Michael Nordine

The Los Angeles Film Festival may not be every bit as sprawling and diverse as L.A. itself, but it's pretty damn close. Thirty-five countries are represented among the 74 features and 60 shorts in this year's lineup, with movies directed by women and/or filmmakers of color accounting for nearly half......

We’ve known for some time now that the movie theater experience is in decline. The major chains and indie houses alike have been combating this downward trend, with a move toward a more luxurious experience. Such amenities as reserved seating and expanded food-and-drink menus were once rarities reserved for the......

It was recently announced that Neill Blomkamp, whose Elysium and Chappie have failed to set the world on fire quite like his overvalued District 9, will be directing the first new Alien movie since 1997. And, what’s more, he plans to ignore the last two installments, 3 and Resurrection. That’s great news......

As both a musical genre and a subculture, heavy metal has always lent itself to exaggerated depictions. It's easy to dismiss any art form that takes itself so seriously, and most of the reductive metal send-ups have been well deserved. But what's also deserved is a more accurate, even affectionate......

It's called White Zombie and it screens Saturday, along with an array of other iconic films you should know. Friday, March 20 Few filmmakers have had a decade as fruitful as Robert Altman did in the 1970s. The Aero is screening selected favorites from his most prolific (and impressive) 10-year stretch this......

Friday, March 13 Hugely controversial when it was released in theaters, despite not getting MPAA approval, Leslie Stevens’ Private Property plays in UCLA’s Billy Wilder Theater at 7:30. The Outer Limits creator’s 1960 directorial debut was condemned by the National Catholic League of Decency due to its salacious content. This......

Friday, March 13 Hugely controversial when it was released in theaters, despite not getting MPAA approval, Leslie Stevens’ Private Property plays in UCLA’s Billy Wilder Theater at 7:30. The Outer Limits creator’s 1960 directorial debut was condemned by the National Catholic League of Decency due to its salacious content. This......

Friday, March 6 If you like your kids-brutally-murdering-each-other movies with more cruelty and gore than The Hunger Games can fit into a PG-13 production, the Egyptian’s 7:30 screening of Battle Royale may be for you. Kinji Fukasaku’s cult classic opens with a group of 42 teenagers being sent to an......