Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Movies
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
Two Jude Law movies, a career-best performance by Pamela Anderson, the return of Mike Leigh and more were among our favorite first-time watches at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Sept. 12, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
Sept. 19, 2024
Returning to a wholly animated product, the robot franchise hatches an unusually smart and well-voiced prequel helmed by “Toy Story 4” Oscar winner Josh Cooley.
Opinion
It took two decades of patient, vigilant community organizing to open a prime piece of San Francisco Bay shoreline to the public in Richmond, Calif.
Lifestyle
A Sunday at Circus Vargas in California begins with a Mass from Father Frank Cancro and ends with performer Daniel Eguino riding a motorcycle in the Globe of Death.
Food
Are guest chef dinners good for restaurants? Plus, the mob scene at Silver Lake’s newest wine bar. Nordic cuisine coming to L.A. And is the next dimension of chicken” dusted with cheese powder? All in this week’s Tasting Notes.
Sept. 14, 2024
JD Vance and other conservatives need to stop trying to drive a wedge between those who choose to be parents and those who do not. It’s absurd — and dangerous.
California
Bears are growing bolder and seeking their own slice of the California dream.
Sept. 21, 2024