J.D. Salinger

Salinger, the New Documentary, Would Make Holden Caulfield Very Angry

Telluride Film Festival 2013: A Wrap-Up

L.A.'s Best Comics Tell the 50 First Jokes of 2013

Q: What has a hundred thumbs and loves dead moms? A: Fifty comedians crammed on a stage at the Downtown Independent Theater, that's who. For the third year in a row, 50 of L.A.'s favorite weird and edgy and off-beat comedians told their first jokes of the new year in rapid two-minute succession ... More >>

Iranian Actress Sheila Vand's Path to Argo Ran Through UCLA and Experimental Steampunk

Say the word "starlet" in polite conversation and risk conjuring up an image of Lindsey Lohan's mug shot or Amanda Bynes toking up in traffic. For aspiring young actresses in the thick of it, however, the indignities that pile up tend to be less tabloid-ready -- pointless general meetings, indiffere ... More >>

Music Picks: Bettye LaVette, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Hallyday

Also, Kate McGarry, Enter Shikari, Hype Williams and others

Yes, You Can Hear Music Based On the Punctuation in J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey Tonight

Hulton ArchiveJ.D. Salinger: This is giving me a headache. ​Haven't you always wanted to hear a color-coded piano duet based entirely on the punctuation in J.D. Salinger's short stories Franny and Zooey? Well, esoteric art fiends, tonight you finally can! Contrary to what you're thinking, "F ... More >>

Selections From Book Soup Owner Glenn Goldman's Estate: Auction on Sunday

The estate of Glenn Goldman, the late owner of Book Soup, will be up for sale this Sunday at Bonhams & Butterfield's in Beverly Hills (7601 W. Sunset Boulevard). This particular auction focuses on Goldman's art books. The pieces up for grabs include a signed coffee table photography book by Annie Li ... More >>

Music Picks: Phosphorescent, Bomba Estereo, Gangi, Pablo Heras-Casado

Also, Jimmy Cliff, Suzy Williams, Funeral Party and others

Patti Smith Talks Harry Smith at the Hammer Museum

Harry Smith, inventor of the mixtape​The Hammer museum's Smith On Smith event last Thursday night paid tribute to the eccentric artist and music collector Harry Smith through exploits that Patti Smith recounted from her new book, Just Kids. Patti befriended Harry at the Chelsea Hotel during it ... More >>

3 Backyards: Secrets and Insides

Director Eric Mendelsohn on the suburbs, working for Woody Allen and his new film

I Love You, Man: Eteral Flame

Not even Brody Jenner could extinguish the bromance

Stage Raw: Latino New Works Fest

Stage Raw: Robert Wilson at USC

Stage Raw: Abuse for Its Own Sake

Catcher in the Grass

Salinger at an estate sale

Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451 Misinterpreted

L.A.’s august Pulitzer honoree says it was never about censorship

Reincarnation of the Nerds

Rajiv Joseph’s bookish comedy

Little Sister the Sky is Falling

Stories from a California girl FICTION

Lost Classic

Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

Southern Gothic Posturing

Donna Tartt comes home

Transports and Transplants

Affairs of the heart in The Good Girl and Blood Work

Knock 'Em Dead, Kid

The Short Story

New collections from Matthew Klam, Sam Lipsyte and Sylvia Brownrigg

The Elixirs

Charles Lloyd on ultrapolation, dehumidification and the sound

To Be Young, Different and/or Black

The Road Wes Traveled

Fourteen hours riding shotgun with the director of Rushmore

Days of Hell

Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line