Little Women
With an all-star cast and stellar directing by Greta Gerwig (Ladybird), Little Women is arguably the best film of 2019. Gerwig takes the beloved title for a modern spin, deftly mixing up the traditional timeline, to
The Power of Puppets
A new exhibition at the Skirball Cultural Center offers a fun, inter-generational adventure – one in which puppets connect memories and shared ideals between kids and adults. Who among us does not have an intense childhood connection to a …
Sports Film Legends
In the past two months, two icons of sports filmmaking have left us. The first was Bruce Brown (The Endless Summer) who helped to romanticize the surfing lifetsyle, and died in December 2017. And this week, an iconoclastic …
Mary and the Witch’s Flower at the Aero
5 Satisfying Movies to End the Year On
Battle of the Sexes
Battle of the Sexes tells the story of Billie Jean King and her epic feminist victory over Bobby Riggs. Emma Stone as Billie Jean is fun to watch, and Steve Carrell does a great job giving Bobby Riggs some humanity. …
Dunkirk
Carne y Arena at LACMA
Alejandro Iñárritu’s art and virtual reality installation, “Carne y Arena”, opened at LACMA in early July for a limited run, after debuting at Cannes and having already spent some time at Milan’s Fondazione Prada. I visited this week — the …
