Mike Nichols

Nora Ephron Series at the Aero

Michael Rapaport's A Tribe Called Quest Documentary

OH, HENRY

Romero, Fellow Politicians Support Polanski Extradition

Los Angeles state Sen. Gloria Romero and several Sacramento colleagues signed a letter supporting county District Attorney Steve Cooley's efforts to extradite Roman Polanski, who admitted to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old before fleeing to France in 1978.State Sen. Gloria Rome ... More >>

Stage Raw: Mr. Merkin's Review of Spamalot

THE LATEST NEW REVIEWS ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSWelcome to the new home of Stage Raw. For a short time, you can access Stage Raw archives at its former home (http://blogs.laweekly.com/style_council/stage-news) in L.A. Daily, but those archives are in the process of bein ... More >>

Summer Movies Blast Off With A Howl

Box office is on fire but fanboys flame Star Trek and Wolverine

Fear Itself: D.C. and Hollywood In and Out of the Closet

Stage Raw: Photograph 51

THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY AWARDS, HOSTED BY JAKE BRODER AND VANESSA CLAIRE SMITH (OF LOUIS & KEELY: LIVE AT THE SAHARA) IS HAPPENING  AT THE EL REY ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, MONDAY NIGHT MARCH 30. DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M.,  AND NO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RSVP OR BUY TICKETS.BRODER AND SMITH ... More >>

Stage Raw: Grease

L.A.DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS TONIGHT AT EL PORTALL.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT AT THE EL REYPURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES GREASE at the PantagesGrease Photo by Joan MarcusNEW REVIEW GREASE Born of NBC's re ... More >>

Stage Raw: Before Kirk Douglas Forgets

PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE 30TH ANNUAL L.A. WEEKLY THEATER AWARDS ON MARCH 30TH AT THE EL REY; HERE ARE THE NOMINEES. BEFORE I FORGETKirk Douglas in Before I Forget. Photo by Craig Schwartz The gift in Kirk Douglas' one-man show, Before I Forget,  that opened over the weekend in the theater name ... More >>

Theater Reviews: Bruising for Besos, Dracula, Burn This

The Threepenny Opera, Laws of Sympathy, and more

Stage Raw: Bohemian Cowboy

BOHEMIAN COWBOY is this week's Pick of the Week Crossing the Center Line A father heads into the desert, never to return By Steven Leigh MorrisThe original title of Raymond King Shurtz's one-man show was The Gospel of Irony ― which would have been a particularly ironic title, had it stuck, s ... More >>

Film

Theater Reviews: Divorce! The Musical, Grand Motel, The Jazz Age

Also, Call Me Mister Fry, Blues for Central Avenue and more

Stage Raw: Film

FILM is this week's Pick of the Week. Photo by Darrett Sanders Failing Better The Absurdists' convention Local playwright Patrick McGowan's new play, Film, has no right to be as good as it is. The central character is the late theater director Alan Schneider (Bill Robens) -- known for stagi ... More >>

Power and Performance: Richard Avedon, Master of Cruel

“I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer”

Charlie Wilson’s War: Go, Mujahedeen, Go!

A collision of good intentions and unintended consequences

The Kite Runner: Grounded

Controversy aside, this movie doesn’t fly

Patti Smith Is Starting to Annoy Me

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Don't Call It a Comeback

Charles Grodin on being a legend and getting a lot done... from home

Night of a Thousand Faces

Spamalot hits Vegas – and brings a lot of Hollywood

Swine Song

Greg Kotis, on his agri-eco farce, Pig Farm

AFI Fest, A to Y

The Contender

Elia Kazan, with a smile

Emma, Actually

In Nanny McPhee, the Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter gets to flex her comic muscles

Celebs to the Slaughter

Why Arianna’s Blog Blows

Been Here, Done This

Mike Nichols can’t polish Closer to a shine

Say It Ain’t So, Mrs. Robinson

The secrets behind The Graduate’s un-sequel

When Shelley Met Harold

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

Our Big Fat Gay Year

Good Rep

Smart selection and pristine prints from Rialto Pictures

How Neatly Spreads His Claws

The 18th annual Sundance Film Festival

Hackin’ and Coffin

QED offers gags, but not much wit; The Wooden Breeks is both fun and funereal

Wonder Boys and Girls

Our year at the movies

What Planet Are They From?

Planet Hollywood

Campus Confidential

Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys

High Culture, Low-Def

Sound + Vision

Music and the movies

Erection Campaign

Mike Nichols colors the Clintons soft