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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.
Theater critic Charles McNulty runs through his 2022 high points, including ‘The Inheritance,’ ‘Slave Play’ and, yes, a divisive ‘Oklahoma!’
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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.
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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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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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American underground cartoonist Aline Kominsky-Crumb, known for her feminist themes and highly personal work, dies at 74.
‘Stranger Things’ star David Harbour on turning Santa into an action hero in R-rated ‘Violent Night.’
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.
The world-premiere musical ‘Invincible,’ running through Dec. 18 at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, harnesses the hits of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo in a modern reimagining of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’
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
Lindsey Buckingham, the male lead guitarist and vocalist of Fleetwood Mac, said he’ll miss his “soul mate” and “musical comrade,” Christine McVie who died at 79.
Director Alon Schwarz’s documentary ‘Tantura’ excavates the dark legacy of a long-suppressed story from 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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.