The Three Finalists for the Police Chief of Los Angeles; Filmweek
The Three Finalists for the Police Chief of Los Angeles
Larry Mantle discusses the three finalists for the job of the Police Chief of Los Angeles with Mayor James Hahn and Los Angeles Times staff writer Beth Shuster. The three finalists are: Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney, ex-New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton, and Oxnard Police Chief Art Lopez. The names now go to Mayor James Hahn, who will choose a Chief from the three names, or ask the Police Commission for three more names.
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Ella Taylor of the L.A. Weekly, Peter Rainer of New York Magazine, and Charles Solomon, animation critic of amazon.com discuss this week's new film releases, including Miyazaki's Spirited Away, The Banger Sisters, Secretary, Das Experiment, and Burning Man: The Burning Sensation.
Selected films from Documentary Days, and both the Toronto International Film Festival and the Montreal World Film Festival were discussed this week.