The year writer/director J.C. Chandor refers to in the title of his excellent new film is 1981, a time when New York City was literally awash in crime. But in A Most Violent Year, the filmmaker takes what could have...
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Kurt Gardner
Hard core, kick-ass action at its finest — “Taken 3” – Los Angeles film review
The ‘Taken’ franchise of action dramas, starring a fit and towering Liam Neeson as an imposing ex-CIA / Black Ops hard-man, rivals Die Hard for its taut storylines and mind-blowing smash-’em-up action sequences. In all...
Pauline Adamek
This Sunday: next Salon event to complement “Light & Noir: Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood, 1933-1950” – at the Skirball Cultural Center – Los Angeles art culture report
This Sunday, the Skirball Cultural Center is holding the second of two salon events that complement their major fall exhibition, Light & Noir: Exiles and Emigres in Hollywood, 1933-1950, currently on view until...
On the silver screen – “Into the Woods” – Los Angeles movie review
Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Tony award-winning musical comes to the screen in a lavish and beautifully mounted version. Sondheim purists always wince when a film adaptation of one of his musicals is...
“Remembering Robin Williams” – DVD review
This PBS documentary enshrining the late Robin Williams’ path into television and film history is a sober reminder of how even the best comics in the world often suffer from intense depressions that, as in this case...
Ash Revell
