After we poked fun at Adam Goldberg's video about Los Angeles, he wanted to prove his new movie's worth and give away a pair of tickets to tonight's 8 p.m. screening at The Landmark on Pico Boulevard. Goldberg, who stars in the film, and his co-star, Marley Shelton, will be there in person for a Q&A afterwards. Here's a little about the movie, titled (Untitled). more ›

Have you seen this yet? If not, don't worry. But just in case you need to hear Adam Goldberg explain how restaurants in Silver Lake suck (dude, we dig Edendale Grill's Secret 3-Cheese Delight, savvy?) and how Franklin Avenue is difficult to cross, here you go. Thankfully, Goldberg admits his bitching consists of "bourgeois problems" and that this is all in good fun. The vid is in promotion of his NYC-based flick called (untitled). more ›

Today's Wall Street Journal reports that '24' co-creator Joel Surnow is bailing from the show and the Fox network. Surnow is the "right-wing nutjob" who is a personal friend of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and President Bush - he's the one that had the brilliant idea to come up with a right wing "answer" to 'The Daily Show' for Fox, but the failure to produce one is evidence he never understood the question. more ›

Though Westwood is now a smoking ruin, I am happy to announce that Optimus Prime and his heroic Autobots have defeated Megatron and his dastardly Decepticons. For those of you now whining "spoiler!"--come on. Does anyone really not know how Transformers is going to end? Don't worry. They left plenty of room for sequels. I just want to take this time to personally thank the programmers of the LA Film Festival for finding a space for this little gem in their schedule. But back to the festival proper. more ›

Joe Fielder's Radio Free Silverlake, with support from KXLU and Sea Level Records, has been presenting a monthly, indie music night called Let's Independent at the lovely and historic Boardner’s in Hollywood. Last Tuesday’s unwashed-hair trifecta included local acts, Tigers Can Bite You, The Black Pine and Let’s Go Sailing. TCBY (heh) went on first and went on loud, but did not actually come to life until halfway through the set when they energized... more ›

From gender-bending Mormon punk-rockers to stories about lost dreams in Los
Angeles, there are plenty of off-beat, limited release movies to sink your
teeth into this weekend.


• Christmas
  in the Clouds - Romantic comedy starring Tim Cahle
  and Mari Ana Tosca, directed by Kate Montgomery. Ray "Clouds on Fire"
  (Vahle) is the head of his tribes' struggling ski resort. When the chief's
  old pen pal "Tina" (Tosca) arrives from New York, she's mistaken
  for an anonymous critic by Ray. To add to the comedy of errors, she thinks
  Ray is her pen pal. [trailer | local
  showtimes]


• I
  Love Your Work -
  Drama starring Giovanni Ribisi, directed by Adam Goldberg.
  This movie chronicles the life of Gray Evans (Ribisi), a movie star coming
  to terms with his own celebrity as he simultaneously loses his grip on
  reality. This is not a love letter to Hollywood by any means. [trailer | local
  showtimes]


• New
  York Doll - Documentary/Musical starring Arthur Kane,
  directed by Greg Whiteley. In
  1970s New York, the Dolls were the gender-bending kings of NY City punk.
  After the band split, bassist Arthur "Killer" Kane
  succumbed to alcoholism before finding God and becoming a Mormon. Despite
  the spotty past, he longed to reunite with the band. The movie chronicles
  that 1989 Morrissey-sanctioned reunion in London. [trailer | local
  showtimes]