For anyone who missed Rodger Grossman's Germs biopic What We Do Is Secret at last year's L.A. Film Festival, or this year's NoisePop in San Francisco, the film is making its non-festival L.A. debut at The Nuart this month on Friday, August 22nd (also at Regal Irvine Six in the O.C.). Sparking both controversy and high praise, the movie was influential in rousing the remaining members of pivotal L.A. punk band The Germs back into......

And you shall know Mr. Bowie by the size of his purple spandex package… The 35mm reissue of the 1986 Jim Henson/George Lucas magnum opus, LABYRINTH, is now playing at the Nuart Theatre. The new print will continue showing in all its goblin glory until Thursday August 2nd. Tonight, there is a post-show Q&A with the entire Froud brood -- Brian Froud, the conceptual fantasy designer, Wendy Froud, the puppet designer, and baby-actor extraordinaire,......

One of the beautiful aspects of film is its ability to transport us to strange and unusual worlds. Compared to our gridlocked streets of LA and million dollar homes, nothing could be more strange or unusual than a film about mostly-naked aboriginal tribesfolk cruising around in canoes in the northern Australian forests. Ten Canoes, opening tonight at the Nuart and playing through Thursday, is not only a breath of fresh air visually thanks to......