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May 11, 2008
By Patricia McCune Irvine
April 20, 2008
By Paul Brownfield
The 'Saturday Night Live' veterans team up in a big-screen surrogate mother story.
By Scott Timberg
BOOKS:
Leading a contemplative literary life isn't dead even in these hectic times, and here are three lively examples.
By Geoff Boucher
POP MUSIC:
Can the reclusive Sly and the Family Stone singer recapture the magic?
By Constance Meyer
CLASSICAL MUSIC:
A key player in orchestras outside the U.S., the instrument's profile is tended to by Nick Ariondo, Samuel Zyman and others.
By Ann Powers
A bullet in Iraq put Tomas Young in a wheelchair. But with a documentary film and its double-CD music compilation, his story of resolve and redemption has taken wing.
By Maria Elena Fernandez
THE TV BIZ:
Networks are scouring other countries to find the next TV show that will strike a chord with American audiences. Thank 'The Office' and 'Ugly Betty.'
By Stanley Meisler
The Washington, D.C., facility goes from Barbizon School to Impressionism in 'In the Forest of Fontainebleau: Painters and Photographers from Corot to Monet.'
By Diane Haithman
The play draws on the 32-year-old performer's gift with characters.
By Lisa Rosen
The 'Mad About You' actress stars, co-writes and directs the film based on Elinor Lipman's novel.
By Anne-Marie O'Connor
The UCLA exhibition looks at gods and goddesses, sprites and spirits that humans have worshiped as protectors and givers of life-giving liquid.
By David Tischman
THE MONITOR:
Jackie Warner, Sky Sport and Skylab are back but not much is new.
By Michael Shaw
NONFICTION FILM:
The comedian used to joke about a movie he had in mind. He was taken seriously. Now he's 'Super High Me.'
By Choire Sicha
THE SUNDAY CONVERSATION
By Cristy Lytal
WORKING HOLLYWOOD:
He gives Dracula life in 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall.'
By Jack Peters
April 20, 2008 Position No. 5999: White to play and win. From the game Vladimir Kramnik-Marie Sebag, simultaneous exhibition, Enschede 2008. Solution to Position No. 5998: White wins most efficient
By Dennis Lim
A SECOND LOOK:
Many of these scares have been seen before, but that doesn't soften their psychological jolts.
By Noel Murray and Dennis Lim
ALSO THIS WEEK/NEW RELEASES:
Also: 'The BBC Natural History Collection Featuring Planet Earth,' 'Friday Night Lights: The Second Season' and more.
POP ART:
PowerHouse Books will begin with 'Wax Poetics Anthology Volume 1' and 'Wax Poetics Cover Story.'
April 13, 2008
By Christopher Hawthorne
ARCHITECTURE / CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
Some architects are playing up the idea of impermanence, perhaps underscoring the changeability of our times and town.
April 6, 2008
By Agustin Gurza
ART:
'Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement' provides a rare showcase at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
March 30, 2008
March 23, 2008
By Scott Timberg
REASSESSMENTS:
The onetime enfant terrible, now 44, still has no patience for critics, but some of his colleagues say Ellis' writing may one day get the respect it deserves.
By Paul Brownfield
David Schwimmer tries deeper waters
March 16, 2008
By Paul Brownfield
THE DIRECTOR'S CRAFT:
The filmmaker returns with a look at troubled soldiers forced to return to war in 'Stop-Loss.' Being authentic is key: 'I love real emotion,' she says.
By Ann Powers
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
In a genre that often favors the androgynous, Nick Cave, Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan, and Nick Urata of DeVotchKa are taking an unabashedly manly approach.
March 2, 2008
By Neil Shah
POP MUSIC:
The hair-metal heyday is long gone, but the fight for ownership of the groups' names (and the nostalgia-tour money to be made) goes on.
February 24, 2008
By Charles McNulty
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
The new year has been gloriously keeping its promise: In the first two months of 2008, we've been treated to full-bodied storytelling.
By Carina Chocano
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
The hopefuls mostly follow a safe, bland pattern. But don't blame the actresses -- blame the vanilla roles. A villain or two or some inner conflict would have been nice.
By Christopher Hawthorne
THE OSCARS | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
With this year's best-picture candidates, conformity in buildings mirrors the erosion of individuality in their inhabitants.
By Lewis Segal
DANCE:
The classical dancer wants to be a force in the art form, not by performing but through his website: DanceChannelTV.com
By Kenneth Turan
CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK:
If it wins best picture, it would be a boon for classic Hollywood filmmaking.
By Mark Swed
Oscar-nominated Marion Cotillard uses her eyes the way the French chanteuse used her voice in 'La Vie en Rose.'
February 17, 2008
By David Ng
The three-year project will restore an architectural specimen's sheen in Exposition Park.
