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Our inaugural LA Vanguardia class is an amazing array of Latino talent shaping the movies, TV, music, fine arts and literary scene of today — and tomorrow.
Grilled cheese or lobster roll? And how sandwiches are the perfect symbol for discussing life and loss on stage.
Hero Complex
Robert Baird and Andrew Millstein will co-lead the department, with the first release — the already announced ‘Nimona’ — due next year.
Bob Chapek, the recently ousted Disney chief, can’t take all the blame — but Disneyland in 2022 is a lesser experience than it was in 2019.
The Envelope
Will Smith’s “Emancipation” hopes to overcome mixed reviews and lingering resentments to earn a spot in this year’s best picture Oscar field.
Oscar entries ‘Saint Omer,’ ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ and ‘Argentina, 1985,’ tackle real-world tragedies — the death of a toddler, the Great War and a dictatorship.
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Our first Binge Sesh: Behind HBO’s ‘Winning Time’
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Director Jerzy Skolimowski makes a stunning return to filmmaking with this homage to — and departure from — Robert Bresson’s ‘Au Hasard Balthazar.’
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Writer-director Martika Ramirez Escobar’s debut feature ‘Leonor Will Never Die’ celebrates the universal ridiculousness of 1970s and ‘80s exploitation films.
Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning filmmaker behind “American Factory” who explored race, class and gender, dies at 76.
Oscar nominee Evgeny Afineevsky (‘Winter on Fire’) once again springs into action with the documentary ‘Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom.’
The artist discusses ‘William Kentridge: In Praise of Shadows,’ on view at the Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles through April 9, 2023.
Calendar readers write about Chris Rock and Will Smith, a ‘Peanuts’ tribute in comics, Autry museum, Laemmle and more
Director Alon Schwarz’s documentary ‘Tantura’ excavates the dark legacy of a long-suppressed story from 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Producer Joey McFarland has many Civil War-era photos of Black Americans. At the ‘Emancipation’ premiere, he showed off the one that sparked the film.
Watch a trio of trailers for the latest films from the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Transformers’ franchises, due out next summer.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras’ documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is a portrait of artist and activist Nan Goldin, her photography and personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis.
Each of the top eight prime-time programs were NFL games, pregame shows or postgame shows, with “Yellowstone” the highest-rated non-sports program for the week.
Comedy in L.A.
If laughter is important to you (how could it not be in these times?), there’s no shortage of ways to get your fix of funny jokes across L.A.. In a special issue dedicated to L.A.’s stand-up comedy, we made a list of some of the best spots for comedy in L.A.