See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *10 Best L.A. Art Galleries For Partying Martin Schoeller's new show "Identical: Portraits of Twins" at ACE gallery in Beverly Hills is interesting enough on its own, but the opening this past Saturday was an unusual and memorable experience that, q ... More >>
See also: *More L.A. Weekly Film Coverage Friday, March 15 The New Beverly Cinema is presenting a David O. Russell double feature starting at 7:30 p.m. Russell, whose Silver Linings Playbook recently won an Oscar for Jennifer Lawrence, first gained attention back in 1994 for his controversial fil ... More >>
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More than ever, boiling this concluding year down to the 10 "best" movies feels both arbitrary and reductive. Ideally, I'd have 25 unnumbered slots. I'd cite another five, formally varied nonfiction films: Tchoupitoulas, Detropia, The Ambassador, Only the Young and How to Survive a Plague. And were ... More >>
When Professor Patrick James was 13, he picked up The Lord of the Rings. It took him less than three days to finish reading the trilogy. Years passed and James entered academia. Although his discipline is international relations, he wanted to bring the books that captured his attention to the class ... More >>
"We were the number one place to be in Hollywood on Oscar night!" Josh Rubinstein gushes, reminiscing about the three celeb-laden Academy Awards parties he helped plan as one of the L.A. events supervisors for Lord of the Rings superfan site TheOneRing.net (TORn). Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson and most ... More >>
You might say that Fellowship! The Musical Parody of The Fellowship of the Ring has gone there and back again. After originating at NoHo's El Portal Theatre in 2004 and winning L.A. Weekly Theater Awards for Best Comedy Ensemble and Best Musical of 2005, Fellowship! played to great acclaim in San D ... More >>
