Archives
- 2009.10.28: "This Is It"
- 2009.10.12: Film of the Week: 35 Shots of Rum
- 2009.09.05: Film of the Week: Amreeka
- 2009.08.28: Film of the Week: World's Greatest Dad
- 2009.08.03: Films of the Week: Thirst and Lorna's Silence
- 2009.07.24: Film of the Week: In the Loop
- 2009.07.13: James Mason at the County Museum
- 2009.06.29: L.A. Film Festival Winners
- 2009.06.20: Film of the Week: End of the Line
- 2009.06.08: Film of the Week - Seraphine
- 2009.06.01: Film of thew Week: Summer Hours
- 2009.05.19: Got Yourself a Little Focker?
- 2009.05.11: AFI Film Festival Now Free and Open for Entries
- 2009.05.11: Anvil Special Events Week
- 2009.05.10: Film of the Week
- 2009.05.10: Hollywood Memorabillia Auction Results
- 2009.05.03: Film of the Week: Il Divo
- 2009.05.03: Film Snoir
- 2009.04.30: Asian Pacific Silver Anniversary Film Festival Starts, Is Massive
- 2009.04.20: French Film Week Schedule
- 2009.04.12: Movies of the Week: Forbidden Lie$ and The Song of Sparrows
- 2009.04.04: Film of the Week: Sugar
- 2009.04.03: D-BOX Makes Fast & Furious Rock
- 2009.04.01: And If You're More in the Mood for French . . .
- 2009.04.01: Mo' Jai Ho
- 2009.03.27: Film of the Week: Tokyo Sonata
- 2009.02.22: We Are All Slumdogs
- 2009.02.22: Sean Penn
- 2009.02.22: The Usual International Embarrassment
- 2009.02.22: Still Watching, Still Yawning
- 2009.02.22: Humanitarians
- 2009.02.22: Mr. Smith, Mr. Oscar
- 2009.02.22: Yes, There Are Tears In My Eyes
- 2009.02.22: Mid Ceremony Bored To Death "Dark Knight" Rant
- 2009.02.22: Well, Tropic Thunder Was Clever
- 2009.02.22: Are We Snoring Yet?
- 2009.02.22: Curbed Enthusiasm
- 2009.02.22: Good Start, Quick Slip
- 2009.02.04: A Couple of Notes from Film Independent
- 2009.01.23: Curiouser and Curiouser
- 2009.01.21: Bareknuckle Criticism
- 2009.01.21: Method Fest Extends Entry Deadline
- 2009.01.16: John Sturges, Reel Man
- 2009.01.13: The Art of Blake Edwards
- 2008.11.24: How Hugh Jackman Got Sexy, and Back
- 2008.11.02: AFI Fest - Che premiere
- 2008.10.28: Documentary Competition Kicks Off Movie Awards Season
- 2008.10.20: For Those Who Feel the Need
- 2008.10.16: La Femme Film Festival Is Open for Business
- 2008.10.12: Marky's Bark
- 2008.10.09: AFI Film Festival Tickets Go On Sale Friday
- 2008.10.02: Irish Film Festival Starts Today
- 2008.09.27: Remembering Paul Newman
- 2008.09.17: Yes, Buy the New Box Set, but First See the Restored Godfathers I & II on the big Cinerama Screen
- 2008.09.11: Canada Is Such a Violent Place
- 2008.09.10: NOT Like Watching Paint Dry
- 2008.08.25: See a Movie for World Peace
- 2008.08.18: DocuWeek Is Coming to the ArcLights
- 2008.08.01: You Too Can Have a Film in the Next Method Fest
- 2008.07.27: 'Spaced' is finally here
- 2008.07.27: Raimi gets bloody ... Statham drives more stuff ... Ferrell plays the banjo
- 2008.07.26: 'Up,' up and away
- 2008.07.26: A jolt from 'Bolt'
- 2008.07.25: The 'Spirit' of Christmas
- 2008.07.25: Quotes and notes from 'Watchmen' panel
- 2008.07.25: Everyone wants to watch the 'Watchmen'
- 2008.07.25: Benicio Del Toro ... More stubble than usual
- 2008.07.25: Early 'Watchmen' conversation with Zack Snyder
- 2008.07.25: Comic-Con travel fun and the sound of Mothra
- 2008.07.24: Klaatu barada nikto
- 2008.07.24: Strip teasing
- 2008.07.24: Forecast calls for Rain
- 2008.07.24: Briefs or boxers? A 'Twilight' moment at Comic-Con
- 2008.07.23: 'Twas the night before Comic-Con ...
- 2008.07.22: Christian Bale
- 2008.07.18: Apparently, They Can Make a Film Festival Out of Anything
- 2008.07.03: L.A. Film Festival Wrap-Up
- 2008.07.01: Anime Does Nothing for Me, But . . .
