Fifteen years in the making, FIX: The Ministry Movie screens at the Echoplex tonight. The long-delayed documentary focuses mostly on volatile frontman Al Jourgense
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“Thundercat Emerg
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In 1982, doc filmmaker Pamela Yates traveled to Guatemala to capture both sides of the then-raging civil war, in which the despotic regime of military commander Jos�
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The Telluride Film Festival, which ran Sept. 2-5, is in one sense a setup for the Toronto International Film Festival, which begins just days later (watch for covera
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The era of pornsploitation is upon us. Two recent landmarks of international genre film are having their local debuts this weekend: Sion Sono's four-hour Japanes
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Do you watch Judge Judy? We don't, but apparently we're in the minority. Or maybe we just have day jobs. According to a nifty infographic from Paralegal, Jud
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Rock Hudson. Saddam Hussein. Lee Harvey Oswald. Doris Day. Enos the Chimp. And everyone above level seven at the CIA.
So goes the cast” list, in order of billing,
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Exactly the sort of mysterious and almost holy experience you hope to get from documentaries and rarely do, Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol is something like a homegro
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For many years, the history of the Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax was relatively non-tumultuous. Opened in 1942 by John Hampton — who hoped to use his persona
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Color us pleasantly confused.
This morning we received an enigmatic announcement about what looks to be a star-studded reimagining of The Blair Witch Project as dire
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The 28th Outfest Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival kicks off July 8. We've noted some of our favorite films from their pleasingly potent lineup below. Sc
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[Lina Lecaro writers our amazing Nightranger column every week. Check out her explorations of LA nightlife here.]
With The Runaways bringing rock n' roll to movi
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