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Twenty-five year-old actor-writer-director Cooper Raiff has followed his terrific indie comedy, Shithouse (2020) with Cha Cha Real Smooth, a more serious-minded film Read full Post
Providing a live action take on the original 1994 animated classic, The Lion King, Disney’s new The Lion King is an ambitious attempt to capture the magic of a fi Read full Post
At the corner of Manchester Avenue and St. Andrews Place in South Los Angeles, against a backdrop of box-shaped stores and gray concrete, Pasacio “ Read full Post
Rob Zombie remembers the first time he saw Jaws. It was in 1975. He was a child at the time, probably in fourth grade by his recollections. “There wasn't a Read full Post
“Positive characterizations are complex characterizations,” says writer-director Ava DuVernay, tucking into a serving of roasted potatoes. “That&#3 Read full Post
When it comes to cost-cutting, downsizing and philosophical and practical compromise, how low is it possible to go before there's nothing left to cut — and now Read full Post
It might be perverse to accuse a tearjerker as accomplished as Steven Spielberg of being unfeeling. But the overcalculation with which he mechanically trots out one Read full Post
Grilled Cheese & Soup For the final night of Breadbar's Food Truck Hatchi Series, the Grilled Cheese Truck stops by with a menu of eight grilled cheese sand Read full Post
Forty years ago this week, the Cannes Film Festival ground to a halt. At an impromptu press conference held on the morning of May 18, 1968 — nine days into the fe Read full Post
Photos by Saeed Adyani The word “homage” is hardly ever used these days without a sneer. We infer pretension, thinly disguised plagiarism, lack of Read full Post
IT'S A COMMON WAY FOR WRITERS TO PASS THE time: Spot a face in the crowd and draft a story to go with it. Sketch in the person's background, create an occupa Read full Post