Jean-Luc Godard's Week End ditches little things like "plot" along the way to gleeful cinematic anarchy. Battle Royale's a bloody good Japanese satire. Then play 2011 catch-up with guests & double bills! more ›

For British noir fans, the final screenings of Went The Day Well? at the New Beverly will go down very well indeed. Then, the Cinefamily's Thursday Hellraiser thrillogy will pin you to your seat! more ›

October 1st marks the beginning of the season of the witch, and the New Beverly's going not double, not triple, but sextuple bubble toil & trouble! Every year, the All-Night Horror Show brings 12 hours of beasts, blood & the beyond to the silver screen, and every year it's graced this computer screen more ›

It's Quentin Tarantino's 48th birthday so lets celebrate with weird rubber Muppets. Today's video lunch spectacular is an homage to the ultimate mayor of the New Beverly Cinema. Enjoy the freakiness then check out the untampered with version of this 1994 classic (really... it's almost 20 years old) at 11:59 p.m. on April 1 & 2 at the New Bev. more ›

If Machete fired you up for a revolucion (and if it didn't, there are 21+ screenings in Pasadena), the UCLA Film & Television Archive has the series for you! This weekend, they open "The Mexican Revolution on Film" with a Mexican production, Enamorada, contrasted with a Hollywood portrayal in David O. Selznick's production Viva Villa! If you'd rather erode another colonial power, the Aero boasts a weekend of French crime films, with contributions from the '30s on up. It's classic pulp, with equal parts exotica, gangsters & a touch of real-life horrors to give you something to take home. For a further twisted romp through the romantic lands, feast your eyes upon Bunny and the Bull, a bizarro-world journey courtesy of the director of The Mighty Boosh. more ›

The Paley Center in Beverly Hills is screening some funny stuff today, starting at 12:30 with a pair of classic "Mary Tyler Moore" episodes, followed at 1:25 by a duo of hilarious "I Love Lucy" romps (including the "grape stomping" one!) a stand-up comedy on TV special at 2:30, and at 3:45 the premiere episode of "Charlie's Angels." [schedule] [visit] more ›

Still a little quiet on the events front, but we've found a few interesting things to do in LA tonight. STORYTELLING The Moth StorySLAM provides a stage and a microphone, and people are selected to tell--not read--their five-minute stories. Tonight at the Air-Conditioned Supper Club in Venice is the monthly story slam. The theme is “cars.” Doors open at 7 pm and the stories start at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $7. more ›

FOOD* Palate Food + Wine in Glendale presents “Le Cirque du Fromage” tonight at the Wine Bar tonight (and every Tuesday night) at 7 pm. The Truffle Brothers drop in with pounds of black summer truffles from the Molise region of Italy. In addition to this week's Cirque menu (three cheeses + one wine = $12). Fresh table-side shavings for a $6 supplemental. Little nuggets will be available for retail @ $30 per ounce. Cheeses on the menu are stilton, bleu des causses and gorgonzola piccante. No reservations are necessary. more ›

Any aficionado of L.A cult movie offerings worth his or her salt has come to appreciate both Phil Blankenship of Ameoba Records' series of midnight putridity at the New Beverly Cinema and the skewed, truly debased programming of Hadrian Belove of the Silent Theater. more ›

Zócalo asks “Is Business Abusing the Ballot?” in a panel discussion tonight. “California businesses are increasingly taking their disputes with cities, labor and especially each other to municipal ballots in the form of initiatives and referenda. As a result, voters, not the market, are forced to pick business winners and losers and decide complex development, planning and zoning questions that are supposed to be handled by city governments.” To discuss this trend are political consultants Rob Stutzman and Harvey Englander, Anaheim City Councilwoman Lorri Galloway and labor strategist and advocate Madeline Janis. more ›

Hot & Ready are two one-woman plays about dating and looking for love. And a few other things. Vanessa Williams’s “Feet on the Ceiling” are stories of a sexual revelations . Juliette Jeffers’s “Looking for a Chocolate Match.com” chronicles Internet dating. more ›

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LAist contributer Osmany Rodriguez found a few fresh new Banksy paintings near the New Beverly Cinema. As you may already know, Banksy is the elusive guerrilla street artist responsible for some of the most interesting art in the city (not to mention the entire world). He's a trickster figure who never shows his face, but joined Steve Jones in the Indie 103.1 studios earlier this week (that's how we know he's been in L.A. recently). more ›

If you see folks walking around with some dirt on their foreheads today, they proabably did it on purpose. It is Ash Wednesday, where Christians are supposed to fast, pray, repent after the debauchery of Mardi Gras and (Super Tuesday). So here' are a few debauch-free events for tonight: more ›

Yes, we know that rainy days and Mondays can get you down. And doubly so today. But you can turn that mood around by stepping out tonight to one of these great events. Just watch for puddles. more ›

What’s up with all the development in Downtown LA? What’s it going to look like in 5, 10 or 20 years? Moderated by Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times architecture critic, ALOUD at the Central Library features panelists Lauren Bon, Tom Gilmore, Martha Welborne and James Von Klemperer, AIA to discuss all things Downtown and development. more ›

We leaf through various calendars so you don't have to. more ›

FASHION: Inside Project Runway hits Beverly Hills tonight. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the production, the catfights and, oh yeah, the fashion. Heidi Klum will be there, and organizers promise a few surprise guests. (The main auditorium is sold out, but a few tickets remain for the overflow theatre.) 7 pm // The Paley Center for Media // 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills // $7 for closed-circuit viewing room. OPERA:The LA Opera brings... more ›

For me, Edgar Wright is one of those directors whose films I see the moment they hit theaters. Both share a comic spirit that never diminishes even after many viewings. This past August, Wright hosted several sold-out screenings of his films at the New Beverly Cinema and starting December 2nd the New Beverly will turn over its programming reins to him for what is sure to be a rollicking time. more ›

News earlier this month of the death of Sherman Torgan, the owner of the New Beverly Cinema, sent waves across the film community. Waves that reached all the way to London, where filmmaker Neal Romanek was prompted to pen this remembrance and send it along to LAist. more ›

New Beverly Cinema owner Sherman Torgan died yesterday, unexpectedly, of a heart attack. Two local film blogs, Hollywood Elsewhere and Cinema is Dope are reporting it, and LAist has confirmed the sad news with the revival movie theater. more ›

• The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema tonight at 7:30 PM, featuring screenings of The Hollywood Hillside Strangler (aka Hollywood 90028) and Don't Go In the House. Show up on time for the free raffle and vintage exploitation trailers. Admission is $7. more ›