Movies
Jennifer Fox’s densely detailed documentary “Beirut: The Last Home Movie” (playing today through Sunday at the Nuart) is a family saga with a cataclysm as background.
July 28, 1988
The Big Picture
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July 18, 2008
Erica Vandross, the 17-year-old at the center of “Flower,” is no delicate blossom.
March 15, 2018
At almost every juncture in “Out of the Dark,” a ghost thriller set in Colombia, something textured and evocative — a poor village, a dark old house, a menacing jungle — is beautifully photographed.
Feb. 26, 2015
Tim Burton revisits his old L.A. haunts
Oct. 26, 2006
Entertainment & Arts
Monster movie-maker Guillermo del Toro has conjured up demonic superheroes, fantastical fawns, colossal robots and even larger Kaijus, but his latest Frankenstein creation is not only an unnervingly lovely beast but also the set of his film.
Oct. 9, 2015
Wax museums. Costume shops. The young artist loved them. Returning to L.A., he has a nightmare before Christmas.
“The Gate” (citywide) is another bit of movie horror-whimsy, about wholesome, lovable all-American suburban kids battling the Forces of Darkness.
May 19, 1987
Movie review: ‘Silent House’
March 9, 2012
Blumhouse Productions stays in “Paranormal Activity”/“Insidious” mode with “The Darkness,” its latest slick-looking, modestly budgeted ghost-fest.
May 13, 2016