The long, hard truth
With so many indie films and repertory screenings, how do the city's movie buffs manage it all?
We'd Like to Help the Academy is our Oscar column highlighting the outliers that should be nominated (but probably won't be). In February of this year, the Academy gave their Best Actor award to a Frenchman whose film was both a celebration of cinema and a lamentation if its bygone days (Jean Dujar ... More >>
See also: *Top 10 Films of 2012 *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Most of the blathering this year about the death of the movies has already evaporated from the mind, like so much inert gas. But one gnomic pronouncement endures: Leos Carax describing cinema as "a beautiful island with a cemetery" fol ... More >>
Screenings with a shelf life to catch before it's too late
Director brings a reissue, a retrospective and a project in progress
Also, Explicit Ills, Virtual JFK and more
(But not all at once): What to do, March 20-26
RAFFI ADLAN I have never traveled to Tokyo. With one of the biggest festivals of the year coming up in two days, attending the screening of Tokyo! the movie -- a three-part film directed by Michel Gondry, Léos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho, respectively -- sounded like a good opportunity to take a menta ... More >>
Also, Dog Eat Dog, Echelon Conspiracy and more
Our comprehensive guide to more than 40 festival titles
Our year at the movies
A conversation with Catherine Deneuve
Wan winners and beautiful losers
Patrice Leconte’s divine folly; Michael Winterbottom’s faux-French soap
French director Léos Carax
The 52nd Festival de Cannes
