George Romero

Pleasure in the Rubble: Why the Summer's Last, Smallest Blockbuster Was Its Best

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Watson and Holmes, Together Again

This week in L.A. theater, Jamie Robledo's Watson and the Dark Art of Harry Houdini was our pick of the week, while ModRock at the El Portal also got a "Go." All new theater reviews are below. Our stage feature is an interview with Val Kilmer about his new Mark Twain solo show at the Kirk Douglas T ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Jacobean Incest Melodrama

The scandal surrounding a love affair between a brother and his sister forms the centerpiece of John Ford's 17th century play, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. Archway Theatre's downtown production is this week's pick. See below for all the latest new theater reviews and comprehensive theater listings. Thi ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Garry Marshall Directing a Play About the Making of Double Indemnity

Lost Moon Radio did another bang-up job hosting the 34th annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards Monday night. (See the full list of L.A. Weekly Theater Award winners here.) Thanks to Lauren Ludwig, Trish Hadley and the LMR troupe for their talent, and thanks for all the kind missives from people who had ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Pycho-Sexual Boxing Match

Pycho-sexual spectacles got nods from our critics this week, including Illyrian Players' Lord Blackberry's Apocalypse and our Pick of the Week, Tender Napalm. Nice reviews also for Doma Theatre Company's Dreamgirls at the MET, Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice at A Noise Within, Latino Theatre Company's Melacho ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including an Unusual Look at Motherhood

This week, our critics enjoyed composer and musical director Gregory Nabours' 90-minute musical The Trouble With Words (Coeurage Theatre Company at the Unknown Theatre) as well as a quartet of one-acts at the Lillian under the collective title Unscreened. This week's Pick goes to Dorothy Fortenberry ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Prancing Horses on a Stage the Size of a Football Field

The Canadian troupe Cavalia wowed critic Lovell Estell III this week with its equestrian spectacle Cavalia's Odysseo. Good notices also for Diane Glancy's The Bird House at the Autry National Center, and for a revival of Carlos Murillo's Dark Play (or Story for Boys) at the Whitmore-Lindley The ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Mesmerizing Child's-Eye View of Grief, Walking the Tightrope

Child-like views delighted our critics this week, with Mike Kenney's Walking the Tightrope at the 24th Street Theatre taking Pick of the Week, and a nod to Albie Selznick's magic show Smoke and Mirrors at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood. There's also a recommendation for an adult comed ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Family Strife and Sexual Taboos in Machu Picchu, Texas

Family trauma drama Machu Picchu, Texas (pictured above) grabs our Pick of the Week this week. Good reviews also for Noel Coward's Fallen Angels at the Pasadena Playhouse and David Henry Hwang's Chinglish at South Coast Rep. For all New Theater Reviews, and this weekend's comprehensive listing ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Jane Kaczmarek in The Snake Can

Kathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan. See below for all the latest New Theater Reviews, and this week's comprehensive stage listings. Also, two s ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground

Nods this week for Laguna Playhouse's production of Neil Simon's Chapter Two and Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood. For the latest new reviews and comprehensive stage listings, see below. Tanna Frederick and Robert Standley star in N. Richard Nash's T ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including a Solo Show About Pioneering Actress Hattie McDaniel

Our critic Lovell Estell was entranced by Vickilyn Reynolds' performance in a show based on the life of Hattie McDaniel, Hattie -- What I Need You To Know. For all the latest New Theater Reviews, and comprehensive stage listings, see below.This week's Stage Feature takes a look a three shows th ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Sherlock's Last Case

No new reviews this week, but these will return at the same time next week, as the new theater season gets underway. See below for complete listings of shows to see this week.In this week's stage feature, we asked our stable of critics what they most dread and anticipate when being assigned a s ... More >>

Theater to See in L.A. This Week, Including Japanese War Brides Musical Tea, With Music

A musical about World War II war brides, Tea, With Music, for which the author, Velina Hasu Houston, has added songs and music for this production, is our Pick of the Week. For all new theater reviews, see below. This week's stage fature looks a couple of plays aiming to be light fare: Micha ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Have you heard? Real live flesh-eating zombie freaks are on the attack! In Florida, a man name ... More >>

Jean-Luc Godard's Weekend at Cinefamily

Super 8 Review

JJ Abrams meets Steven Spielberg

Top Ten Musician Restaurant Franchises (In Honor of Flavor Flav's New Fried Chicken Joint in Iowa--Yes, Iowa)

Don't Believe the Hype! 10 Musician's Restaurants Less Strange Than Flava Flav's Chicken Joint

AMC's 'The Walking Dead' Signs, Seals, Delivers On Hype At Comic-Con 2010

​ With Emmy-winning powerhouses Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC is at the forefront of cable TV drama. What fans and geeks have hoped for, this year's Comic-Con audience can attest to, and the rest of the world is about to find out is that the network is poised to break all-new ground in October ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Cheri, My Sister's Keeper, The Stoning of Soraya M.

Also, Dead Snow, Life Is Hot in Cracktown and more

Birth of a Zombie Nation: The Undead in the Movies

From Bela Lugosi's zombie love slave to George Romero's Living Undead through the soulless corporate workers of more recent films

Frownland: Freaks and Freaks

The creepy intensity of Ronald Bronstein’s debut feature

Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan, Meet Dr. Hollywood

Zack Snyder doesn't ruin the comic book adaptation. But he doesn't get it either

Night of the Living Showgirls

Zombie Strippers knocks ’em dead

Movie Reviews: Zombie Strippers, Floating Life, Lost in Beijing

Also, Flight of the Red Balloon, Dark Matter and more

Movie Reviews: Boarding Gate, Run Fat Boy Run, Priceless

Also Superhero Movie, Flawless and more

Uncle George's Diary

Few directors in any genre draw as loyal, faithful and loving a crowd as the maestro of the undead, George Romero. And they turned out in droves – the big names, the bloodied faces, and everyone in between – at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian on Wednesday night for a sold-out preview ... More >>

Cloverfield Is a Horror

Monster mash

Movie Reviews: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Look, The Perfect Holiday

Also Lagerfeld Confidential, Man in the Chair and The Protagonist

Screamfest 2007

Terror in the aisles

Seeing Pedro Costa

Dreaming with open eyes

No Laffing Matter

Los Angeles Film Festival finally comes of age

209 Weeks Later

War on zombies, war on terror, what’s the diff?

Gone With the Wind

A decade after Smoke Signals, success remains elusive for Native American filmmakers

Glittering Hunks of Trash

Grindhouse welcomes you to the democracy of cinephilia

Theater Reviews

Including The Victorian Hotel, Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking and more

Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

The Zombie Zeitgeist

On the stump since 1968

Vote For Pedro (and Larry)

The small but conspicuous coterie of film critics seen perambulating this year's Toronto Film Festival decked out in red-and-white "Vote For Pedro" t-shirts were not, despite the potential misunderstanding, expressing their undying love for Napoleon Dynamite. Rather, the Pedro in question was Pedro ... More >>

Film Reviews

For the week of March 31-April 6

Chain: The Time We Killed

Roger and Me

Scott Foundas responds to Ebert’s critic-bait

Histories of Violence

In the best films of 2005, the past came back to haunt

Week of the Living Dead

Smoke Got in Their Eyes

Watching black-on-white history

Dead Director Rises Again

George Romero on zombies, politics and his own second coming

Taking the Bait

Getting past the teasers for Taking Lives and Dawn of the Dead

The Deepest Cut

Undead Do Dance

Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and Guy Maddin’s Dracula

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

The American Nightmare and Hannibal