Paul Schrader

Oscar loves 'Lincoln.' Biden to meet with Hollywood bigwigs.

2013-01-10 07:43:00

After the coffee. Before seeing who won the Oscar nominations pool. The Skinny: People asked why I didn't participate in our Oscar nominations pool. Here's why. How do Ben Affleck and Kathryn Bigelow get passed over for best director? Thursday's...

Bret Easton Ellis says Kathryn Bigelow is 'overrated'

2012-12-06 14:30:00

Bret Easton Ellis, the author of the controversial "American Psycho" and other novels, has created quite an online reputation for himself with his Twitter feed, through which he has picked fights with Nikki Finke, Lindsay Lohan and now Oscar winner...

Lindsay Lohan exhaustion: Comeback hits a new snag?

2012-06-15 16:39:43

Eiko Ishioka dies at 73; graphic designer and art director

2012-01-28 00:00:00

As Japan's preeminent graphic designer and art director in the 1970s and early '80s, Eiko Ishioka helped build her reputation by heading media campaigns for Parco, a major boutique shopping complex chain. But instead of focusing on fashion or other...

The greatest L.A. movies? We have 140, and shrinking...

2011-12-04 06:00:00

Eiko Ishioka, designer for 'Spider-Man' and Cirque, dies at 73

2012-01-26 16:34:05

Around Town: Oscar fever hits the Academy, American Cinematheque

2012-02-23 16:37:17

'Ra.One': Shah Rukh Khan as Bollywood superhero

2011-11-04 16:36:52

From the Vaults: 'Cat People' (1982)

2010-10-15 04:32:46

The Spotlight: Nicholas Kazan on 'Mlle. God' at Atwater Village Theatre

2011-02-09 16:33:07

Philip Glass to perform film, opera works at Hollywood Bowl

2009-07-19 00:00:00

By the 1980s, Philip Glass had earned a healthy reputation working in the concert hall, art films and the theater. That didn't mean he slid easily into Hollywood. "When I first started doing Hollywood films," Glass, 72, said by phone from his home in New...

Toronto touts prestige pics

2007-09-07 00:00:00

The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a lineup of prestigious films on Wednesday bound to attract awards and critical attention. The festival's 32nd annual slate includes 349 films from 55 countries. Among the highlights is the world premiere...

'Exorcist: The Beginning' Release date: August 20, 2004 Worldwide box office: $78 million The dirt: Some producers will try to do everything they can to save their film from the fate of so many other August dogs -- reshoots, re-edits, even removing the movie from the calendar. James G.

2007-08-16 11:53:09

Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum, stars of 1947's "Out of the Past," brought a romance to noir films that began as World War II subsided. "Never before had films dared to take such a harsh, uncomplimentary look at American life," filmmaker Paul Schrader wrote.

2006-11-27 14:12:36