Movies
‘The New Tenants’ moves into the spotlight
March 8, 2010
‘Music by Prudence’; ‘The New Tenants’
Dustin Hoffman’s and Emma Thompson’s characters find that it’s never too late for love.
Dec. 25, 2008
The sixth annual Method Fest, devoted to independent films with an emphasis on acting, returns to Burbank starting Friday with 26 features and 46 shorts, as well as panel discussions and other events.
April 1, 2004
“Hoodwinked” is an irreverent, hard-edged retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood” -- a high-energy, imaginative entertainment aimed at younger audiences.
Dec. 16, 2005
THE Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. and the American Cinematheque have joined forces to present “The Films That Got Away,” composed of nine movies that reviewers caught at previews or festivals but that either never received distribution or were not properly promoted.
Aug. 25, 2005
Entertainment & Arts
Among Bob Balaban’s Hollywood stories are a few monuments
Feb. 7, 2014
Classic Hollywood: Often-seen character actor Bob Balaban has worked with the likes of Steven Spielberg, Robert Altman and Christopher Guest. As he arrives in ‘The Monuments Men,’ he tells some tales.
Elmer Balaban, 92, last surviving brother of a family of businessmen who dominated the movie theater business in Chicago and across the Midwest, died Nov. 2 at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago.
Nov. 10, 2001
A shortcut to fame
Feb. 18, 2010