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
‘Stray’Anchored by a compelling performance by Christine Woods as Murphy, a haunted cop (is there any other kind?)
March 1, 2019
Also this week: ‘Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning’ and a double-bill of ‘Watermelon Man’ and ‘Putney Swope.’
Aug. 16, 2024
Eighties action stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren team up for the action-thriller “Black Water” that’s retro in all the wrong ways.
June 28, 2018
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
California
In a celebrity connection straight outta the Westside, actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme sold his home in Marina del Rey to rapper-actor Ice Cube for $7.25 million.
May 14, 2016
Awards
Michael Lembeck talks about directing the Emmy-winning ‘Friends’ episode with guest stars Julia Roberts and Brooke Shields, and how Jean-Claude Van Damme and Andre Agassi’s bad behavior complicated the set.
June 12, 2024