I was watching a documentary the other night—I’m not going to say which one here, because it was good and intelligent overall, and the filmmakers might be reading this—and got annoyed immediately because it was steeped in the same storytelling cliches as so many other documentaries made nowadays. It started with a sort of compressed, trailer-like summary of the entire …
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Visual splendor, and lots of it! No bounds to the imagination at the upcoming LA Art Show: Feb. 19-23 by Bondo Wyszpolski “Jane Morris” (2024), by Nikoleta Sekulovic, from the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery There are plenty of art galleries in and around Los Angeles, and on a typical evening one might be able to take in two or three. …
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by Garth Meyer After two years of design and planning, a two-and-a-half-acre park of native plants is coming to the land under the powerlines just up from the AES plant, on the hill where city officials held a ceremony to mark the shutdown of the power plant on New Year’s Eve, 2023. “I was ecstatic when I got the news …
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by Liz Mullen Recipe for scrambled e-bikers HBPD has had several reports of juveniles on e-bikes throwing eggs at cars but has been hampered in catching them because e-bike chases pose a bigger threat to the public than the eggs. “The juveniles have fled from officers multiple times and due to them being on e-bikes, we have been unable to …
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The investment landscape is radically changing. While traditional avenues like stocks, bonds, and real estate still hold a lot of value, new-age digital investments are fast catching up. From cryptocurrency to DeFi and tokenized assets, this shift toward digital investment channels is changing the way investors look at building wealth in 2025. The Foundations of Traditional Investment …
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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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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,” …
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