Rooftop Sin-ema Club is bringing spooky October screenings to Los Angeles. Each of the Los Angeles locations of Rooftop Cinema Club – including Downtown Los Angeles, El Segundo and The Drive-Up at Santa Monica Airport – are transforming into Rooftop Sin-ema Club to present Halloween-themed movie screenings and activities throughout the month of October. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations director)
Keep your family close – they just might be your enemies. Following the intense season premiere Oct. 17, the second episode of “Succession” immediately dives back into shifting family tensions and dramatic political plays. Read more...
Photo: Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Alan Ruck and Kieran Culkin (left to right) play the Roy siblings in “Succession.” (Courtesy of Macall B. Polay/HBO)
Hollywood has often relied on convention, with an emphasis on the three-act structure, which is a model often used to break up a narrative into three parts: setup, confrontation and resolution. Read more...
Photo: (Katelyn Dang/Illustrations Director)
This post was updated Oct. 24 at 9:26 p.m. Wes Anderson signaled out the dispatch – and is receiving a resounding “oui oui” in return. The eccentric director’s latest release, “The French Dispatch,” is a whimsically entertaining take on the energetic buzz of the newsroom and the journalists who run it. Read more...
Photo: Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch” brings together stories of a 20th-century American newspaper operating from a small French town. (Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures)
Vampires are taking on the Los Angeles party scene. Just in time for Halloween, Netflix’s latest original thriller “Night Teeth” releases Wednesday. The film follows college student Benny (Jorge Lendeborg Jr.), who steps in for his brother Jay (Raúl Castillo) as a chauffeur for two mysterious women, Blaire (Debby Ryan) and Zoe (Lucy Fry), as they party hop around LA. Read more...
Photo: Debby Ryan (left) and Lucy Fry (right) play Blaire and Zoe in “Night Teeth.” (Courtesy of Netflix)
This post was updated Oct. 20 at 9:49 p.m. Sci-fi fans are in for some extra spice as “Dune” heats up the theater screens. Featuring a noteworthy cast including Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, the film is director Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of the beloved 1965 science-fiction novel of the same name. Read more...
Photo: Zendaya (left) and Timothée Chalamet (right) play Chani and Paul Atreides in “Dune.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures)
The ferocious Roys are back in the snake pit. After a two year wait, the third season of HBO’s “Succession” premiered Sunday, picking up after Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) declared war on Waystar Royco – his family’s media empire – and refused to act as the scapegoat for the company’s sexual assault allegations. Read more...
Photo: Following the plot twists and tense family politics of its first two seasons, “Succession” returned for a third season Sunday, delivering just as much drama paired with witty writing and powerful actor performances. (Courtesy of Hunter Graeme/HBO)
