Email Author Tom Christie

Awards

• 2010 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  2009 Film Issue

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2006 Stories by Tom Christie

• Staff Recommends

  published December 21, 2006

  Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto BolañoEven before his untimely death in 2003, I’d been repeatedly told that this wandering... More >>

• Ou Est Bouillier?

  published October 26, 2006

  Getting into the Ma’kai Lounge in Santa Monica the other night was a disconcerting affair. For one thing, there were French people... More >>

• Best Honorable Engine Men (and Woman)

  published October 5, 2006

  Best Honorable Engine Men (and Woman)Pity the honest mechanic. Not just honest but fair, even kind and full of goodwill. For he... More >>

• Splitting Hairs

  published October 5, 2006

  A funny thing happened on the way to the hair salon. A few years ago, Art Cardiel was cutting my hair. He was working in a salon in Los... More >>

• Auf Wiedersehen, Adele

  published June 29, 2006

  Only a couple of days remain until the five Gustav Klimt paintings, recently returned by Austria to the descendents of the couple that owned... More >>

• Paintings With Friends

  published June 15, 2006

  “Whoa,” said Jack Larson as we rounded a corner at the County Museum of Art and came face to face with two dachshunds. “This... More >>

• 15 Writers Share Their Must-Reads

  published April 27, 2006

  DANIEL HANDLER (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events)Peter Rock’s The... More >>

• 8 Angelenos on ArtReview's International Power 100 List

  published April 27, 2006

  (Last year’s position in parentheses.)82. (NEW) Shaun Caley Regen, dealer/gallerist (Regen Projects)79. (NEW) Ann Philbin,... More >>

• King of the Hill

  published April 20, 2006

  Thirty years ago this month, Sol Shankman suffered his first angina attack. His doctor told him he’d better get busy, and a neighbor... More >>

• Más Mexican Media Response

  published March 9, 2006

  Since Josh Kun’s cover profile of Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon was published in the Weekly on February 15, it has received... More >>

• The Gold Coast

  published March 2, 2006

  Anthony Hernandez is known for his lush images of urban landscapes such as the ?L.A. River. He began photographing in black-and-white in the... More >>