Ryan Gosling

No, Really: You Can, and Should, Kayak the L.A. River (VIDEO!)

There's a scene in the movie Drive where Ryan Gosling's character takes Carey Mulligan's character for a leisurely lift down a half-pike of concrete. Dried up and ugly, it's the bed of the L.A. River, where--in theory--copious amounts of flowing water should be. See also: L.A. River Opens for Recr ... More >>

Only God Forgives Is So Ridiculous It's Hard to Take It Seriously

Ryan Gosling reunites with Drive director for more arthouse violence

L.A. Film Festival 2013: The Best Films to See

L.A. Film Festival 2013: The Basics

Kirk Douglas Honors Burt Lancaster, and a New Media Film Fest: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, June 7 The seventh annual Greek Film Festival at the Writers Guild Theater runs through June 9. Friday's lineup includes the U.S. premiere of They Glow in the Dark at 3 p.m. This documentary finds two gay ex-lovers reconnecting after 20 years to m ... More >>

Cannes 2013: Five of Our Favorite Films

Cannes: Refn's Again with Ryan Gosling, but Only God Forgives Isn't in the Same League as Drive

Hollywood: Enough With the Father-Son Dramas, Already!

Is Ryan Gosling Parodying Masculinity?

Actor reteams with Blue Valentine director for The Place Beyond the Pines

Jitlada: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

Le Ka, Voila!

Remi Lauvand's new downtown spot has much to recommend it -- but tries to do just a bit too much

Gangster Squad Retells the Stories of Better Movies

How an LAPD Homicide Detective Became One of Hollywood's Top Screenwriters

Why The Notebook Is the Best and Worst Date Movie

For the second year in a row, statisticians from LA Weekly have performed studies on a carefully selected representative group of local college students to answer questions of important social significance such as: What's the best movie to watch on a date, and what movie should I avoid like the plag ... More >>

Time Warner Cable Launches 'Ryan Gosling On Demand' for Valentine's Day

From "The 20 Most Flawless, Perfect Pictures Of Ryan Gosling At The Airport." Really.​You're welcome, Time Warner, for the free publicity. Don't get used to it. But this time, you knew exactly how to rope a lady blogger into covering your clunky, last-century cable services: all Ryan Gosling, ... More >>

"We Bought A Zoo," Brought to You by McDonald's Listening to Ryan Gosling

M. RochlinThe McDonald's sign at Venice & Overland​It may be a signal that the infrastructure of Los Angeles is further declining. Or that the recent wild Santa Anas blew further west than initially thought. Or maybe this McDonald's sign, on the corner of Venice and Overland in Culver City, is ... More >>

Occupy L.A.: The Revolution Is Being Televised

After 46 arrests for civil disobedience, Occupy L.A. feels its oats

The Ides of March Review

George Clooney's fourth feature as director attempts to capitalize on the fall of Obamamania

Drive Review

Ryan Gosling at the wheel in the glossy, retro heist-gone-bad bloodbath

The Best and Worst of the Summer Movie Season

Considering the middlebrow question, and assessing the year in film thus far

Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

Cannes Wrap: Melancholia's Battle With The Tree of Life Overwhelms the Festival

Cannes 2011: Karina Longworth's 21 Films Ranked From Worst to Best

​ Thanks to the idiosyncrasies of Air France's pricing schedule, I am departing Cannes on Thursday morning, before the premieres of some of the festival's most anticipated titles -- including the Ryan Gosling-starring Drive; This Must Be the Place, featuring Sean Penn in rock star drag; and ne ... More >>

Can Bad Taste in Music Ruin a Relationship?: Scientific Study Finds Music Predicts Sexual Attraction

hot music, hot dancing, hot couple. ​ Why do I like rock and why do you like country? Why does anyone like country, actually? Kidding! We kid, because we love. Seriously though--the most recent issue of Psychology of Music has a pretty interesting article on identity, music, and sexual attrac ... More >>

Blue Valentine Movie Review

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams Get It On

Ryan Gosling Says 'Nobody Works' In Hollywood, 'So They Do Drugs' (Word)

GQRyan Gosling bites the hand that feeds him.​Nobody walks in L.A? Nobody works in L.A. Kudos to actor Ryan Gosling for confirming what we suspected all along: Well-paid actors in this city have way too much time on their hands (and thus, the Lindsay Lohan saga). He tells GQ: "The problem w ... More >>

ALL GOOD THINGS

Who is Behind LA's Mystery Supergroup HIGHONS?

