When former New York Times (and ex-LA Weekly) movie critic Elvis Mitchell took over LACMA's film curatorship two years ago -- with Film Independent, which runs the L.A. Film Festival and the Spirit Awards -- he announced his intention to raise the profile of LACMA's Bing Theater and fill it with tha ... More >>
Ben Affleck, emasculated by the economic crisis
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Celebrities banded together for "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon on Friday, which raised $57 million and counting. And on a bit of a smaller, but no less meaningful scale, local bakers and restaurants have been rallying support for those in need, suffering from t ... More >>
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Kirby Dick’s blue movie
World Trade Center buries Oliver Stone
For the week of April 14 - 20
Thank You For Smoking lights up the doctors of spin
A History of Violence director David Cronenberg talks about history — and violence
Notes on the pleasures of kiddie moviegoing and weeping into your stir-fry
In two new films, foreign directors show us their vision of a gun-crazy America
Oscar at 77
Oscar at 77 — film . . . fashion . . . warm bodies
Oscar at 77
The revamping of Assault on Precinct 13
Auto Focus and the unbearable lightness of Bob Crane
Passing through the "I" of a needle
