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Triple the Fun With Linklater's Before Films and the Back to the Future Trio: Your Weekly To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, May 17 In 1995, audiences met Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy) in Before Sunrise, the story of a chance meeting on a train that turns into a night of conversation and roaming around Vienna. With only a short time together until Jesse' ... More >>

An Awards Show for Movie Trailers, and More: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week Friday, May 3 On Friday, Aisha Tyler (The Talk) and Rob Schneider will host the 14th annual Golden Trailer Awards at the Saban Theater; the pre-party  starts at 6:30 p.m. Don your cocktail-party attire for a night t ... More >>

How to Be an L.A. Cinephile

With so many indie films and repertory screenings, how do the city's movie buffs manage it all?

Cinema Palaces on a Cinema Screen (How Meta!)

From Opera to the Terminator: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, Feb. 22 USC will be showing a free advance screening of Phantom, starring Ed Harris as the captain of a Cold War Soviet submarine who faces off against a rogue KGB agent (David Duchovny) trying to seize control of a nuclear missile. The film start ... More >>

Riot Grrrl

Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love

Drunk and Possibly Crazy: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Friday, Feb. 1 Alcohol and social media come together for a special screening of Pixelschatten -- a German movie about a blogger, Pixel, who writes a life-changing post when he realizes he's the last of his friends to move on after their local fame fizzles out. Pixel represents all of us who tweet, ... More >>

Finally! Conspiracy Theorists and Avant-Gardists, Together at Last

Christmas Films, From Romantic to Bloody: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event films to see: Friday, Dec. 14 What would make 1946 classic It's a Wonderful Life even more wonderful? Seeing it on ice! Put those ice-skating moves to work while the Echo Park Film Center Filmmobile plays the movie (Christmas cake is promised). Keep an eye on its Tw ... More >>

There's No Ism Like Nihilism

A Clockwork Orange at LACMA and More: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event movies to see: Thursday. Dec. 6 The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival continues this week, and tonight at Bellevarado Studios presents a tribute to Italian erotic filmmaker Tinto Brass, including his Vanessa Redgrave-starring La Vacanza.

Shakespeare, Kubrick and Oprah: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

This week the cinephile community is focused on AFI Fest, but here are some other special event films we recommend: Friday, Nov. 2 Women have made giant leaps in history, but every so often someone tries to put them in a binder. Oprah-approved doc Miss Representation explores the correlation betwe ... More >>

6 Movies to See This Week, Including Wet Hot American Summer in a Cemetery

Our weekly list of special movie events to check out in L.A.: Thursday, Aug. 16 6. Last January at Sundance, a movie starring Frank Langella (who played Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon and, more importantly, the scheming owner of the Knicks in Eddie) as a man who becomes friends with a robot made qui ... More >>

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Rock Hudson, Robert Bresson and all-night avant-garde

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

More vampires, noir and Tarr

Jon Jost Series at L.A. Filmforum & Cinefamily

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Brendan Gleeson doubles up

Angelina Jolie and Other Auteurs

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Ashby or Snoopy?

"Out the Window" Brings Art to L.A. Buses

Sex, Soviets and Hitchcock: Your Weekly Movie To-do List

Boonmee Bounces Back: Your Weekly To-Do List

Seven Weird Things To Do This Week in L.A.

Weekend of Horrors Convention​ L.A. is weird. You can fight it or go with it. What do you think folks in our Calendar section would say? Here are seven hints: 7. The Underground Rebel Bingo Club Fri., May 13, 10:00pm, secret location "We can't tell you anything about this Bingo Club. That's b ... More >>

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Liz Taylor, Branagh’s Shakespeares

Movies This Weekend: Meek's and a Classic Priest

Meek's Cutoff​ April doesn't always bring the strongest theatrical openings, but this week is a real embarrassment of riches. We cover them all for you below: J. Hoberman reviews Meek's Cutoff, the latest from indie luminary Kelly Reichardt, and notes that while "Meek's Cutoff has a tranced ... More >>

Adam Curtis' It Felt Like a Kiss

Nicholas Ray, Pat Garrett and the Austin Kids: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Chinese Democracy

Film series highlights indie film as resistance

Last Chance Cassavetes: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Don't wait for Uncle Boonmee

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late

The Bikeroots

City Council candidate Stephen Box and L.A. bicyclists roll into the halls of power

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

THE DOCTOR WILL SCARE YOU NOW

Park[ing] Day LA Converts Parking Spaces Into Green Oases Throughout L.A.

Steve La​ By Steve La and Leilani Albano Let's face it, Los Angeles is known more for its vast urban sprawl, freeways and mega shopping centers than parks or open spaces. A group of environmental activists, neighborhood council members, professional developers and park advocates hoped to chang ... More >>

THE LAST MOVING PICTURE

Locals Only

Changing the System From Within

Fucking With "Fucking With Drew Barrymore”

And more thoughts on L.A. People 2009

LA People 2009: Cinema Enabler — Paolo Davanzo

Film and Video Events

Revival house screenings and other events, Aug. 22-28

Giant Joystick Lands in Echo Park

If you Google the phrase "Giant Joystick," one of the first names that comes up isn't a well-endowed porn star, but artist Jason Torchinsky, who actually built a scale-model of the classic Atari 2600 controller, except at 15x the size of the ones we had as kids. Dozens of people showed up at M ... More >>

German / Mexican Films at Echo Park Film Center

Wednesday at 8, if you can make it. Sounds intriguing. Straight from Austin, Texas, A German and A Mexican Tour showcases work from filmmakers Katja Straub and Miguel Alvarez. Both love, tell, and collect stories - narrative or documentary - always with an emphasis on visual exploration. Their rathe ... More >>

I Got Yer Inconvenient Truth!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Winnie the Pooh, Annie . . . and Richard Hell

Helter Shelter

Architectural intervention: Head for the hills or take it to the streets

Cinetheque Paradiso

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