​You love blind items, so here's a little blind item for your guessing pleasure: One of our tipsters has pointed us towards this release doing the press runs: You are graciously invited to the closing cocktail reception of INSTANT LA SUMMER. We are proud to host musical guests HIGHONS and ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones Performs at Old Folks Home in New Video

Dead Man's Bones Performs at Old Folks Home in New Video

Gwyneth Paltrow Sings!: Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird

​ Gwyneth Paltrow sings! (see #10). In celebration of this amazing revelation, we've compiled this handy list of Ten Notable Screen Stars Gone Songbird, starting, of course with: 1. William Shatner. Who can forget Shatner's much-parodied musical career, especially after Rhino Records' inclu ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones Schedules an Encore 'Sock Hop' at Eagle Rock's Center for the Arts

Dead Man's Bones (Erin Broadley)​West Coast Sound was there for Dead Man's Bones' two-night, all-ages stint at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts last weekend. Quoth reviewer Erin Broadley: Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields took the stage as Dead Man's Bones Saturday, June 26, for the first of t ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts: Woody Guthrie Meets Tim Burton

"I've got a disease and the only cure is more piano," Ryan Gosling half-joked into the mic as he raised one eyebrow and took a seat before a vintage, deconstructed piano. The sound-man obliged and the audience cheered for the full-bodied, moody organ sounds that are signature of Dead Man's Bones' se ... More >>

Not "High School Musical": Free Staging of "New." Attracts Michel Gondry, Michael Cera and Sebastien Tellier

The free staging of the musical New. last weekend pulled a win for the avant-garde social scene. While experimental theater has long been a place for innovative social commentary by crafty bohemians like Beckett and Shakespeare, the emerging twentysomething generation hasn't much bothered to make th ... More >>

IAMSOUND Launches 7-inch Series Ft. Nosaj Thing, Fool's Gold, Edward Sharpe, more

Fool's Gold, in its element.​​In "The Nonsound Of IAMSOUND," LA Weekly scribe Laura Ferreiro documents the rise of an excellent homegrown record label. Over the last three years, the Fairfax District-based IAMSOUND has been responsible for a stream of impressive releases from artists hai ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones Debut New Video, Additional MP3

With a bewitching (err, bewitched) residency at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater behind them and their debut LP just released, it'd be reasonable to expect Dead Man's Bones to take it easy right about now. But nay, as All Hallows' Eve approaches, the duo of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields (with help f ... More >>

Dead Man's Bones To Host Month-Long Residency at Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Dead Man's Bones to become master of puppets at a month-long residency at Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Dead Man's Bones -- Ryan Gosling, Zach Shields and the Silver Lake Conservatory Choir -- Sign to Anti-, Release Video

DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo. Dead Man's Bones is the long rumored project of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields. The duo, who work with the children's choir at the Silver Lake Conservatory, have signed to LA-based Anti-. The first full-length, produced by Ima Robot's ... More >>

Last Night: Jay-Z, Eminem, and the Celebrity Cult of the DJ Hero

The economy isn't entirely moribund, it's just that the real money's in wish fulfillment. At least that's the logical conclusion gained from last night's star-scarred Jay-Z and Eminem concert promoting DJ Hero, the latest sure-to-be-blockbuster installment of the Guitar Hero Franchise -- an event th ... More >>

YES, MORE CELEB DJ SETS

What do Bloc Party, the actor Ryan Gosling and Chromeo have in common? All are non-DJs who gave the decks a spin this week. Actually Chromeo's tonight, so if you're looking for something to do after their Fonda show, hop on down to the Ivar for the after-party where they'll be attacking the wheels o ... More >>

Paul Schneider and the Real Career

With breakout roles in Lars and the Real Girl and The Assassination of Jesse James, a North Carolina native braces for the Hollywood big time

Ryan Gosling Fires Up Fracture

The Scars of Oscars

Envy and spite will determine Academy Award winners

The Critics Speak

The First Annual L.A. Weekly Film Poll

Scene Stealer

Anthony Mackie turns heads from New York to Hollywood

Opposites Attract

Half Nelson crashes and delivers

Bean & Nothingness

The Believer’s creator is an observant Jewish agnostic

Identity Trap

The Believer's twisted "never again"

Queen of Hearts, Queen of Spades

Sorvino in Triumph of Love, Bullock in Murder by Numbers

True Believers

High art and low commerce at the Sundance Film Festival