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Finding state-of-the-art tradition

The young contemporary Japanese artists whose work is most often put before us are typically splashy and bold. Recall last year's Pacific Asia Museum show of graphic works by Gaijin Fujita, with its exploding color and colliding imagery.

DVD Review: A buffet of 'Repo Man' shrimp

As years go, 1984 turned out a lot better than George Orwell's vision had it. In American film, it was a lull between the stylistic breakouts of the '60s and early '70s and the commercial mushrooming of indie films in the late '80s.

Dining Out: Ara's Tacos a place to build your own bowl

When the younger generation of the Zankou Chicken family dynasty decided to open a Mexican eatery, there were naysayers. I was not one of them. I was excited at the prospect of Armenian-Mexican fusion fare. Just look what Kogi BBQ did for Korean and Mexican...

Film Review: A romantic comedy sans jokes

Road pictures come, off the shelf, with an automatic story arc: the characters must get from point A to point B, not just geographically but thematically. More often than not, they end up at a different point B than they had intended or hoped for.

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  Trailer: "Arthur Newman"

Colony Theatre continues to hang in there

Last Wednesday night, Barbara Beckley got a familiar feeling of relief, as the Colony Theatre's production of "Falling for Make Believe" successfully completed its first preview performance at the 270-seat nonprofit Burbank venue.

DVD Review: 'Django Unchained' is a memorable film, good Blu-ray deal

Like most Tarantino movies, it improves with multiple viewings.

A fresh look at Wilder and Chandler

Before Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled L.A. detective Philip Marlowe and his vivid literary prose caught the public's attention, before Billy Wilder's towering position as one of Hollywood's greatest writer-directors, there was a James M. Cain novel.

Holocaust films get personal with descendants of Nazis

The Holocaust has long been a deep and disquieting source of material for filmmakers, especially documentarians. As firsthand accounts of World War II naturally dwindle, though, cinematic inquiries on the subject have been shifting into more personal territory, where the focus isn't factual findings but far less quantifiable matters.

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  Oscars film academy may expand its ranks

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  Review: 'The Big Wedding' aims its raunchiness at the AARP crowd

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  Cannes 2013: Tilda Swinton vampire movie headed for festival

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  'Django Unchained' will return to Chinese theaters -- with changes

Bay's 'Pain & Gain' is bargain-budget, still excessive

When Michael Bay goes small, "Pain & Gain" happens.

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  "Pain & Gain" trailer

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  'Pain & Gain' to strong-arm rivals at weekend box office

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  'Pain & Gain' a painful reminder for real-life gang victim

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  Mark Wahlberg: Boston attack 'horrible' and 'disgusting'

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  Mark Wahlberg's supplements line, 'Pain & Gain' promote each other

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  '80s heroes reload: Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis take aim at new villains

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  Dwayne Johnson has emergency surgery for hernial tears

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  Review: Bay's 'Pain & Gain' is bargain-budget, still excessive