In the beginning of his one-man show “Flow,” Will Power describes the perplexing appearance of a man he saw on the street. “He had an afro on the side and a Jerry Curl in the back!” he exclaims, horrified at this man’s conflicting hairstyles. Read more...

On the night when a deeply divided country clashed at the polls, a couple thousand Americans packed into a concert hall and got on their feet to the tune of “Good Vibrations.” Tuesday night, Brian Wilson’s “SMiLE” tour came to the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Read more...

“Alfie” Directed By Charles Shyer Paramount Pictures Charles Shyer’s remake of the 1966 classic “Alfie,” starring Michael Caine, relocates the action from swinging 1960s London to modern-day Manhattan and chronicles the escapades of a cheeky cockney heartbreaker. Read more...

“Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession” James Bridges Theater Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. In many ways, the Z Channel was HBO’s predecessor, as this documentary shows by interviewing many, many filmmakers about their love of the now-gone premium cable network. Read more...

A little less than a year ago, seven UCLA graduate film students were given the opportunity of a lifetime. Showtime Network, which has 35.9 million subscribers, offered to air and partially fund a film from each student in a joint project with UCLA titled “Images of War in the 21st Century,” which will air in prime time the night before the presidential election, on Nov. Read more...

Although probably not planned this way, the only things visible when the house lights dim at the beginning of “La Casa de Rigoberta Mira al Sur” (“The House of Rigoberta Looks South”) are the lit screen suspended above the stage on which English translations of the Nicaraguan play performed in Spanish will appear and the familiar green exit signs that line the interior of the Freud Playhouse. Read more...

Everyone knows of a garage band that eventually got out of the driveway. Now there is ProperGander Productions, a backyard theater group that has left the lawn for a real stage. Read more...