With the gruesome 22 July, Paul Greengrass, that expert in making art from recent historical violence, reduces the terrorist attacks that rocked Norway in 2011 to a
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The inaugural Adult Swim Festival was held at The Row DTLA over the Oct. 5-7 weekend. For the occasion, dozens of musicians and comedians took to the Tabby and Calic
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For a breath, about halfway through, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary Studio 54 actually suggests the experience of a visit to its subject, that Kubla Khan of discothequ
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Some people will look at the premise of Venom and ask, Why?? Others of us will look at it and ask, Why not?? A sci-fi split-personality comedy featuring Tom Hardy d
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Friday, Oct. 5A tubercular 29-year-old Jean Vigo made one of the most beautiful films in French cinema, completing the editing process from his deathbed. Now L'A
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So why exactly did Hal Ashby ? director of such enduring classics as Harold and Maude (1971), The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (1975), Coming Home (1978) and Being T
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You think he doesn't scare me?? Penelope Cruz asks about halfway through Loving Pablo, a lavishly entertaining, deeply amoral drug-life biopic that's never believab
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Bradley Cooper's directorial debut, A Star Is Born, is a movie of paradoxes, demonstrating again and again that two things can be true at once. Take the grumbly Mar
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The movies have long lied that an impassioned speech can change everything. George Tillman Jr.'s fierce, clear-eyed The Hate U Give, adapted by Audrey Wells from An
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Night School showcases both the perils and rewards of the high-concept comedy. The idea practically sells itself: Kevin Hart has to take night classes to get his hi
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Kevin Kerslake's Bad Reputation attempts to reveal the visionary mind underneath Joan Jett's black shag. Like most documentaries about artists, Kerslake assembles a
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Saturday, Sept. 29Beyond Fest kicks into high gear with a screening of David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers. Significantly less yucky than the Canadian horrormeister&
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