No lights, no actors, no crew ““ artists like Kristin Solid take the term “independent filmmaker” to the next level. As a third-year graduate student in the UCLA film, television and digital media department’s Animation Workshop, Solid has written, directed, and animated several award-winning short films. Read more...

It’s easy to think that upon its inception the Internet was a brand new concept, but cellist Yo Yo Ma believes that like most things in the world, it is an old idea reinvented with new technology. Read more...

“I Spy” Starring Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson Columbia Tristar Pictures What “I Spy” lacks in plot and originality, it makes up with genuine laughs and the great comedic duo of Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson. Read more...

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It’s Halloween ““ what are your plans? Trick-or-treating? A party? How about a mainstay of goblins and ghouls everywhere ““ “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”? On top of its regular Saturday midnight showings, the Nuart Theater on Santa Monica Boulevard will give a special presentation tonight at midnight to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve. Read more...

Some people have that innate ability to have great things happen around them, or maybe because of them. Hal Willner, co-founder of the Knitting Factory, music supervisor for Saturday Night Live, recording artist, producer of a myriad artists from William Burroughs to Marianne Faithfull, and a man who has worked with Tom Waits, Harry Nilsson and Lou Reed, could safely be said to be one of those people. Read more...

Karen Black starred in over 130 movies, but only about seven of them have been meant to scare. In fact, she maintains an amiable air that doesn’t quite mesh with the morbidity of Edgar Allan Poe. Read more...