James Bond

Happy National Martini Day: 4 Variations and the Classic

In the never-ending quest to encourage the enthusiastic consumption of spirits, another National "Something" Day is upon us. Today, June 19, is officially National Martini Day, which in the grand scheme of "National" whatevers is as fine an excuse to have a drink as any. The noted satirist H. L. M ... More >>

James Bond Celebrates 50 Years With an Art Show in Little Tokyo

By Liz Ohanesian See also: *How a Star Wars Art Show Came to Be *Elvis Mitchell Picks the 10 Best James Bond Openings *Skyfall Review: James Bond Now Has a Superhero-Style Origin Story Plasticgod's small, block-y paintings stand up on a top shelf inside Little Tokyo gallery/boutique Q Pop. There's ... More >>

Fanatics! Henry Rollins' KCRW Show Tomorrow Night: A Replay While Henry's Away

KCRW BROADCAST #208 03-23-13   Fanatics! Hello from Honolulu, Hawaii. Due to a scheduling glitch, I am out here without the means to create this Saturday's show. Engineer X and I looked over some of our older shows and settled on one from last May to roll out for you. You might remember it from wh ... More >>

Skyfall Review: James Bond Now Has a Superhero-Style Origin Story

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Boating, Bond and Postwar Japan

Elvis Mitchell Picks the 10 Best James Bond Openings

Starting June 9th, LACMA, in collaboration with Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television and in celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Bond film franchise launches its new exhibit "...Is James Bond." The exhibit features the opening sequences for all twenty two Bond films. ... More >>

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California C.H.E.F.S. Host Foie Gras Super Dinner

In protest of California's rapidly approaching foie gras ban, C.H.E.F.S. (the Coalition for Humane and Ethical Farming Standards), an organization that sounds like an maniacal conglomerate out of a James Bond film, or perhaps a culinary-slanted take on the Avengers, announced yesterday that it will ... More >>

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Rembrandt Drawing Worth a Quarter Million Stolen From Ritz-Carlton Marina Del Rey

A self-portrait of Rembrandt.​Updated at the bottom: Rembrandt recovered (but no suspects were in custody). First posted at 7:04 a.m. Monday. It sounded like a scene out of a high-intrigue film about white-gloved burglars, something with the tone of a James Bond caper or The Thomas Crown Affa ... More >>

Design of the Week: Alvarius B.

Alan Bishop gets his Busby Berkeley on

Japanese Indie Pop: The Beginner's Guide to Shibuya-Kei

Shannon CottrellShibuya-kei influenced band The Aprils played Meltdown Comics in L.A. ​ In our recent posts on bands like Anamanaguchi, The Aprils and The Lady Spade, you might have noticed references to Shibuya-kei, the '90s-centric style of indie, almost always electronic, pop that centered ... More >>

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John Barry, Legendary Film Music Composer, Dead at 77

David BaileyJohn Barry (with then-wife Jane Birkin)​ Oscar-winning composer for James Bond films, John Barry died today. He was 77. As the man behind the sound of the swinging Sixties 007 era and beyond, he presented the big band extravaganzas for the Bond films. He won Oscars for his work on ... More >>

Woodland Hills Rotary Arts & Crafts Fair: Food Trucks, Photography & More

Flickr/Rios-EnriquezLake Street Creamery, one of the food trucks at this weekend's Rotary Arts & Crafts Fair​ L.A. is chalk full of holiday events this weekend -- from downtown's Artisanal L.A. to Bond Appetit: James Bond, Foodie event -- and now the Valley is getting into the mix. On Saturda ... More >>

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"Bond Appetit: James Bond, Foodie" at the Central Library

manzine.com​Yes, yes, we hate the word "foodie," but we like the idea of the Culinary Historians of Southern California's "Bond Appetit: James Bond, Foodie" event taking place next Saturday, December 11th, at the Downtown Central Library. With inspiration from the writings of Ian Fleming, aut ... More >>

Behind the Burly Q, Breath Made Visible, Mother and Child

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Fall Film: Quantum of Solace

James Bond, neither shaken nor stirred

Heading into the Holidays

Fur goes big, Bond goes missing, girls go vamp and Dark Knight just goes

The Future Looks Slight

Post-Space Age schemers and slacker robots

The Invasion

Live pod casting

Putter Smith

Jazz wolverine

Carnaby Street Carnage

Spoofing a spoof, in The Defenders

Feb. 2, 2007

Moz the Cat by Kate Sullivan and Chest of Lies by Joshuah Bearman

The Best of James Bond, Agent 007

Bond and Gagged

Why Daniel Craig had a far better weekend than either Michael Richards or Phillippe’s flack

Of James Bondage

In thrall to the man with the golden franchise

Betting On Bond

Casino Royale gambles with Daniel Craig

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Yeah, Baby! Yeah!

Seven years on, Mods & Rockers still swings

Look Back in Reverence

The British new wave, still angry after all these years

14th Annual Pan African Film & Arts Festival

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Like his steely antihero, Transporter 2 director Louis Leterrier has a no-nonsense approach to taking care of business

Old Dudes Kicking Ass

A who’s who of Kung Fu Hustle

Mr. California

Secret Agent Men

The Quiet American and the explosive Mr. Bond

Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink

Goldmember and other double entendres

Spies vs. Spies

The CIA makes a comeback

Onward and Upward

Fun and feminism in Vertical Limit

Surf’s Up for Scientologists

The Smooth and the Hairy

The British male onscreen

Gettin' Twiggy With It

Mods and Rockers, purple hearts and movies

Fracture

The young person's guide to King Crimson

Heaven Can't Wait

Esthero’s pop from above