special engagement, showing thru Thursday
Danielson, the Coolest Indie Rocker You'll Meet Who Sings About Jesus
New Movie Friday: Danielson Doc, Dead Hookers, Depraved Psychos & Cute Orphans
Danielson: A Family Movie (or Make a Joyful Noise Here) - A music documentary about oddball indie/pop/folk band the Danielson Famile. The film features appearances by Daniel Johnston and Steve Albini, as well as a young Sufjan Stevens, who was mentored by the band's "patriarch," Daniel Smith, and whose success would soon grow to outshine that of the Danielson Famile.
The Dead Girl - Writer-director Karen Moncrieff (Blue Car) weaves together five seemingly unrelated stories that reveal the circumstances surrounding the death of a young prostitute (Brittany Murphy). The ensemble cast includes Toni Collette, Marcia Gay Harden, Piper Laurie and Rose Byrne.
The Hitcher - Remake of the 1986 horror film, this time starring Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton as a college couple stalked and terrorized by an evil hitchhiker (Sean Bean). Who knows? It might be sweet and quaint to recall a time when people actually picked up hitchhikers.
The Italian - Russian drama about a six-year-old boy who is on the verge of being adopted by an Italian couple but decides to run away and search for his mother.
Los Angeles In the News: Ice Cream, L.A. Times, Dating
In Los Angeles, Even Ice Cream Is Trendy (Day to Day, NPR) Teams Track Fugitive Immigrants for Deportation (All Things Considered, NPR) DEA agents rescue undercover cop (Daily News) Aniston settles lawsuit over topless photos (CNN) DeGeneres walks away from car crash (CNN) Los Angeles Times Downplays Arrest of Iraq's Al-Qaeda No. 2 (NewsBusters) The Jury Is Still Out On Sex Offender Trading Cards (The Defiant Salmon) Innovative Bar Coasters Announce Relationship Status (Hello...
CD Review: Living Things "Ahead of the Lions"
Politics, guitars and intelligent lyrics fuel the the St. Louis band of brothers known as Living Things. On their new CD "Ahead of The Lions," Lillian, Eve and Bosh Berlin pull on a myriad of inspirations, from the Ramones to Aerosmith.