- 2008.06.30: Finally
- 2008.06.16: Los Angeles Film Festival - The Full Details
- 2008.06.15: Hulk Smash What? Not the Last One's Opening
- 2008.06.11: Israel Film Festival
- 2008.06.06: Los Angeles Film Festival Ticket Office Opens Sunday
- 2008.06.05: Clint Clint Clint
- 2008.06.02: Warren Beatty Mondays in June at S.O. ArcLight
- 2008.05.29: This Just In - Another Local Film Festival
- 2008.05.23: Indy 4 Spoilers Supreme
- 2008.05.19: Indy 4 Spoilers
- 2008.05.11: Talk About Speed Bumps
- 2008.05.06: Jewish Film Festival Starts Thursday
- 2008.05.01: 18 State-of-the-Art New Theaters in Glendale . . .
- 2008.04.30: Asian Pacific Film Festival
- 2008.04.22: Son of Rambow Worth Sneaking Up On
- 2008.04.20: Indian Film Festival Starts Tuesday
- 2008.04.17: United Film Festival
- 2008.04.09: The Real Neil on a Subject I Refuse to Blog About
- 2008.04.06: Remembering Charlton Heston
- 2008.03.25: Dying to Live Benefit Screening
- 2008.03.16: Grim Indie Weekend
- 2008.03.15: Method Fest Lineup Announced
- 2008.03.12: Italian Horror Genius Mario Bava at the Cinematheque
- 2008.03.01: Well, Maybe It Is Time for New Line to Go
- 2008.02.28: The Remains of the Shaye
- 2008.02.24: Good Night and Good Luck
- 2008.02.24: Joel and Ethan Coen Win Directing
- 2008.02.24: That Daniel Day-Lewis Is So Nice
- 2008.02.24: Well, At Least One War on Terror Movie Won
- 2008.02.24: Dead Guys
- 2008.02.24: Bourne Leads!
- 2008.02.24: Marion Cotillard Plays to the Crowd
- 2008.02.24: Well, Bourne Rocked Too
- 2008.02.24: Look, No One Under 20's Watching Anyway
- 2008.02.24: Tilda Swinton Wins
- 2008.02.24: Dang Furrenurs
- 2008.02.24: Transformers Rocked!
- 2008.02.24: My First Time at the Oscars. It's a Little Weird
- 2008.02.24: Elizabeth, the Campy Years Wins Costume Design
- 2008.02.24: Who Are the Real Snobs, Huh?
- 2008.02.24: Here We Go, Like It Or Not
- 2008.02.18: AFI News, Pt. 2
- 2008.02.18: AFI News, Pt. 1
- 2008.02.17: Quaid from a Relieved Vantage Point
- 2008.02.13: Kon Ichikawa: Now This Guy Knew War Films
- 2008.02.05: The Bird man of "1906"
- 2008.02.05: Gilroy and Clooney -- You 'da man. No You da man!
- 2008.02.05: Oscar Nominees Luncheon -- before most of them become losers
- 2008.02.05: Oscar Nominees Luncheon -- before most of them become losers
- 2008.02.03: Here's a Newsflash: Sexism Sells
- 2008.01.29: El Cid Rides Again
- 2008.01.27: Speaking of Freak
- 2008.01.27: No quarter from 'No Country'
- 2008.01.27: Day-Lewis' moment
- 2008.01.27: Christie separates from the pack ...
- 2008.01.27: Ruby Dee Wins Lifetime Achievement ... er ... Supporting Actress Award
- 2008.01.27: Bardem: Killer for the ages, a well-deserved win
- 2008.01.25: Donald Sutherland Proud of Kiefer
- 2008.01.25: Quantum of Solace
- 2008.01.22: Remembering Heath Ledger
- 2008.01.22: Oscar Nominations: The Critics Have Spoken?
- 2008.01.13: L.A. Film Critics Awards Have More Stars, Weirdly, Than Most Other Awards Will
- 2008.01.05: Method Fest Needs Movies
- 2008.01.03: Lee Chang-Dong at County Museum
- 2007.12.29: Achilles Tendency
- 2007.12.09: Los Angeles Film Critics Association's New Awards and Website
- 2007.12.02: Scorsese + Hitchcock = Sublime + Hilarious Commercial
- 2007.11.04: Two AFI Fest Must-Sees
- 2007.10.31: Hello Dali Isn't a Clever Enough Phrase to Greet LACMA's Massive Surrealism in Cinema Series
- 2007.10.23: Exciting Revival Programming Returns to the Silent Movie Theatre
- 2007.10.20: Lumet Named LAFCA's 2007 Career Achievement Winner
- 2007.10.18: Film Festival Madness: West L.A., The Real World
- 2007.10.17: Film Festival Madness: Hollywood, Santa Monica, France, The Dark End of the Street
- 2007.10.15: Filmmaker Forum Starts Friday
- 2007.10.13: Film Festival Madness: Abu Dhabi
- 2007.10.10: Film Festival Madness: AFI - The Mother of Them All
- 2007.10.09: Film Festival Madness: Beverly Hills, Budapest
- 2007.10.06: Film Festival Madness: Hollywood, Santa Monica, Rome
- 2007.10.03: Film Festival Madness: Hola Hollywood
- 2007.10.02: Film Festival Madness: Hollywood, Santa Monica, Manchester, Monterey, Frisco Bay, Norway . . .
