Awards
Even as it has recently become apparent that mid-level adult-themed storytelling is now something of an endangered species in Hollywood, director Susanne Bier and her screenwriting collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen have consistently turned out the sort of intelligent, morally probing dramas that supposedly people don’t make anymore.
Sept. 8, 2014
Entertainment & Arts
At the Martinson house in Santa Monica, brothers Haldan, 19, and Anders, 16, generally practice the violin and piano in separate rooms.
July 19, 1990
Movies
Aristophanes’ “battle of the sexes” comedy “Lysistrata” has inspired everything from Broadway musicals to real-world sex strikes; but there’s rarely been an adaptation as misbegotten as writer-director Matt Cooper’s “Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?”
Sept. 22, 2016
‘Italian for Beginners’ charms with its crafty plot and six well-drawn characters coping with life and romance.
Jan. 18, 2002
‘Riders of Justice’ reunites writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen with star Mads Mikkelsen for a modern-day revenge thriller.
May 13, 2021
Sports
John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors easily defeated quarterfinal opponents Friday to set up a semifinal meeting today in the $375,000 Players International tournament at Montreal.
Aug. 17, 1985
UC Irvine played solid defense in the final five minutes of regulation to force overtime, then went on to beat New Mexico State, 74-70, in a Big West Conference women’s basketball game Sunday in Irvine.
Jan. 12, 1998
John McEnroe defeated defending champion Stefan Edberg of Sweden, 7-6, 6-2, Saturday night to set up a meeting with second-seeded Jimmy Connors today in the final of the $289,000 Transamerica Open tennis tournament at San Francisco’s Cow Palace.
Sept. 28, 1986
Michael Chang will have plenty of time to see the sights on his first visit to Milan.
Feb. 6, 1991
A good-looking man finds his witty, smart Ms. Right, but friends and colleagues are appalled.
May 10, 2007