Against the backdrop of a national IRS scandal, NSA wiretapping charges and the general absurdity of politics, “Yes, Prime Minister” could not have come at a better time. Read more...
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June 24, 12:00 am
The Hammer, KCRW collaborate in summer concert series
KCRW, a popular radio station, and the Hammer Museum are hosting a joint musical event called Music for Better Living, part of KCRW’s Summer Nights 2013 concert series. Read more...
Photo: AM & Shawn Lee is one of the bands playing at the Hammer this Thursday as a part of the series, “Music For Better Living.”
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June 24, 12:00 am
Fascination with filmmaker inspires doctoral candidate’s book
As an undergraduate student working in a video store, Andrew deWaard came across Steven Soderbergh’s 1998 crime caper “Out of Sight.” Read more...
Photo: Andrew deWaard, a doctoral candidate at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, released his book on prolific filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s body of work titled “The Cinema of Steven Soderbergh: Indie Sex, Corporate Lies, and Digital Videotape” this May.
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June 24, 12:00 am
Movie Review: ‘Monsters University’
It’s been 12 long years since audiences first met the one-eyed green monster Mike Wazowski and the adorably scary James P. Sullivan, “Sulley,” of “Monsters, Inc.” and if anyone can pull off the combination of sequel and prequel that is “Monsters University,” it’s the dynamic duo of Disney and Pixar. Read more...
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June 23, 2:59 pm
LA Film Festival Reviews: ‘Ernest & Celestine’ and ‘Life of a King’
Saturday brought me to “Ernest & Celestine,” the most adorable children’s movie I’ve seen in, well, ever, and “Life of a King,” a not-at-all cute but equally lesson-oriented film on the true story of Eugene Brown, who started a widely adopted inner-city chess program. Read more...
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June 22, 11:39 am
Movie Review: ‘World War Z’
Some movies set out to be so ambitious they run the risk of collapsing in on their own expectations. Unfortunately, “World War Z” seems to perfectly fit into this category. Read more...
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June 22, 10:44 am
LA Film Festival Review: ‘Concussion’ and ‘The Spectacular Now’
Another day at the L.A. Film Festival brings me to remarkable debut film “Concussion,” a subtle, almost European in temperament film about lesbians and transgression, and “The Spectacular Now,” the much anticipated new film by the writers of “500 Days of Summer.” Miraculously, they manage to work the magic of “500 Days” again with “The Spectacular Now,” bringing the same sort of cliche-busting honesty to a genre (high school romance) chock full of eye-rolling formula. Read more...