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Family Matters in 'Margot at the Wedding'new
Everyone is on the brink of something in Noah Baumbach's latest -- marriage, divorce, puberty -- and by the time one character huffs, "I'm out of breath," you'll have a reasonable idea of how she feels.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Bob Dylan's Most Mysterious Recordingnew
Inside the elusive history of I'm Not There.
L.A. Weekly |
Randall Roberts |
11-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
Tackling Pop Culture's Greatest Enigmanew
I'm Not There turns out to be a triumph of intellect and cinematic imagination that feels light rather than heavy, and such a novel approach to film biography as to leave every Ray and Walk the Line looking especially clueless.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-26-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: I'm Not There, Todd Haynes
Bukowski's Ruin?new
Claim that the author was a Nazi sympathizer delays effort to save his bungalow.
L.A. Weekly |
Matthew Fleischer |
11-26-2007 |
Books
'Southland Diaries': Re-Cut but Not Improvednew
Richard Kelly seems to think that to merely mention Fallujah or global warming -- or to name a bank after Karl Rove -- is the same as actually having an opinion about them, and his all-you-can-eat buffet of cinematic in-references operates on pretty much the same superficial level.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Redacted' Never Flinches From the Casualties of Warnew
Brian De Palma is angry, about the war in Iraq and about the fact that his Iraq movie, Redacted, has fallen victim to the very censorship it is, in part, a reaction against.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Brian De Palma, Redacted
'Mr. Magorium': Small Wondernew
Like most Christmas movies, Mr. Magorium's stocking comes stuffed with PSAs (albeit well-written ones, by the spiritless current standards of the genre) alerting children to what they of all people already know.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-16-2007 |
Reviews
Dining a la Carte at Whole Foodsnew
I was not surprised to find myself in a tapas bar yesterday, but it was a bit startling that I was having this kind of moment within an arm's reach of hurtling grocery carts.
L.A. Weekly |
Jonathan Gold |
11-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Theater of the Absurd in New Orleans and on the Campaign Trailnew
Waiting for Godot.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
11-16-2007 |
Commentary
Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geeknew
Agents 2.0: The new generation of dealmakers at UTA Online.
L.A. Weekly |
Gendy Alimurung |
11-16-2007 |
Movies
Michael Haneke Over Americanew
Some great directors begin in TV, like Austrian Michael Haneke. Eight of his TV films have been subtitled into English and are touring North America for the first time as part of the Boston University – curated retrospective "Michael Haneke: A Cinema of Provocation."
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Haneke
Coen Brothers to Audience: 'Hold Still'new
The Coen brothers transcend themselves with No Country for Old Men.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-09-2007 |
Reviews
Barack Obama at East L.A.'s Garfield Highnew
Sandwiched between three celebrity-packed Hollywood fund-raisers, Obama's visit has refreshingly little flash and plenty of substance.
L.A. Weekly |
Seven McDonald |
11-09-2007 |
Politics
Ballot Bull in Californianew
Republicans and Democrats get down to dirty business as election nears.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
11-09-2007 |
Commentary
Scenes from the Strikenew
"It's not going to be as much fun in two months, I'll tell you that," says John Carlen, a veteran Writers Guild member carrying a union placard.
L.A. Weekly |
Steven Mikulan |
11-09-2007 |
Movies
