Film festival finds humor in discarded clips
Two friends turn their passion for retro videotape recordings into a thriving comedy show-film fest hybrid, the Found Footage Festival.
Film depicts poetic, post-apocalyptic world
One of the great truths in Japanese film and television is that giant robots are rarely just that.
Band reunites for album’s 10th anniversary
Despite disbanding in 2005, The Get Up Kids come together for nationwide tour to promote the re-release of its landmark album.
Drive-ins recreate film-watching magic
Los Angeles residents love their cars. From beaten-up Durangos to two-door Maseratis, Angelenos form a symbiotic relationship with what they drive, refusing to separate from their leather seats and dashboards cluttered with plastic figurines. Not long ago, Angelenos even watched movies from their cars. They didn’t do it in the way that some children now […]
Parlor puts Korean twist on Italian dish
An original sweet potato-filled pizza crust adds a sugary note to Mr. Pizza’s savory pizzas.
Cody’s latest film undermines her ‘Body’ of work
Nearly two years ago, a screenplay appeared on the Internet that had every screenwriting nerd blogging with fervor.
GREEDONOMICS 2.0
Oliver Stone takes a whole new perspective on capitalism with his upcoming sequel to the Academy Award-winning film, Wall Street.
Next generation lacks literary imagination
When I was a kid, every story I read was as big as the world. People often reminisce over their backyards that spanned continents and decades — and yes, I was definitely that kid on the block who loved to play pretend. But more than anything, I remember the stories I loved — their pages […]
Larry David returns to airwaves with a conscience
Most people understand that not everyone will subscribe to a social etiquette system, and that sometimes, you just have to tolerate what is normally accepted. Not the co-creator of Seinfeld.
Anything but the truth in Soderbergh’s newest film
Matt Damon has an identity problem. In The Talented Mr. Ripley, his naïve sycophant Tom Ripley turns into a remorseless murderer. In the Bourne trilogy, his former assassin Jason Bourne struggles with his disjointed past.