By now you’ve probably seen the trailer for Cats—likely more than once, since the version posted on Universal’s YouTube page has been viewed almost 3.3 million times since it was posted yesterday. Set for a Christmas release, Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical briefly served as catnip to Twitter denizens who caught cat […]
The Wait Is Over. Take a Look Inside L.A.’s New Alamo Drafthouse Movie Theater
Don’t let the in-theater food-and-beverage service throw you: Alamo Drafthouse takes the movie-viewing experience seriously. The Austin, Texas-based theater chain strictly enforces a ban on talking and texting (after a single warning, customers are given the boot without a refund). Moviegoers under 18 have to be accompanied by an adult, and kids under 6 are […]
In Circus of Books, a Filmmaker Explores How Gay Porn Became Her Family’s Business
In her new documentary, Circus of Books, filmmaker and artist Rachel Mason asks her parents, Karen and Barry, owners of the defunct West Hollywood institution for which the movie was named, to describe their business. After awkwardly glancing at her husband, Karen calls it a “bookstore and hardcore gay adult business.” Later, we see mom […]
Criterion’s Streaming Service Is the Best Thing to Happen to Cinephiles in Decades
One night a couple of months back, I went with my son to see the 1967 Russian film adaptation of Tolstoy’s War and Peace in Hollywood. The screening began at 2 in the afternoon. It let out at a quarter to 11, and, no, I didn’t sit through three screenings. This was one showing of […]
The Best Things to Do This Week in L.A.
Welcome to a new week, full of new opportunities to enjoy all the music, film, and other fun things to do in Los Angeles. Punk Rock Night Market Monday, July 15 Spend your Monday night at the ’80s-themed Slipperclutch bar, sipping on highballs and shopping for records, vintage clothes, and assorted treasures from local vendors. […]
An Expert Dissects Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Faux 1960s Movie Posters
History lover Quentin Tarantino is outdoing himself by bringing the lost world of late 1960s Los Angeles back to life for his new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Weeks of location filming in Westwood, Burbank, the Fairfax district, and at a rebuilt early Taco Bell in Orange County, culminated with the epic transformation […]