September 23, 2007
By Donald Margulies
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
To lure a new generation, shelve the tried and true. Let the audience learn to imagine again.
September 16, 2007
By Ann Powers
ALBUM SPOTLIGHT:
"All the Lost Souls" (Atlantic Records)
"Playlist" (Mercury Records)
By August Brown
FAST TRACKS:
The Toronto Maple Leaves center joins a pal from Reprise Records in service of hyper-obscure noise-rock.
September 2, 2007
By Agustin Gurza
ALBUM SPOTLIGHT:
"La Radiolina" (Nacional/Because)
July 29, 2007
Richard Cromelin; Greg Burk
POP MUSIC REVIEW:
"Fur and Gold" (Caroline)
July 22, 2007
August Brown; Geoff Boucher
FAST TRACKS:
Avenged Sevenfold is a little bit country, and a little bit blistering metal.
May 6, 2007
By Neil LaBute
PLAYWRIGHTS ON WRITING:
When great actors are denied great roles on the stage because of their skin color, there's a problem. Even if they are white.
April 22, 2007
By Cynthia Dea
STREET LEVEL
March 25, 2007
Scott Timberg
STREET LEVEL
February 18, 2007
By August Brown
HOT TIP:
GetRightMusic.com sets underground hip-hop free.
February 11, 2007
By Rachel Abramowitz
MOVIES:
The studios have a headache when it comes to classic romantic comedy. Amid the boys club vogue and cultural mean streak, can passion be rekindled?
By Mark Olsen
THE DIRECTOR'S CRAFT:
Maria Maggenti drew upon her own experience to make the unconventional comedy 'Two Girls in Love.' It took her a decade to follow it up.
By Mary McNamara
THE PERFORMANCE:
When the actor signed on to play traitorous FBI agent Robert Hanssen in 'Breach,' he knew he'd have to dig deep to unmask the man.
By Dennis Lim
A SECOND LOOK:
'Marie Antoinette' and 'Performance' share a certain flair, and both met with critical scorn.
By Susan King
CINEFILE:
A retrospective of American gangster flicks combines favorites and rarities. It's top o' the world, Ma.
Susan King
THE DVD FILE:
'The Departed' arrives on DVD in time for Oscar season.
February 4, 2007
By Scott Timberg
BOOKS & IDEAS:
Deanne Stillman's new work extols the beauty of the high desert, quite a change from her first book's portrayal.
Josh Getlin
THE WRITER'S LIFE:
Norman Mailer's new novel exploring Hitler's youth is his latest to take on history's most potent figures.
By Susan King
CINE FILE:
The UCLA Film & Television Archive opens a venue at the Hammer, just part of the Billy Wilder legacy.
By Sheigh Crabtree
HOW'D THEY DO THAT?:
What marks the adaptation of 'Ghost Rider' is a burning desire for believability.
By Margaret Wappler
THE STREET LEVEL:
Dancing to nostalgic hits is all the rage at clubs on the Eastside.
January 28, 2007
By Reed Johnson
MOVIES:
For a sprawling international cast and crew, Gabriel García Márquez's tale of heat, passion and obsession was something all could relate to.
By Bruce Wallace
WORLD CINEMA:
Kazunari Ninomiya, 23, expands an already long résumé as the "Iwo Jima" soldier on whose visage war's toll is etched.
By Susan King
CINE FILE:
Movies never started the same after Saul Bass made a mark with bold, symbolic sequences.
Susan King
THE DVD FILE:
Helen Mirren and wisecracking forest animals share shelf space this week.
January 14, 2007
SNEAKS 2007:
A sentient meatball. Santa's brother. Sacco, Vanzetti, Jane Austen. Pirates and priests. You get the idea.
SNEAKS 2007:
In a high-stakes showdown, Sparrow, Shrek and Spidey go mano a mano a mano in May. Will anyone be left standing?
By Sheigh Crabtree
HOW'D THEY DO THAT?:
A posh hotel's penthouse gets a painstaking makeover in director Joe Carnahan's film.
By Michael Ordoña
SNEAKS 2007:
Pretty much all we know about 'The Simpsons Movie' is: It'll be funny.
By Susan King
SNEAKS 2007:
James McAvoy learned a lot from the little roles, but his career is in the fast lane now.
By Scarlet Cheng
'GRBAVICA: THE LAND OF MY DREAMS':
Jasmila Zbanic hasn't forgotten Sarajevo, and she's put her memories in her movie.
By Michael Ordoña
'THE NUMBER 23':
Jim Carrey is caught up with a numeral that really counts.
By Mark Olsen
'300':
Director Zack Snyder doesn't hesitate to go over the top.
SNEAKS 2007:
Who says there are too many sequels? Certainly not the movie studios.
December 31, 2006
By Gina Piccalo
BOOKS:
A little boy runs screaming through author Neal Pollack's Gen-X hang-ups in "Alternadad."
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