Columns
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‘Lucky’ Review: Harry Dean Stanton Carries His Final Film
This merely-OK character piece at least gave character actor Stanton one last chance to play a lead
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‘The Tiger Hunter’ Review: Danny Pudi’s Got Big Dreams as a 1979 Immigrant
First-timer Lena Khan’s comedy works better as a coming-to-America tale than in its contrived romance
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‘Battle of the Sexes’ Review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell Recreate a Cultural Turning Point
This retelling of the epic Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs matchup spins a love story alongside its mostly observant social comedy
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‘Strong Island’ Review: Poignant Netflix Doc Covers Race, Crime and a Family’s Pain
Director Yance Ford’s camera gets up close and personal as his family recalls a murder for which justice was denied
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What ‘It’ Gets Right About Being a Kid in 1989
From rock fights to “Bust a Move,” the latest Stephen King adaptation gets childhood in the late ’80s just right
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‘Viceroy’s House’ Review: Whites Are Burdened, Indians Contrived in Colonial Drama
Director Gurinder Chadha salutes the good intentions of the British while short-shrifting their South Asian subjects
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How ‘La La Land’ Singer Angela Parrish Overcame Her Fears (Guest Blog)
We Do It Together Blog: “I was nervous — so nervous that I almost threw up,” singer says of watching Oscar-winning movie for the first time
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Fad or Trend? What’s the Difference, How to Tell Them Apart and Why It Matters! – Part 1 (Guest Blog)
That latest technological marvel. It seems to be sweeping the nation, quite literally, but is it a fad or a trend with lasting staying power? Read on and find out how you can spot the differences between the fads that wow you and the trends you won’t want to miss out on!
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Another Problem for HBO’s ‘Confederate’: It’s Been Done
Creator of 2004 faux documentary “C.S.A.” is talking with his lawyer
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‘Death Note’ Review: Remake of Japanese Hit Loses Everything in Translation
Whitewashed Netflix remake of hit Japanese property aims for suspense, horror, romance and achieves none
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‘Gook’ Review: Indie Drama Offers Korean American POV of LA Riots
In his powerful sophomore film, writer-director-actor Justin Chon explores relations between black, Latino and Korean Angelenos
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Dear Hope Hicks: Are You Sure You Want Your New White House Job?
Understand the choice you’re making, because you cannot unmake it
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Donald Trump Gives Us a Dose of His Truth – When Moral Clarity Fails
The president told us what he really thinks about the Charlottesville violence: ‘You had a lot of bad people in the other group too’
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‘Pilgrimage’ Review: Tom Holland Goes to the Crusades
This medieval adventure bobbles its deeper ideas but knows how to plunge a sword into a face
