Jared Cowan

It’s dusk and Huey Lewis & the News’ “Power of Love” is playing as Marty McFly skateboards into a blue-collar, suburban neighborhood, passing between two distinct markers, one on either side of the street. A regal stone lion is perched atop each sign and in bold, block letters they announce......

We don’t tend to think of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen as quintessential Los Angeles filmmakers in the same way we might directors like Paul Thomas Anderson or John Singleton, who are well known for making films that speak to their upbringings in the city. The Coen brothers grew up......

October brings ghoulish makeovers that turn L.A.’s world-famous theme parks into haunted playgrounds, from Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland to the mother of all horror attractions, Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights. But one movie studio is offering something new by keeping Halloween focused on horror movies instead of horror mazes. L.A. Weekly......

Since the early days of cinema, when the pioneers of the burgeoning industry moved their business interests from the New York area to Southern California, filmmakers have been using the L.A. region to stand in for other cities and towns. Take D.W. Griffith’s controversial classic silent picture from 1915, Birth......