James Stewart

The Lone Ranger Is Such Disney Overkill That It Even Wastes Johnny Depp

Best L.A. Novel Ever: What Makes Sammy Run? vs. The Loved One (Hollywood Regional Final)

L.A. Weekly is determining the best L.A. novel ever by holding a tournament featuring 32 of our favorites in head-to-head matchups, until there's only one novel standing. For further reading: *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament Brackets *Best L.A. Novel Ever: More Matchups This contest may seem l ... More >>

Top 10 Food-Related Lawsuits of 2011

Taco BellTaco Bell gives thanks for being sued over the contents of its meat​A look at this year through the lens of the food-related lawsuits is like watching the first season of The Killing: an exercise in frustration, bewilderment, and, occasionally, excitement. From the mother who sued N ... More >>

Raw Milk Teach-In & Rally as Rawesome Three Head to Court

As Thursday morning's preliminary court hearing for the "Rawesome Three" draws near, raw milk activists are holding a teach-in and rally designed to promote their agenda of unpasteurized dairy. Three of the movement's leading activists will speak tonight in advance of a rally planned for tomorrow ou ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/8-8/12

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Because I have been at parties where I was asked about the pizzeria up to half a dozen times, and the smug Silver Lake dudes, the ones always trying to make excuses for their neighborhood's depress ... More >>

Rawesome Foods Owner Released on Bail After Raid

Desiree N. Williams / FlickrRaw milk at an organic co-op.​[Update, 08.09.11: NaturalNews reports that as a condition of their release, the Raw Milk Three are subject to a gag order that prevents them from speaking about the case.] After being frog-marched out of his raw milk speakeasy in a We ... More >>

Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 8/1-8/5

Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "You will find the pro-Palestinian posters in neither restaurant." Palestinian Chicken Conflict: Only in Curb Your Enthusiasm or Is It Real? "Milk, gallon after gallon of it, was poured down the d ... More >>

Crying Over Spilt Milk: Rawesome Volunteer Speaks Out on Yesterday's Raid Protest Rally

Tambako/Flickr​More details are emerging about yesterday morning's raid on Rawesome, a members-only raw food collective whose owner was arrested and jailed for the heinous crime of peddling raw milk. Most absurd and appalling is the fact that the raid was the result of a year-long undercover o ... More >>

Cops Raid Rawesome Foods; Owner James Stewart Arrested

Amy ScattergoodAuthorities raid Rawesome Foods in Venice, Calif.​[Update, 2:36 p.m.: The official word from the DA's office is that Stewart, Palmer & Bloch were arrested on criminal conspiracy charges stemming from the alleged illegal production and sale of unpasteurized goat milk, goat cheese ... More >>

Slingshot: Best Bargain Napa Cabernet, Cult Status Not Required

Being part of a winemaking family in $180,000 per acre Napa County, even a relatively new one like 11-year-old Stewart Cellars, has got to be pretty great when you're handed $150 bottles of the really good grape juice, not so hot when Dad stops footing the dinner bill. But in the case of James Stew ... More >>

Up Your You Tubes

“Overlooked and Underrated” reminds us why we love the American Cinematheque

Unbuttoning David Lynch

Originally published September 12, 1986

Really Big Packages

Forget what EW says, it’s the moguls’ perks that are out of control, not the stars’

Sore Winners (and the Rest of Us) in George Bush’s America

Get To Know Your Rabbit

Hanson's 8 Mile, De Palma's Femme Fatale

Return to Sender

Hanks and Ryan sleepless again in You've Got Mail