Anchored by a superb central performance, The Theory of Everything is a well-executed and moving portrait of Stephen Hawking, a man who refused to let a debilitating disease stop him from finding love, happiness and...
Category - Film
Kurt Gardner
Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection – Los Angeles book review
Ah, L.A. in the mid-1980s — what a magical place. The punk rock scene was going strong, KROQ ruled the radio dial, Elvira’s “Movie Macabre” was a Saturday night must-see on KHJ-TV, and I was working at a down-at...
Czech Film and the Prague Spring – film series at the Getty Center – Los Angeles film review
The Getty is presenting a film series, Czech Film and the Prague Spring, on Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, at the Getty Center. This event is FREE (reservations required). Feminism, parody, confrontation...
Pauline Adamek
“Birdman” – Los Angeles film review
In the 1970s and early ’80s, Michael Keaton worked his way up the showbiz ladder, paying his dues in such now-forgotten television shows as Working Stiffs and Report to Murphy before soaring into the stratosphere with...
“Nightcrawler” – Los Angeles film review
Jake Gyllenhaal is mesmerizing in this entertaining noir about the sleazy underbelly of the L.A. news business. Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a small-time thief who drives a junkheap and sells stolen goods to get by...