A new Anne Frank biography embraces her wide-ranging legacy
Book Review The Many Lives of Anne Frank By Ruth FranklinYale University Press: 440 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times…
8 movies to look out for at the Sundance Film Festival
How is this for whiplash? Fresh off a hot batch of Oscar nominations, we now turn to the week’s other big news, a new edition…
The Republican Party is betraying a devastated Los Angeles
Try to imagine how Americans would have reacted last fall — after Hurricane Helene slammed Florida’s Big Bend region, killing dozens of people — if…
‘Presence’ review: Cerebral ghost story hides a family drama
Long live Steven Soderbergh, a filmmaker who resists any premature obituaries that the movies are a dying art form. Soderbergh rarely rests. He’s made 14…
SXSW 2025 lineup: Seth Rogen, Nicole Kidman, Ben Affleck, more
The South by Southwest Film and TV Festival released the program for this year’s event, which will run March 7–14. The opening night’s TV selection…
David Lynch was a painter before he brought his art to film
David Lynch lived and worked beyond all definition. He was best known as a filmmaker — using his lens to unearth the tawdry, decayed and…
Down but not out in ‘Hollywoodski’ with writer Lou Mathews
Lou Mathews is unequivocal in his devotion to Los Angeles and its environs. “I love it — and I don’t understand people who don’t,” says…
L.A. wildfire coverage shows why local TV news matters in a crisis
As the devastating wildfires began to sweep across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, frightened residents were not turning to Netflix.Local TV news broadcasts were the…
Column: Never too late to make resolutions for the year ahead
Sportswriters should make a yearly commitment to readers so they know where they are coming from. It doesn’t mean every commitment can be fulfilled, but…
The inside story of how the Israel-Hamas ceasefire was struck
Getty ImagesThe Israeli and Hamas negotiators never came face to face - but by the end, just one floor separated them.Ceasefire talks via middlemen from…
Artists are mobilizing for fire victims and first responders
As thousands of firefighters continue to battle the Palisades and Eaton fires and the unfathomable damage is assessed, the arts communities are mobilizing. Actors, musicians…
Disneyland’s original Haunted Mansion returns this week
When Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion reopens Saturday in its classic, non-holiday form it will essentially mark the completion of a nearly yearlong refurbishment project, one that…
A Complete Unknown film review: Bob Dylan’s story is brought to life in this star-studded biopic – The Sun
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN(15) 140mins★★★★☆4The Bob Dylan biopic goes against the grain in a beautifully confident way4Timothee Chalamet plays the rockerCredit: Searchlight PicturesIF you are a…
Defamation case against CNN over Afghan evacuation report goes to a jury
A Florida jury will decide whether CNN defamed a U.S. Navy veteran in a 2021 report on how Afghans were being charged thousands of dollars…
The L.A. Times is starting a climate change podcast
The world has changed since I started writing Boiling Point five years ago. There are more solar farms, fewer coal plants and more movies about…
The week’s bestselling books, Jan. 19
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction. Source link
Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing
Los Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring.I’m sorry for sounding callous, but it’s true.You’ve probably seen…
Cultural gems threatened, and the race to save Getty Villa
As fires spread throughout areas of Los Angeles this week, my colleague Jessica Gelt has diligently kept track of the region’s treasured cultural institutions and…
Jimmy Carter and the sad saga of a 9-ton Northern California peanut
In the spring of 1977, President Jimmy Carter, the former peanut farmer who had just taken office, was offered a big gift — if you…
Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman’ needs less fossil fuel propaganda
A recent episode of “Landman” — the latest western soap opera dreamed up by “Yellowstone” co-creator Taylor Sheridan — was packed with thrilling interpersonal drama…