Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in Alfonso Cuaron's first film since Children of Men
When former New York Times (and ex-LA Weekly) movie critic Elvis Mitchell took over LACMA's film curatorship two years ago -- with Film Independent, which runs the L.A. Film Festival and the Spirit Awards -- he announced his intention to raise the profile of LACMA's Bing Theater and fill it with tha ... More >>
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 >>
Our weekly list of special event movies to see this week: Friday, Oct. 12 Dying to take that long-overdue visit to the Getty Villa? The museum's outdoor film series, presented in conjunction with its exhibition "The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection," might just be the great ... More >>
Aaron Morgan"Candida," produced by Crysalis Stage at The Complex​Chrysalis Stage's revival of G.B. Shaw's Candida at The Complex nabbed this week's Pick of the Week. ​ Our critics also liked On Holy Ground with Salome Jens at the MET, in Hollywood. See here for all the latest New Theater Reviews ... More >>
Wrong-man thriller goes thud
COMPREHENSVIE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Tim Crouch's The Author, and the Belarus Free Theatre L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS NOMINEESTHEATRIFICATION AND BROADWAY 100 ​Broadway and the Vaudeville circuit began in Los Angeles 100 years ago, in the downtown Historical Theater Di ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSUnderstating the ObviousThe Subject Was Roses and The Ballad of Emmett TillBY STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS​No bed of roses: Sheen and Conroy on a sterile promontory: ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSNEW REVIEW GO WIT ​Photo courtesy of Actors' Co-opPlaywright Margaret Edson won the Pulitzer Prize for this intense drama about an English poetry pro ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW REVIEWSTHEATER FEATURES ON NORTH ATLANTIC AND ED HARRIS THE 31ST ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDSMORE AWARDS FALLOUTAmidst his gracious email received earlier this week, French Stewart stands up for more talent neglected by L.A. Weekly Awards committee. I quo ... More >>
COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWS This week's Theater Feature on Camelot and Baal. GETTING OUR FRINGE ON I've heard it said at numerous receptions and parties that the reason L.A. has so much bad theater is because it has so much bad theater - that less would be more. Fringe Fe ... More >>
WRECKSThe Geffen Playhouse announced yesterday that Ed Harris will revive his acclaimed performance in Neil LaBute's 2005 play Wrecks, which premiered in Ireland and transferred to the New York Public Theatre in 2006, where Harris appeared in it as Edward Carr, a used-car salesman who has just lost ... More >>
Alex Cox looks back with laughter
Ed Harris shoots straight, but Viggo Mortensen steals the show
Also National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and more
The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama
Also Golda's Balcony, The Price of Sugar, Things We Lost in the Fire and more
In his 11th film as director, Robert Benton keeps his ear to the ground of human emotions
Including this week's pick, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
For February 17 - 23
A History of Violence director David Cronenberg talks about history — and violence
The local heroes, fools and vagabonds of HBO’s Empire Falls
Murder, melancholy and Murakami’s In the Miso Soup
Unearthing L.A.’s culture gems
Bleeding The Human Stain of nuance
Seabiscuit, that is, and Buffalo Soldiers
Kidman, Streep and Moore in The Hours
Yesterday, in fact, in Andrew Niccol's Simone
The enduring virtues of Jennifer Connelly
Big Bad Love good, Jaglom better than usual
A Beautiful Mind; plus, The Shipping News
Indie film goes prime time
Dave Hickey and Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Williams and Leni Riefenstahl, James Hayward and more
Our year at the movies
Ed Harris’ Pollock
Immovable objects, irresistible forces
Heaven and hell in religious movies
Director Agnieszka Holland
How Bruce Willis Romanced and then Jilted a Small Idaho Town
Paul Schrader’s Affliction, John Boorman’s The General, Chris Columbus’ Stepmom
Peter Weir turns on Jim Carrey
