By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
It is, quietly, the talk of the street. And in the San Fernando Valley, this is not just any street.
By Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times
When Eve Ensler opened her play "The Vagina Monologues" off-Broadway in 1996, people who called the box office to order tickets were...
By Kenneth Turan
It was an American film, Benh Zeitlin's Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner "Beasts of the Southern Wild," that walked off with the coveted...
By Oliver Gettell
By Kenneth Turan
The film uses extensive interviews with the five men and their families to show exactly how this disturbing miscarriage of justice happened.
By Rebecca Keegan
Twenty-six years after the worst nuclear accident in history, Chernobyl is suddenly hot again -- at least culturally.
By Dennis Lim, Special to the Los Angeles Times
Independence is a crucial part of the legend of John Cassavetes, the original Method actor turned DIY filmmaker. For that reason his early...
By Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times
Barefoot and bleary-eyed, Mark Duplass opened the door to his office, an apartment in Los Feliz. "I feel like I'm stoned," the 35-year-old...
By Steven Zeitchik
"Twilight" stars Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson have sex multiple times in Cannes (separately, and on screen) but it's a very different...
By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times
The L.A. institution has a costarring role in the film, the latest sign of a healing relationship between filmmakers and the museum.
By Steven Zeitchik, Los Angeles Times
The directors are in the spotlight on the world stage after 'A Separation's' Asghar Farhadi won an Oscar. Their struggles to make films...
By Steven Zeitchik
Western directors have been looking east for years, remaking and borrowing from countries like China and South Korea with Tarantino-esque...