Ed Yerke-Robins

Labor Day marks the end of the summer and the beginning of the Cinecon Classic Film Festival, running all weekend at the Egyptian Theatre. It also marks the opening of Sundance Cinemas at Laemmle's former Sunset 5!

Spike Lee returns with a swinging "Red Hook," while Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dax Shepard hit the road hard. In limited release, dark indie drama "Compliance" shows how far we'll go to please authority.

Celebrate the shrinking summer days with the AMIA's latest "Something Old, Something New" night at the New Beverly. "Size Matters" when The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), known for sci-fi existentialism and "giant" cats, blows up on the big screen alongside the Dennis Quaid-Martin Short-Meg Ryan actioneer Innerspace (1987).

It's a monster week for new releases, with stop-motion ghosts, British ghouls & a boatload of docs with political horrors. Has Halloween come early?

Jeremy Renner's a fine actor who keeps getting stuck on the B-team. This weekend, he transitions to the Bourne-team. Elsewhere, it's Carolina Congressional combat for Will Ferrell & Zach Galifianakis in The Campaign.

How to get schooled...this week at the movies.

Dance flick fourquel Step Up Revolution & android assemblage documentary Convento bring visual energy to the screen. Meanwhile, Todd Solondz' Dark Horse is on standby to bring you down with pitch-black, uncomfortable comedy.

The Egyptian saddles up "Spaghetti Westerns Unchained", spotlighting the morally murky, bloody world of Italian gunslingers. But if you can't take desert duels, the New Beverly has a double dose of doggies!

The Dark Knight Rises, while in limited release, The Queen of Versailles falls & ridiculously prolific, unpredictably eclectic filmmaker Takashi Miike commits Hara-Kiri.

The Aero Theatre christens their new 4K projector with marvelous restorations, while the Egyptian celebrates Damon Packard's nightmarish nostalgia & parallel universes with our world's premiere of his latest, Foxfur.