Food
Chef Josiah Citrin opened Mélisse in Santa Monica in 1999, blazing a trail for a new way to look at French cooking in California.
Sept. 16, 2024
Movies
‘The Last Mercenary’ gives Jean-Claude Van Damme a chance to show his comic chops.
July 30, 2021
Television
When a TV show or other forms of art run long, they can be worth our time, our television critic writes. But in some cases, abbreviation is best.
Sept. 5, 2024
Also this week: Wes Studi in ‘Geronimo: An American Legend,’ ‘Jackie Brown’ in 35mm and a powerhouse acting trio: Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon.
Sept. 6, 2024
World & Nation
Despite the risks, thousands of young Haitians are jumping at the chance to become soldiers as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities.
Aug. 29, 2024
Obituaries
Jean-Claude Duvalier, the self-proclaimed “president for life” of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him into a 25-year exile, died Saturday of a heart attack, according to his attorney Reynold George.
Oct. 4, 2014
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, a former dictator of Haiti whose dynastic rule helped condemn the country to endemic poverty and violence before he was ousted by a popular uprising, died Saturday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
‘Stray’Anchored by a compelling performance by Christine Woods as Murphy, a haunted cop (is there any other kind?)
March 1, 2019
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, a former dictator of Haiti whose brutal regime triggered a popular uprising that freed the country from one-family rule but resolved none of its endemic issues of poverty and underdevelopment, has died.
Also this week: ‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ and a double-bill of ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘Putney Swope.’
Aug. 16, 2024