Steven Spielberg

Tom Cruise Can Still Be Great -- Why Aren't His Movies?

Top 10 Peeps YouTube Videos: Duck Wars, Microwave Explosions A Peeps Recipe!

For many people, Easter means church services, maybe watching Judy Garland and Fred Astaire circa 1948 in Easter Parade, Sunday brunch, decorating eggs and orchestrating an egg hunt in the backyard. For others, the holiday is synonymous with those neon yellow duck-shaped marshmallows called Peeps. ... More >>

Wendy Greuel's Private Sector Job Involved Lobbying At L.A. City Hall

As she campaigns for mayor, Wendy Greuel has repeatedly stressed one thing that distinguishes her from her top two rivals: She has private-sector experience.Indeed, Greuel's resume includes a four-year stint at DreamWorks -- something that neither Jan Perry nor Eric Garcetti can claim -- which says ... More >>

From Abe to Aliens: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

This week's list of special event movies ranges from a James Cameron classic to Henry Fonda's take on the 16th president.

Nora Ephron, Writer of 'Sleepless in Seattle,' Dead at 71

Hollywood filmmaker Nora Ephron, who wrote When Harry Met Sally and You've Got Mail, died today at the age of 71, the Washington Post and New York Times report. After a day of rumors about her health that included denials from her agent and publisher, the two outlets said late this afternoon that t ... More >>

2011 Village Voice/L.A. Weekly Film Critics' Poll

Parsing the data

Michelle Obama Charges $10K for Photo Op, 'Private Time' at L.A. Campaign Fundraiser (Unless You're J.J. Abrams)

This could be you, for 10,000 dolla!​The first lady landed quietly in Los Angeles this morning, avoiding another #ObamaTraffic nightmare with an early arrival at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. There to greet her were director J.J. Abrams -- basking in "Super 8's" critically acclai ... More >>

Know Your Rich People, Los Angeles: A List of SoCal's 20 Billionaires

Richboy Slim, worth $74 billion.​Forbes' annual list of "The World's Billionaires" was released this week, and (gasp) a Mexican, Carlos Slim Helu, took the top spot for the second time in a row. The U.S. grip on the billionaire game, and California's too, has been slipping even as the ultra-r ... More >>

Shoah: A Film About Death

Claude Lanzmann talks Spielberg, survival and the blurring of documentary and fiction

50 'Wealthiest Angelenos' Worth $93 Billion

Patrick Soon-Shiong.​The Los Angeles Business Journal's annual list of 50 "Wealthiest Angelenos" hits the streets this week and, despite the economic doldrums hitting the Angel City elite, their net worth is up 14 percent to $93 billion. That's more than the worth of billionaires in some Weste ... More >>

Jonathan Gold LAFF Artist in Residence: Udon, The Movie

What do Paul Ruben, Jonathan Gold, and Quincy Jones have in common? They are all Artists in Residence at the LA Film Festival (LAFF) this year. Each was asked to select a film that has inspired his work: Jones will present The Color Purple, by Steven Spielberg; Reubens offers up You Can't Take It W ... More >>

'Save The Peak' Effort To Preserve Land Near Hollywood Sign Has One Day, $3 Million To Go Before Deadline

Shannon Cottrell​Efforts to "save the peak" near the historic Hollywood sign have one day and $3 million to go to purchase the land for public use, the Trust for Public Land states. The group has raised more than $9 million toward the $12 million purchase price of the 138-acre swath of land o ... More >>

Spielberg, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise Asked To Give Up Private Jets

Winograd.​Congressional candidate Marcy Winograd has formally asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a handful of mega-stars to stop flying via private jet in and out of Santa Monica Airport because of the pollution the planes cause for neighbors in the neighboring, L.A. city community of Mar Vi ... More >>

Slow to Move, Obama Tickets Slashed

It's not exactly as though Los Angeles Democrats were forced to "paper" the house for their party leader's fundraising visit tomorrow, or offer discounted tickets on Price Line.com. Nor, on the other hand, has the event been a scalper's dream. Admission to a pre-dinner reception for President Barack ... More >>

Should We Listen to Stuart Klawans' Call for a Moratorium on Holocaust Movies?

From Reverence to Rape: Plundering Meaning From the Holocaust

Home Is Where the Gore Is

Cinefamily gives amateur splatter kings their due

AFI Fest Grows Up - Finally!

No, Er, Yes, Doubt

Queer Town: A Prop. 8 Town Hall Meeting at Young Israel

On Monday evening, three and a half hours after Variety reported that movie director Steven Speilberg had donated $100,000 to the "No on Prop. 8" campaign, Rabbi Elazar Muskin turned over his synagogue, Young Israel of Century City, to supporters of the anti-gay marriage ballot measure. Under Muskin ... More >>

Hollywood Hose-Down: Who's All Wet This Week

Pellicano, HD DVD, L.A. Times' Montorio and Carson Daly

Brett Ratner, The Popcorn King

Rush Hour 3's director has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway

Christian Bale and the Art of Extreme Acting

What won’t the best actor of his generation do for a role? Not much.

Road Warriors

High-velocity action in Fox’s new series Drive and Sci-Fi's Painkiller Jane

Emily Bernstein Benefit Concert

Unfit for King's

Zaillian and Penn can’t put Penn Warren’s political parable back together again

Aquawoman

M. Night Shyamalan’s (ego)maniacal bedtime story

Babes in Toyland

The Well-Connected Molester

David Newman liked his pals at MySpace.com as much as children of celebrities. Then he helped bring down a prosecutor

Million Dollar Boomer

Paul Haggis and the long road to directing

Heroes and Victims

The view from Gunner Palace

Pride and Prejudice and the Perfect Crime

The return of Columbo on DVD

Driven

In Hollywood, your car is who you are

Give Us Liberty or At Least Give Us Dinner

Edited by Kateri Butler

The Man in the Black Tower

Connie Bruck on Lew Wasserman, sorta

Minus 10

24 and counting . . .

Dog of War

Windtalkers’ bunk is worse than its bite

Not the Real World

2001 on TV

Homage to Catatonia

A history of drugs and the movies

Bombs Away

Revising history in Pearl Harbor

Wounds That Heal

Art and history at the 54th Cannes film festival

She Shtups To Conquer

Why is Hollywood so full of whores?

HollyWebland

Dot-coms struggle to create new entertainment form

Only in West Hollywood

Robbing the Cradle

Tim Robbins vs. Orson Welles

Canada Steals the Show

Working-class jobs in film and television are hijacked north

The Filmmakers

The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Turns 5

What Makes the Worm Growl

Mike Kelley's health plan

Days of Hell

Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line

Nightlife

Letters

...Marc Haefele's negativity seems inspired more by a poor reporter's attachment to controversy than by an honest look at the issues....