From the elementary school kids bum-rushing the dodgeball courts to see a lunchtime throwdown to the most affluent Vegas high rollers sitting ringside at the MGM grand, Americans love watching a good fight. Myself included, as I found out while getting hooked on Discovery channel's ineffable "Fight Quest." Read more...

Ah, the romance of courtly love "“ pert British accents, richly adorned British bosoms and frantic love triangles resulting in beheading. So it's really a shame that while "The Other Boleyn Girl," based on the best-selling novel by Philippa Gregory, is a fun spectacle, it's also unintentionally funny in all the wrong places. Read more...

What with the use of toy planes, plastic dolls, cardboard cities and pizza-splatter brains, shooting a movie never seemed so blithe. Read more...

In 1984, the San Jose-based musical group Los Tigres del Norte released "La Jaula de Oro." Read more...

In 1977, Larry Clark embarked to create his feature-film-length thesis project "Passing Through," armed only with scholarship money and a vision of a political film set to jazz. Read more...

Thabo Wolfaardt, a 2007 graduate with a master's degree in film production, lived in South Africa until he was 16 years old, and his firsthand experience with apartheid government continues to influence his work. Read more...

Ross Goldman jokingly faults Los Angeles' pleasant weather for his trouble in obtaining a thunder sound effect for UCLA's upcoming production of "The Green Bird." Read more...