- 2007.09.30: Film Festival Madness: Hollywood, Copenhagen
- 2007.09.24: Film Festival Madness: Universal City
- 2007.09.24: Film Festival Madness: Hollywood, D.C., The World
- 2007.09.24: Film Festival Madness: Malibu
- 2007.09.23: Here's the Official Foreign Film List
- 2007.09.22: Calling All Wes Anderson Fans
- 2007.09.22: Calling All Aspiring Scream Queens
- 2007.09.17: My Foreign Film Picks
- 2007.09.01: Best Foreign Films of All Time?
- 2007.08.31: Visual Effects Awards Entry Call
- 2007.08.26: You Know Where They Can Put Those Thumbs?
- 2007.08.21: Star Trek Fan Film Premieres
- 2007.08.16: Win a Trip to New York and a Chance to Get Yelled at by Robert De Niro in Person
- 2007.08.16: Stewart Stamp Ceremony at Universal Friday
- 2007.08.15: AFI Film Festival Returns to ArcLight Nov. 1
- 2007.08.06: Next on the List?
- 2007.07.31: Paris Calling?
- 2007.07.31: What Is Killing the Great Directors of Europe?
- 2007.07.31: Good Batch of Bergman Tributes
- 2007.07.27: More French Goodness Than You Can Probably Stand
- 2007.07.23: I Am Not Kirk
- 2007.07.17: Latino Film Festival Submission Deadline July 27
- 2007.07.15: 3-D Adds a Little Magic
- 2007.07.13: More French Goodness
- 2007.07.09: Over Her Dead Body
- 2007.07.03: Los Angeles Film Festival Wrap-Up
- 2007.07.01: Mid-Year Movie Report
- 2007.06.24: Pheremone Levels Indicate the Young Human Wants to Mate with the Female
- 2007.06.21: And Now, A Message from My Ego
- 2007.06.15: Los Angeles Film Festival Schedule
- 2007.06.14: Liked Her Better Crazy, Suicidal and Fun
- 2007.06.10: And God Said: Snakes Begone!
- 2007.06.10: Wanda Does Hilton
- 2007.06.08: I Can't Believe It's a Summer Weekend
- 2007.06.07: Edith Piaf Couldn't Get Enough
- 2007.06.04: At the New Landmark
- 2007.06.02: But What About "Knocked Up's" Psychedelic Plausibility?
- 2007.06.01: Forget It, Jake. It's Little Italy?
- 2007.05.30: If They Were Only This Concerned About Making Either Movie Any Good
- 2007.05.28: The Ninth-Ranked Movie of the Memorial Day Weekend
- 2007.05.16: Eat, See a Movie, Help Darfur
- 2007.05.10: The Only Time George Lucas Has Ever Made Me Think
- 2007.05.09: They're All Your Children, George
- 2007.05.07: More Myers, Eventually
- 2007.04.27: Speak or Sing Your Piece, I Don't Care. Just Don't Think It'll End Wars and Stuff
- 2007.04.22: French Film Festival Winner - You Can Still Catch It at 5:00
- 2007.04.21: Tobey Maguire Enters the Arachnid Debate
- 2007.04.15: Landmark Status: Now This Is What Home Theater Should Be
- 2007.04.15: Hunger Force Not for All Tastes, But Who Cares?
- 2007.04.06: Method Fest Award Winners
- 2007.03.22: An Entertaining Week Outside Theaters
- 2007.03.16: The French Giveth More
- 2007.03.11: Thanks to Conquering Spartans, We May Finally Watch the Watchmen
- 2007.03.09: The French Giveth, The French Taketh Away
- 2007.03.03: Why Do I Have to Be the One Who Defends the Academy?
- 2007.02.28: Tarantino Trashes the New Beverly
- 2007.02.27: Marty Finally Wins an Oscar, and the First Thing He Does Is Turn Into a SuperGroupie?
