As youthful ebullience often knows no bounds, Cardiff's indie-pop wunderkinds Los Campesinos! offer "We are Beautiful, We are Doomed" a mere eight months after their debut album "Hold On Now, Youngster ..." cemented their status as this year's premier, precociously erudite band. The new record comes so quickly on the heels of the debut that the young U.K. band appears to release its sophomore slump even before passing freshman year. Read more...

Hunting down the stars outside their Beverly Hills homes may prove one way to catch a glimpse of a famous face, but only at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art "Vanity Fair Portraits" exhibit can one really look an idol in the eye. Read more...

As even the biggest and most well-known independent film distributors face a turning point in the once illustrious indie film industry, new companies are still emerging to take the reigns and try new methods to protect the voices of current and future independent filmmakers everywhere. Read more...

I don't usually like to clap along to the beat at shows. Read more...

Those about to sweat, we salute you. Read more...

Ever since the premiere of the new fall slate of programming, it’s not a returning comedy or new drama that people can’t seem to stop talking about. Read more...

Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman's ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," "Being John Malkovich") latest oeuvre is, assuredly, one of the greatest motion pictures of the decade (a consciously grandiose statement that echoes the nature of the film). Read more...