Despite its name, Ford v Ferrari isn't about cars. Most of the dialogue and imagery concerns automotives, but the film is really about two driven people who have dev
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The 33rd Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles is the largest showcase of Israeli cinema and television in the United States. This year's program, which began on Novem
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Joe Dante's 16mm Spotlight enters its third weekend of screenings. This refreshingly offbeat series showcases rare and obscure films presented on 16mm from the perso
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As we wrote in our recent L.A. Weekly cover story about tattoo culture, it has survived fashion trends, TV portrayals and changing tastes because of the tradition, m
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You watch TV, we watch TV. But with more and more shows on cable and network TV, not to mention new streaming services popping up every day, television can get a lit
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In?The Shed, a high schooler (Jay Jay Warren) and his closest buddy (Cody Kostro) discover a bloodthirsty feral vampire living in a shed in the backyard. Their initi
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Why are Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager friends and what are they doing in a movie together? Carolla, an atheist and comedian known chiefly as the host of the Guinnes
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Robert Tinnell's Feast of the Seven Fishes is a micro-budget indie about an Italian-American family that keeps the titular tradition every Christmastime. Set in the
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Crown Vic takes its name from the squad car driven by a veteran patrol officer (Thomas Jane) and his rookie trainee (Luke Kleintank). The film follows the t
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Todd Haynes tackles?American?big business and unchecked profit motive in his new legal thriller,Dark Waters. The?film?is based on Nathaniel Rich's 2016 article that
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Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson's new documentary, To Be of Service, follows the stories of veterans who are paired with service dogs functioning as tr
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The further a Stephen King adaptation gets from the source material, the better the movie. This? goes for Brian DePalma's reincarnation of Carrie, Rob Reiner's unear
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