Nagasaki

Henry Rollins: Chemical Weapons for Sale

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Sunday KCRW broadcast.] See also: Henry Rollins: End of Summer Rituals When I was in Syria a few years ago, I wandered a ... More >>

Too Bad The Wolverine Isn't as Interesting as Hugh Jackman

Art of Akira's Joe Peacock on What Might Go Wrong with Hollywood's Stab at the Anime Classic

Akira production art courtesy of Joe Peacock/Art of Akira​Though talk of a Hollywood-made version of Akira has been around for years, it's been all the buzz amongst fans of the classic manga and anime since the project was greenlit last month. Unfortunately, that buzz hasn't been good. Many ha ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Fat Spoon

Fat Spoon: Japanese Curry with A Pedigree

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​ Japanese curry, as usually constituted, features in some of the most chef-proof restaurants in the world. The spicy, translucent goop -- whose lineage traces from Africa, through resident Indian cooks, through Portuguese traders whose boats were parked outside Nagas ... More >>

Godzilla Would Be Proud

Atomic Aftermath

Global Touch

The world according to David Mitchell

Copenhagen, Langston and Nicolas, Tempodyssey, The Women of Brewster Place

Also, Trog and Clay, The Philadelphia Story, Chicago and more

Copenhagen

Stage Raw: Holy Ghost

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO NEW REVIEW GO HOLY GHOST ​ Photo by Darrett Sanders The ghosts in Jon Tuttle's play  -- in a glorious production at Theatre of NOTE, directed by Michael Roth ... More >>

La Bohème: Opera Everlasting

Teeming with life, this Puccini work retains its appeal

Resistance Is Futile

How Takashi Murakami remade the world in his image

Back to War

PBS’ marathon man Ken Burns returns

Rock Picks: Stevie Wonder, Lucinda Williams, The Frames

For the week of Aug 31 – Sept. 6

Down the Rabbit Hole

Spy love and betrayal in The Company, painful Hiroshima memories in White Light/Black Rain

Rhinoceros, Hamlet and the Call of the Dead

The Rhino and the Whino

Matthew Barney: No Restraint

The Good German: Out of the Past

Soderbergh’s film noir valentine looks great, less filling

Ramen Holiday

The Greatest Story Never Read

An Oxford don’s rather thorough guide to the universe

The Broken Pickle

In Nicholson Baker’s latest novel, two old friends talk about Iraq — and assassination

Angel Wings

Old Rottenhat

Robert Wyatt’s rivmic melodies from the head and the heart

A Day for Peace

Memories of Underdevelopment

Alec Mapa's jabs and japes

The Final Frontier

Depending on whom you ask, stem-cell research is either a medical godsend or further proof that God is dead.

The History of America: Abridged

John Henry Redwood plays the butler to four presidents

Perfect Opera

A Scary Abundance of Water

Growing up with the San Fernando Valley

South by High-Tech

A teenager’s guide to New Mexico

Days of Hell

Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line

Akira Kurosawa - 1910-1918