Drive (Movie)

No, Really: You Can, and Should, Kayak the L.A. River (VIDEO!)

There's a scene in the movie Drive where Ryan Gosling's character takes Carey Mulligan's character for a leisurely lift down a half-pike of concrete. Dried up and ugly, it's the bed of the L.A. River, where--in theory--copious amounts of flowing water should be. See also: L.A. River Opens for Recr ... More >>

Only God Forgives Is So Ridiculous It's Hard to Take It Seriously

Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director for more arthouse violence

An L.A. Cult Comedian's Insane Onstage Meta-Sitcom

Two weekends ago, a re-run of cult L.A. comedian Brendon Small's bildungsroman Adult Swim cartoon Home Movies appeared, a reminder for his absurdist, neurotic stylings. But what was Brendon up to nowadays? Small (@_Bredonsmall) arrived in L.A. during the early aughts from Boston, jumpstarting the a ... More >>

L.A. Film Festival 2013: The Basics

Kirk Douglas Honors Burt Lancaster, and a New Media Film Fest: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, June 7 The seventh annual Greek Film Festival at the Writers Guild Theater runs through June 9. Friday's lineup includes the U.S. premiere of They Glow in the Dark at 3 p.m. This documentary finds two gay ex-lovers reconnecting after 20 years to m ... More >>

Cannes 2013: Five of Our Favorite Films

Cannes: Refn's Again with Ryan Gosling, but Only God Forgives Isn't in the Same League as Drive

Is Ryan Gosling Parodying Masculinity?

Actor reteams with Blue Valentine director for The Place Beyond the Pines

Hollywood Action Movies Suck These Days (But They Don't Have To)

By Vern Remember how action movies used to be? The good old-fashioned American (but often European-accented) ones from the '80s and '90s, the type paid tribute to (but not necessarily re-created) in the Expendables movies? No offense to your Iron Men and your Jason Bournes, but I miss movies like D ... More >>

Time Warner Cable Launches 'Ryan Gosling On Demand' for Valentine's Day

From "The 20 Most Flawless, Perfect Pictures Of Ryan Gosling At The Airport." Really.​You're welcome, Time Warner, for the free publicity. Don't get used to it. But this time, you knew exactly how to rope a lady blogger into covering your clunky, last-century cable services: all Ryan Gosling, ... More >>

Angelina Jolie and Other Auteurs

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

L.A. Weekly's Top 10 Films of 2011

From Margaret to Moneyball

2011 Village Voice/L.A. Weekly Film Critics' Poll

Parsing the data

The Ides of March Review

George Clooney's fourth feature as director attempts to capitalize on the fall of Obamamania

Drive Review

Ryan Gosling at the wheel in the glossy, retro heist-gone-bad bloodbath

Drive: Albert Brooks Launches His Third Career Act

The Best and Worst of the Summer Movie Season

Considering the middlebrow question, and assessing the year in film thus far

Cannes Wrap: Melancholia's Battle With The Tree of Life Overwhelms the Festival

Cannes 2011: The Winners

​ CANNES, FRANCE. The 64th Cannes Film Festival provided an exceptionally rich and varied slate and the jury--headed by Robert De Niro--proved both gracious and judicious in dividing their prizes among eight films.

Rapture at Cannes: The Twisted Poetry of Lars von Trier's "I am a Nazi" Scandal

​ After a week at the Cannes Film Festival, I left the south of France on Thursday morning fully aware that I would likely miss something major. The world's premiere showcase of top-shelf auteur cinema would go on without me for another few days, with many highly anticipated Competition title ... More >>

Cannes 2011: We the Jury

The Artist​ CANNES, FRANCE -- The fun is winding down and the sad thing is, there could have been even more. Cannes's programmers had carefully contrived a Palme d'Or celebrity death match between two wildly polarizing contenders with Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life in the white trunks an ... More >>