Derek Thomas

Polyesterlicious? Pink Flamingotastic? Hairspraymazing? That's John Waters, the iconic cult-film director who transformed low-brow cinema into high art, and...

Call her Jackie Brown, call her Coffy, just don't call her late for dinner, because blaxploitation icon Pam Grier appears in person at the Egyptian Theater ...

Cyndi Lauper may have merged rock & roll and wrestling in 1984, when she snagged the WWF's Captain Lou Albano to co-star in her MTV video "Girls Just Wanna ...

Cinefamily explores the art of underground comic books in "Adventurous Cartoonists & Far-Out Comics," an afternoon of book signings, talks and film hosted by Da...

Coinciding with the publication of his latest book, Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s, author and film collector...

Move over, San Gennaro. There's a new heritage fest in town, and it's out to prove that Italians aren't all meatball-eating guidos. La Lupa Italian ...

Go green at the 19th annual Santa Monica Festival, a celebration of all things environmental, including interactive workshops, musical performances and a "livin...

Cuteness ensues in Thomas Balmes' Babies, a Focus Films documentary capturing the first year in the lives of newborns in four corners of the world: Namibia,...

Who doesn't love lesbians? Am I right? The proof is in the pudding (yum!) in Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation, Michelle Johnson's documentar...

What's up with Conan O'Brien on TBS? Will he do infomercials next? Is Mama's Family still on? (Speaking of which, see "Carol Burnett in Conversation...