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Marjane Satrapi Contemplates Iran, the Oscars, and the 'Axis of Evil'new
The creator of Persepolis has seen revolution up close, and her life was never the same.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Steve Appelford |
02-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Killer Appnew
Cloverfield bites beat Untraceable bytes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
01-25-2008 |
Movies
'Cassandra's Dream' Has More Crime, Less Humornew
Like Match Point, Cassandra's Dream seems very sharp and focused; for better or worse, it lacks the tangents that both lightened up and diffused the tone in Scoop. That also means that there’s not a moment of humor in it.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream
Dial M for Murkynew
There's no need to pick up One Missed Call.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
01-11-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Eric Valette, One Missed Call
Bloodless 'Blood'new
Paul Thomas Anderson's new film is striking but dry as dust.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-28-2007 |
Reviews
Serious Song and Dance Mannew
Director John Turturro mingles drama and musical comedy in Romance & Cigarettes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wild 'Youth'new
Coppola's Romanian rhapsody is wacky but somehow absorbing.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Mr. Smith Goes to Zombietownnew
An old story gets a fresh prince in the latest adaptation of I Am Legend.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
A Visit to the Big Housenew
In each episode of the documentary series Lockup, the viewer is given a guided tour of one of our nation's prisons. Some are modern high-tech hellholes, others are collapsing chipped-paint, broken-toilet hellholes, but all are hellholes.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Mick Farren |
12-07-2007 |
TV
Guy Ritchie Steps Backwardnew
Revolver turns out to be a touchy-feely ultraviolent gangster flick. Come over here and give Scarface a hug, you big gruff pussycat.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Guy Ritchie, revolver
My Left Lidnew
It’s hard to imagine anything more daunting than the task faced by director Julian Schnabel and screenwriter Ronald Harwood in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – bringing to the screen the memoirs of former Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who suffered a stroke that left him entirely paralyzed, save for his left eyelid.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Wade Major |
11-30-2007 |
Reviews
Creation of Consciousnessnew
With Diving Bell, ever-indulgent Julian Schnabel paints a moving picture of a castaway on the edge of life
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Rebecca Epstein |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reviving the Revival Housenew
With the continually improving the home viewing experience, it might seem like sheer folly to be opening up a revival theater in Los Angeles (or anywhere). But to Hadrian Belove – manager of the Silent Movie Theatre, recently reconceived as Cinefamily – it’s a challenge.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-30-2007 |
Movies
John Sayles Mines the Rural Blues for 'Honeydripper'new
Back before Sex, Lies, and Videotape … before Reservoir Dogs … before there was much of anything that could be called an American independent film movement, John Sayles was the quintessential indie filmmaker.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Honeydripper, John Sayles
Jeff Bridges: Iron Dudenew
Bridges is a would-be pornographer in The Amateurs, the latest in a series of idiosyncratic roles for the consistently daring actor
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Erik Himmelsbach |
11-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Michael Traeger, The Amateurs
