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Super Bowl Sunday 10K/5K returns to waterfront The annual Redondo Beach Chamber of Commerce Super Bowl Sunday 10 K/5K Run/Walk returns Feb. 9, starting and finishing on Harbor Drive at the Redondo Beach waterfront.  The 10k race begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the 5K at 8:15. Other races include the Kids 1K Fun Run, 5K stroller walk, and 10K …

This badly burned wood beam washed up at 14th Street in Hermosa Beach Saturday morning. Similar burnt debris has been found along South Bay Beaches, from El Segundo to Palos Verdes. The debris is believed to be from homes destroyed by the recent Pacific Palisades Fire, at the north end of the Santa Monica Bay, 20 miles up the coast. …

We’re happy to present an excerpt from Scout Tafoya’s new book on the work of Anthony Mann. The synopsis from Amazon is below, followed by the excerpt. Get your copy here. He brought sadism and shocking violence to the western, he staged the French revolution on a backlot for a pauper’s pittance, he remade the Hollywood epic, he died in …

Sundance! As a creator, this iconic film festival once felt like an untouchable dream reserved for stars or those who had “made it.” But after boldly attending the Cannes Film Festival years ago, I realized Sundance wasn’t out of reach. With a push from my Chicago filmmaker friends, including Dashawna Wright, Founder of Choppe Productions, and my good friend Alfie …

The Sundance Film Festival is at a crossroads. Within the next year, the organization may announce a new home, leaving behind the Park City vistas filmmakers have been flocking to for generations. Yet, in looking back at its storied history for this year’s From the Collection section, the festival selected one of its first distinguished alums, the film “El Norte,” …

The title of Zeinabu irene Davis’s landmark independent film “Compensation” comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1906 poem of the same name. The film follows the parallel love stories of two lovers—a deaf woman (Michelle A. Banks) and a hearing man (John Earl Jelks)—in both turn-of-the-century and modern-day Chicago. As the film crosscuts between the story of Malindy and Arthur, who …

There are problems with “A Muerte” / “Love You to Death,” Apple TV+’s new Spanish series. For one, the pilot is frustratingly slow, lacking future episodes’ heart, charm, and action. It’s all set up and done in such a perfunctory (aka boring) way that I imagine many viewers won’t get past it.  Particularly because we are entering into an emotionally …

We asked our team in Park City to pick out some of the best performances they saw out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. This is in no way comprehensive as we limited ourselves to one performance per film and saw at least a dozen more we would have liked to include. While it may not have been the best …

CHAMPAIGN, IL (February 3, 2025) — Roger Ebert’s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, announced today the addition of three new films to this year’s festival: 40th Anniversary Screening of Susan Seidelman’s DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN starring Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, and Madonna Azazel Jacobs’ HIS THREE DAUGHTERS starring Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen Baltasar Kormákur’s TOUCH starring Egill …

Starting this month, we will highlight some of the biggest Hollywood releases launching on Netflix over the next four weeks, with links to our original reviews when available and a brief commentary. February 2025 sees Netflix adding a pair of animated hits by George Miller, a modern comedy classic, a Best Picture winner, an underrated horror gem, and two of …