Rashomon

Lovelace, Starring Amanda Seyfried as the Famed Porn Star, Is a One-Person Rashomon

Fridays: A Look Back at L.A.'s Answer to Saturday Night Live

Whether you love it or hate it these days, it's still tough to compete against Saturday Night Live. Although the show certainly has seen much better and much funnier days, you still can't knock it off its perch after all these years. The powers that be that created Fridays, an L.A.-filmed series th ... More >>

You've Probably Never Heard of the Fascinating Brazilian Director Nelson Pereira dos Santos. UCLA Is Trying to Change That

Cinefamily's Series on the Documentaries of Shohei Imamura

10 People Making L.A. a Better Place

From to a 70-year-old woman teaching others how to use medical marijuana to a man dedicated to saving the sea lions, these Angelenos prove that do-goodery can be vastly more interesting, creative, and fulfilling than writing a monthly charity check or two. Check out our entire People 2012 issue her ... More >>

Varun Soni: The Real Spirit of Troy

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. When he was named dean of religious life at USC, Varun Soni became the first Hindu in American history to serve such a role. Even today, four years later, he's the only non-Chr ... More >>

Tabloid Review

KURONEKO (BLACK CAT)

Shocked Concertgoers' Dramatic Testimony of Man's Onstage Suicide at Swell Season Concert

Swell Season: Man commits suicide at their show in Saratoga​Our sister publication the SF Weekly offered a harrowing account of last night's public suicide of Michael Edward Pickels, 32, of San Jose, in the middle of a Swell Season concert in Saratoga, California. The Swell Season is best kno ... More >>

Theater Reviews: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, They Call Me Mister Fry, Bones

Also Streep Tease: An Evening of Meryl Streep Monologues and more

Bones

Stage Raw: Bones

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on [title of show] and Dani GirlNEW REVIEW GO BONES ​Photo by Craig Schwartz Childhood sexual abuse may no longer be the unmentionable topic it once was, but that hasn't lessened its horror or salved the terrible scars borne by its v ... More >>

Stage Raw: Unknown Future, Theater on Seward Closes Its Doors

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSSTAGE FEATURE on Lieutenant of Inishmore and A Tale Told by an IdiotAN UNKNOWN FUTURE: Theater on Seward Closes its Doors John Fleck performs tonight (Thursday), 8 p.m. with his sardonic one-man comedy about Trader Joe's (and points beyond), Side E ... More >>

Stage Raw: Pasadena Playhouse Emerges from Bankruptcy

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE on KING LEARCAPTURED AURAL PHANTASY THEATER ​CAPT presents a special event tonight (Friday) night, Hooray for Hollywood Extravaganza, celebrating the legends of Our Fair City, In a style mixing radio and vaudeville. The Galler ... More >>

Theater Reviews: All My Sons, Opus, King Lear: The Madmen

Also, Praying Small, The Fantasticks, Amadeus and more

Stage Raw: King Lear

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGENEW REVIEW GO KING LEAR: THE MADMEN ​ Photo by Ed Krieger The old loon hasn't looked so good in some time. Bart DeLorenzo's staging for Antaeus Company's Classicsfest 2010 comes with two casts  -- ... More >>

Stage Raw: Fringe Citations From the Department of Gossip and Hearay

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGESTATE OF L.A. THEATER PANEL Tomorrow (Sunday) at  p.m. at Fringe Central, I join Harvey Perr (Stage and Cinema), Don Shirley (LA Stage Blog), Geoff Hoff (LA Theatre Review), Colin Mitchell (LA Bitter L ... More >>

Stage Raw: Wuthering "Heights"

COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSCURRENT STAGE FEATURE ON THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGEWUTHERING "HEIGHTS"​Lin-Manuel Miranda stars in his own Broadway hit, In The Heights, now at the Pantages. Photo by Joan Marcus "Wuthering" actually means windy not withering. Though the former is preval ... More >>

See What I Wanna See

Ran Don't Walk

The Nuart unveils a new, 35mm print of Akira Kurosawa's Shakespeare-inspired classic

Movie Reviews: The Invention of Lying, Whip It, Zombieland, Paranormal Activity

Plus, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, In Search of Beethoven and more

MORE PROOF THAT MAKING FUN OF PEOPLE CAN LEAD TO A FULFILLING CAREER

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