Movies
At a combined running time of four hours and 37 minutes, Alain Resnais’ 1993 two-parter, “Smoking”/”No Smoking,” may reasonably be called too much of a good thing.
Aug. 2, 2000
Pro basketball: Clippers, still looking for coach, unlikely to help
“Melo” (opening Friday at the Monica 4-Plex), Alain Resnais’ film of the 1929 Henry Bernstein play, is as elegant as it is demanding.
April 22, 1988
“Same Old Song,” a romantic comedy in which several generations of popular French songs pop out of the mouths of its characters, is not the picture you would have expected from Alain Resnais, whose elliptical “Last Year at Marienbad” and intimate epic “Hiroshima Mon Amour” remain New Wave landmarks.
Oct. 15, 1999
Travel & Experiences
The habanero pepper is widely known as the hottest chile available. But what about the red savina?
Aug. 17, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
Robert Snyder’s “Michelagniolo: Self-Portrait,” which screens Thursday at 8 p.m. at the County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater, is as rapturous as it is stately, a splendid survey of the key works of Michelangelo accompanied by his own words, spoken with restraint and feeling by Snyder himself.
Dec. 13, 1988
Relax, classic rock fans, “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” is not a movie inspired by the stuttery old Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit.
July 4, 2013
Movie review: ‘Change of Plans’
Oct. 29, 2010
Movie review: The play’s the thing in ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’
On Steady Ground: Steven Seagal’s “On Deadly Ground” held its ground in the No. 1 spot at the nation’s box office during a generally slow weekend.
Feb. 28, 1994