edge of independent film

God Save the King

Wed, Aug 14, 2002, 12:00 am

August 16 marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. Four and a half months later, on January 2, 1978, the Sex Pistols arrived in America for their brief abortive tour, and the seam of history unraveled. Coincidence?

The L.A. Cinema Club and the Rise of Amateur Filmmaking

Wed, Aug 7, 2002, 12:00 am

Photos by Anne Fishbein The very classification "amateur" has an apologetic ring. But that very word…

Heir of the Dogma

Wed, Aug 7, 2002, 12:00 am

Group 101 goes global

The Horror, the Horror,

Wed, Jun 19, 2002, 12:00 am

Before American Movie, before Blair Witch, there was Demon Lover Diary

Watching the Detectives

Wed, Apr 10, 2002, 12:00 am

How a couple of middle-aged P.I.'s and world-class raconteurs survived the DEA, the mob and the tabloid wars to take on their most elusive target yet -- Hollywood

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

Wed, Mar 27, 2002, 12:00 am

ArcLight Cinemas wants you (at $14 a pop)

Museum Piece

Wed, Mar 20, 2002, 12:00 am

The enduring virtues of Jennifer Connelly

Barnstorming

Wed, Mar 13, 2002, 12:00 am

Michael Moore touches down

The Hired Hand

Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00 am

Alejandro Iñárritu revs up the boss’s BMW

The Hired Hand

Wed, Mar 6, 2002, 12:00 am

EVER SINCE HIS DEBUT FEATURE, CRONOS, WON THE CRITICS' PRIZE AT THE 1992 Cannes Festival,…

The Accidental Witness

Wed, Feb 13, 2002, 12:00 am

Puzzling run-ins with NBC and the FBI