- 2007.02.26: Enough of This Nonsense for Another Year
- 2007.02.25: Best Director/Picture
- 2007.02.25: Helen Mirren
- 2007.02.25: So It May Be "The Departed"
- 2007.02.25: Film Editing
- 2007.02.25: Well, Guess We Can't Call 'Em Homophobic
- 2007.02.25: The Look on Ellen's Face Indicates That I'm Not the Only One With That Previously Stated Opinion
- 2007.02.25: God, Beyonce Knowles Is the Most Perfect Woman on the Planet
- 2007.02.25: Heck Even "Iwo Jima" was a More Original Story
- 2007.02.25: Congratulations to the Least Original Screenplay Winner
- 2007.02.25: First Score for Babel
- 2007.02.25: Ennio Morricone Is Such a Great Composer
- 2007.02.25: Hey! And Seeing Seinfeld and Gore on the Same Stage . . .
- 2007.02.25: Seinfeld Is Right!
- 2007.02.25: Jennifer Hudson
- 2007.02.25: Speaking of Tone Deaf to Foreign Films
- 2007.02.25: This Montage of Foreign Language Film Moments
- 2007.02.25: Ahoy Matey
- 2007.02.25: Now This is Getting Out of Hand
- 2007.02.25: Nice Little Costume Surprise
- 2007.02.25: Meryl Streep "Smiling," Jack Nicholson Bald
- 2007.02.25: Well, That Was No Surprise
- 2007.02.25: Actually Kinda Happy for the Feet
- 2007.02.25: Al Gore Seems So Embarrassed by All of This Hollywood Overpraising
- 2007.02.25: But They Really Do Hate Eddie Murphy
- 2007.02.25: Dang, No Dreamgirls Shutout
- 2007.02.25: And While We're Waiting for the Sound Races to End, a Brief Word from Our Sponsor
- 2007.02.25: Makeup
- 2007.02.25: What's With the Silly Songs?
- 2007.02.25: Wow, First Upset a Good One
- 2007.02.25: Big Surprises or the Same Old Obvious Choices
- 2007.02.25: Here We Go, Blogging the Oscars
- 2007.02.17: An Alternative Theory
- 2007.02.17: Don't Get Any Ideas, Lindsay
- 2007.02.16: What a Difference a Year Makes
- 2007.01.29: I Knew There Was Nothing To Be Afraid Of
- 2007.01.19: That cow business isn't going to land anyone an Oscar nomination, but David Lynch will still do anything to get you to read his book
- 2007.01.15: Parsing the Globes for 'meaning'
- 2007.01.15: LAFCA: Did I mention alcohol was served?
- 2007.01.13: Cinematographers See the Light
- 2007.01.09: No Wonder They Make So Many Bad Movies
- 2007.01.08: Remember Your Roots, Jim. Please.
- 2007.01.07: Children of Men: Premises and Poetry
- 2007.01.06: When You Have Three Masters, Ranking's Kinda Beside the Point
- 2006.12.28: National Film Registry Doing Its Job
- 2006.12.27: Not So Obviously Brilliant Category
- 2006.12.27: It's Awards Season, When They Take the Fun Out of Movies
- 2006.12.26: What? No Certified Geniuses in My Top 10?
- 2006.12.21: Lots of Great Movies Out, But You Can at Least Look at Some Fine Books
- 2006.12.17: Discernment Trend Over? Hard To Say
- 2006.12.14: The Best of the Artform or Just Provincial Preferences?
- 2006.12.09: Thank God It's Over (I Miss It Already)
- 2006.12.06: The Librarians Have Spoken
- 2006.12.06: Wilder Times
- 2006.11.20: Scary Genesis of a Cheesy Line
- 2006.11.19: How Far Will This Discernment Trend Go?
- 2006.11.08: Mean and Nasty and I Liked It a Lot
- 2006.11.06: The Good Cultural News Is . . .
- 2006.10.31: Cultural Learnings Go Backward Ways: American Election Goes Borat!
- 2006.10.31: AFI Fest: Back in Time
- 2006.10.29: Liberal Porn Whipsawed By Torture Advocates
- 2006.10.24: Translated from Boratese into English...
- 2006.10.23: A Less Boring Borat? I Tried
- 2006.10.22: Out of Time
- 2006.10.21: Movies Are Getting Better, But Read a Book Anyway 3
- 2006.10.09: Facts of Our Fathers?
- 2006.10.09: Saluting Clint Eastwood's 'Flags'
- 2006.10.08: Weekend Boxoffice Whacked
- 2006.10.06: Hail to the Queen's Man
- 2006.10.01: Movies Out There Suck? Read a Book 2
- 2006.10.01: Wet & Wild Weekend Boxoffice
- 2006.09.30: Movies Out There Suck? Read a Book
- 2006.09.29: Gurus o' Gold Picks Are Up
- 2006.09.29: King Leopold's Ghost
- 2006.09.27: Funny Money
- 2006.09.24: Wonderful Weekend Boxoffice
- 2006.09.22: One Week Per Year
- 2006.09.18: Yay! Yer Out!
- 2006.09.17: The War at Home
- 2006.09.16: Eye of the Beholder
- 2006.09.15: Fiona Shaw: A Norma Desmond For a New Generation
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