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Dr. Gino Strada Created Hospitals in Iraq, Afghanistan and Other War-Torn Places. Now He's the Subject of an Oscar-Nominated Short

Dr. Gino Strada immediately lights up a cigarette as we sit down for the interview in one of the outdoor sofas near the pool at the Mr. C hotel. There's a weariness to his demeanor despite the relaxing atmosphere -- as though he is carrying the world's problems on his shoulders. And in a sense, he h ... More >>

Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2013: From a Simpsons Segment to a Woman Who Lives on the Ceiling

Henry Rollins: The Column! Obamacare vs. the American Death Machine

[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 Saturday KCRW broadcast.] The fallout from SCOTUS upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act has been a ... More >>

Fort MacArthur Reenactment Combines Vikings, Nazis, Confederates and Other Armies Through Time

"Bloody hell, men!" Boom. Pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. Boom. Three men in tan uniforms lie inert on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Their remaining comrades radio for help and cower behind their jeep, trying desperately to shoot the Germans hiding in the bushes. The canon sounds again, causin ... More >>

Solar Cooker Project Fuels Hope in Chad

It's not often that a horrific problem can be fought with a simple tool. But that's what is happening in the refugee camps of Chad, where solar cookers are helping protect women and girls from rape and other violence. Now in its sixth year, the Solar Cooker Project of L.A.-based Jewish World Watch ( ... More >>

Act of Valor Review

Henry Rollins: The Column! Hands Are Groping Me, Breasts Are Pushed Into Me

[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 Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Time becomes fluid and is then smashed, compressed, elongated by miles and then slammed into a ... More >>

Sundance Film Festival 2012: The Ambassador, and Experimental Methodology

Mads Brugger is sort of the VICE magazine version of Sasha Baron Cohen, as financed by Lars Von Trier. His last film was The Red Chapel, an exercise in hidden camera comedy with unusual socio-political stakes, which I put on my top 10 list for 2010. In Chapel, Danish journalist Brugger posed as th ... More >>

Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro - Avalon - 11/30/11

See also: Henry Rollins: The Column! The Time I Drank The Sweat From My Socks Onstage Drop in the Bucket benefit Henry Rollins, Scott Ian, Mike Watt, Corey Taylor, Dave Navarro and others Avalon 11/30/11 Last night handfuls of heavy musicians took the stage for a worthy cause, Drop In The Bucket, ... More >>

Los Angeles Shows Support for Egypt with Rally at Federal Building

Liana Aghajanian​ See more photos in "Los Angeles Rally Shows Support for Egyptian Protesters." By: Liana Aghajanian As protests calling for the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak violently escalated on the streets of Egypt in what is now the fifth day of anti-government unrest, at lea ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Rollins' Predictions for 2011 (Protip: It Gets Better)

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every week and make sure to tune in to Henr ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: Live from "The Obama Resort," Avoiding Malaria At All Costs

Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

Henry Rollins Column: The Sudanese Referendum And Not Really Going Rogue

Maura Lanahan​ [The one and only Henry Rollins contributes a column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune in to Henry's KCRW radio show every Saturday evening, ... More >>

The Rain Makes LA More Analog Than Digital: Henry Rollins on the Weather, Alyssa Milano's Charity Work (Yes, Alyssa Milano) and Shaking Booker T's Hand

Maura LanahanOur eminent columnist, Mr. Henry Rollins!​[The one and only Henry Rollins will be contributing a weekly column and far-reaching reportage to the music section of the LA Weekly. Look for your weekly Henry Rollins fix right here on West Coast Sound every Friday and make sure to tune ... More >>

The Day of the Jackal

What can't Olivier Assayas do?

Minneapolis's First Avenue Cancels Buju Banton Show? Now Hold on a Second ...

We've been thinking a lot about the cancellations of gigs by Buju Banton during his recent tour. The latest, according to the Minnesota Independent (via the Daily Swarm), is at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The impetus for this internal conversation is a comment left on our recent post about AEG Live ... More >>

Hello Mommy Africa: A Hipster's Guide to Afro-Indie Rock

Here's eight records. Now go start a riot

Blackouts, Sellouts and Freakouts

Frontline: On Our Watch

The sins of inaction

Film Reviews

The Death of Africa

One man’s war, fought by children

Aaron Cohen: Sex Slaves, Drug Trade and Rock n' Roll

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar.

Movie Reviews: Day Watch, Mr. Brooks, Paprika

Also reviews of Bamako, The Devil Came on Horseback, Golden Door and more

Film Reviews: The Reaping, Are We Done Yet? and More

Alsoo reviews of Firehouse Dog, Sacco and Vanzetti and Operation Homecoming

Film Reviews

Including Alpha Dog, God Grew Tired of Us and Black Gold

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, Eurydice

Greek Love

Charles L. Mee’s Agamemnon, and Sarah Ruhl’s Demeter in the City

How Am I Not Myself

Welcome to AFI Fest 2005 — all of them

The Ground You Fall Through

Environmental and social neglect left New Orleans on dangerous footing

Bush in Africa:

No-cost compassionate conservatism

Terminator Genes

Repetition in politics, news, big business and human suffering

Ties That Blind

Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda

Being and Zaniness

I ♥ Huckabees is an existential fun fest

Big Tents That Are Hard To Get Into

At the convention, GOP talks inclusion and walks intolerance

Is the Saint of South L.A. for Real?

Jeffrey Anderson investigates the turbulent world of L.A.'s flagship refugee agency and its mysterious director, Nikki Tesfai

Watching Big Brother

Volunteers monitor round two of Ashcroft’s “special registration” program

Feelings of Insecurity

Inside the U.S. roundup of Muslims

The Terror Watch

A chronology of events leading up to 9/11

An Exquisite Scar

Life and commerce along the Alameda Corridor

What They Want

Unsteady War-Footing

Reexamining the U.S. failure to prepare for the battle against terror

The Left Responds: Fear and Hope

The Death Count

In people, freedoms and decency lost, it’s still too early to know

Why I Drive a Hate Crime

Going down the road feeling bad . . .

The Lost People

Photographer James Nachtwey captures the horror

Dystopia, Datopia

Southern California on film

A Lagoon and Two Rivers

Man vs. water vs. crocodile vs. music

In the Skies and in the Streets

The war, and the anti-war protests, go badly

Rat Patrol

War Without Borders