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A gauzy, perfume advertisement-styled depiction of Los Angeles as a carousel of lonely, emotionally needy people has a great cast of actors, yet is so self-conscious about its theme that it leaves everyone wilting in a sterile vacuum. Debuting director Alan... Full review

"Welcome To LA" is a dated film involving ten characters whose only shared trait seems to be loneliness. The movie plays like a moody tone poem, and there are no comedic, dramatic, or action-filled sequences... just a bunch of urban sun-bums... Full review

I saw this movie late at night. I was sitting in front of the TV with headphones on because my girlfriend was already sleeping. Although I had to sit in a rather uncomfortable position in front of the TV and it... Full review

i am in love with this film and i cannot explain why. my uncle thinks i'm a nutcase for loving this film so much. but i can't help it. People diss the music. I love it. The ambiance. The swingin' seventies.... Full review

This film, Alan Rudolph's first and BEST (along with Choose Me 7 years later) had gotten a bum rap. Some people hate the music of Richard Baskin or think the variety of characters are a pretentious and boring lot. I think... Full review

It seemed a bit dark in '77, but today it may even cheer you up! It takes at least a half-hour to understand what's going on in this movie so here's a head start: The guy with the hat and goatee... Full review

Here's my first column to Video Rewind, a column which looks back at movies from 10 years ago and beyond. You may think to yourself why a column about old movies? ... Full Article

Filmmaker and CalArts faculty member Thom Andersen - whose Los Angeles Plays Itself debuted to great acclaim at this year's Toronto Film Festival and premieres Wednesday in its namesake city - probably takes issue with the name of the very... ... Full Article

M*A*S*H was a goldmine for Altman, who later that year, formed his Lion's Gate company. Altman's later films, McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), The Long Goodbye (1973) and Thieves Like Us (1974) added to his reputation as a artist, but ... Full Article

NO WE SUCK Imaginationland sucked balls [Parker and Stone trilogy misses the message, Film, March 6]? Hardly.What sucked is your mindset on Parker and Stones take on the fact that terrorists are invading the imagination. They are independent in their ... Full Article