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Metallica: Through the Never's Weird Provocation of White Aggrievement

Spoilers abound below—for a concert film!

Chinese Theatre Is Now the World's Highest-Capacity IMAX

The TCL Chinese Theatre has a new feather to add to its cap: Hollywood's first and only IMAX screen. After closing for renovations on May 1 of this year, the 86-year-old movie palace will host the 3D/IMAX premiere of The Wizard of Oz (which had its original premiere there in 1939) this Sunday before ... More >>

The Sahara Tent Kicked Ass This Year

The EDM-focused Sahara tent is twice as tall this year, and much wider and longer too. It's now roughly the size of an airplane hangar. The arched mega-tent is not just a dubstep paradise, but a behemoth of truss and LED panels. The visuals are otherworldly, with kaleidoscopic light and graphic disp ... More >>

How Normand Latourelle Turned His Bizarre Dreams About Horses Into a $30 Million Spectacle

Normand Latourelle dreams about horses. Such dreams are appropriate because Latourelle is the creator of the touring shows Cavalia and Odysseo, which, for lack of a better description, have been called "Cirque du Soleil with horses." As one of the original co-founders of Cirque, Latourelle doesn't m ... More >>

Why You Have to See The Master in 70mm

Paul Thomas Anderson excels at coaxing brilliant work out of his collaborators -- which, on his last two features, specifically means not only his leading men but also composer Jonny Greenwood and cinematographers Robert Elswit and Mihai Malaimare Jr. -- and directing them so expertly that he distra ... More >>

The Ethics of Superhero Gun Use: Why Indy Does It in Raiders of the Lost Ark But Batman Doesn't in Dark Knight Rises

For all his doom and gloom, Batman isn't exactly an antihero--a point that's worth bringing up right now because another, less tortured hero can currently be found on IMAX screens across Los Angeles: ... More >>

Raiders of the Lost Ark Opens in IMAX: Remember When Indiana Jones Was Awesome?

The story goes that while filming in Tunisia in the summer of 1980, Steven Spielberg avoided the dysentery that afflicted most of the cast and crew of Raiders of the Lost Ark by holing up in his hotel room with a suitcase full of SpaghettiOs. Like most studio-approved behind-the-scenes errata, that ... More >>

The Master's Master

Paul Thomas Anderson on his new 70 mm film

Dark Knight Rises Review

Self-important and overstuffed, The Dark Knight Rises feels like Batman forever

IMAX or Lie-MAX? Where to Actually See The Dark Knight Rises on the Biggest Screen Possible

The good news is that we have two legit IMAX locations to choose from (three if you count the California Science Center, which specializes in nature documentaries and the like): Universal CityWalk and Movie Studios Are Forcing Hollywood to Abandon 35mm Film. But the Consequences of Going Digital Are Vast, and Troubling

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

Parsing the data

Cannes 2011: Terrence Malick and Brad Pitt's The Tree of Life Gets Irate Boos Followed by Thin Applause

Brad Pitt in The Tree of Life​ CANNES, FRANCE -- Much improved since I last posted, the Cannes Film Festival celebrated its midpoint in train-wreck fashion, its wagon to hitched to The Tree of Life. The first screening of Terrence Malick's long-awaited new movie, three years in the editing, ... More >>

Born to Be Wild 3-D

Shock the Junkie

A hallucinogen called ibogaine has helped addicts kick heroin, meth and everything in between. Is it the trip that does the trick?

Across the Great Divide

Via small-form films

Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival

​Do you want to save some orangutans? Do you like to run? Twenty-five bucks buys you a ticket to run in Orangutan Foundation International's upcoming fundraiser Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival on September 26. I know it takes a lot for us to get off our asses and do something truly ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Enemies of the People, Step-Up 3D, The Other Guys

Also The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, Patrik Age 1.5 and more

Movie Reviews: Stolen, Severe Clear, The Bounty Hunter, The Killing Jar

Also, Tales From the Script, Neil Young: Trunk Show, See What I'm Saying and more

Panic, Despair and Revolution

Yet from industry turmoil, great films arose

THE FRESHEST SEAFOOD IN TOWN

Movie Reviews: Big Man Japan, Management, Not Forgetten

Also, Brothers at War, The New Twenty, The Skeptic, The Brothers Bloom and Next Day Air

Watchmen Postmortem

Too close to the novel to work on the screen

The 10 (or 17) Best Films of 2008

Coming soon to a theater, er, HDTV near you

Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight: Batman Continues

Heath Ledger cements his legend playing nemesis to Christian Bale's Gotham City hero

Indie Remix: Los Angeles Film Festival 2008

Our critics weigh in on the best, and the rest, of this year's event

Hot Rocks

Ink aficionados; Compound Radio; punkettes prancing; Stones gather moss; pulsating party

The Voodoo Lounge: Love Songs; Shine a Light

Where Honore, Godard, Scorsese and the Stones all have a place at the table

Aquarium Connection: Exotic-Fish Emporium Makes Waves

Owner Andrew Bunya-Ananta is an industry name at 22

Babes, Bestiality and Beowulf

Zemeckis and company give a lowbrow, high-tech makeover to the eighth-century epic

Film Reviews: Smiley Face, Beowulf, Confessions of a Superhero, Om Shanti Om

Love in the Time of Cholera, How to Cook Your Life, Salvador Allende

Rent a War

Best place to get props

Film Reviews

Including this week's picks, Jackass Number Two and The Science of Sleep

Film Reviews

Reviews of Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, The Bridesmaid, this week's pick, Mutual Appreciation and more

Why Not Let Go?

Jurassic Sequels

Bughouse anthropology and panoramania

True Quest

Looking for self in the Grand Canyon

Techno Time Travel

Nova TV series uncovers secrets of Easter Island idols

The 'At Least' Factor

At least Frank Stronach isn't bulldozing Santa Anita for condos

Freeway Jazz

For you. Is that cool?

Go-Go Galanter