Al Pacino

Ink Me

New film documents Southern California’s tattoo scene, 
from Danny Trejo to Ed Hardy

The Golden Boys of 'Stand Up Guys'

Fisher Stevens delivers a blow to Al Pacino's legacy

Aw, Nuts

A brief history of movie characters getting whacked in the balls

'Rag and Bone': The Heart of the Matter

Hunger Artists plays Noah Haidle's early work for the humanity instead of hilarity, to uneven results

How Hollywood Movies Led to Genocide: The Act of Killing at the Toronto Film Festival

Film critic Karina Longworth is reporting from the Toronto International Film Festival this week. The best, most daring and form-defying documentaries in the world right now are being funded by the Danish Film Institute, and so it goes that the nonfiction knockout of TIFF thus far is The Act of Ki ... More >>

William Friedkin's Most Disturbing Film

The filmmaker on 'Killer Joe' and what's wrong with Hollywood

Frank Caliendo

Irvine Improv

'Orson's Shadow' Is Citizen Screwed-Up

The Long Beach Playhouse production fictionalizes Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier playing each other for one big gig

The Artist Adds 1st Ever OC Film Society Best Picture Award to New York Film Critics Honor

​The Orange County Film Society screening of the sorta-silent, black-and-white, buzz-deserving The Artist Monday night drew a packed audience to the historic Lido in Newport Beach, insider stories from executive producer Richard Middleton and supporting actors James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Mille ... More >>

2nd Floor Hosts Autograph Party

Want something signed by the blink-182 drummer? Come to 2nd Floor in Huntington Beach on Friday!​When you walk in to 2nd Floor Restaurant/Art Gallery in Huntington Beach, you'll see the walls lined with original artwork for sale by local artists. Many are inspired by tattoo and punk culture an all ... More >>

Prop 8 is Illegal Because All California Ballot Propositions are Illegal: Appellate Lawyer

​An appellate lawyer has filed a brief before the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco that argues same-sex-marriage banning Prop 8 should be struck down because all ballot propositions are illegal.As Arthur Kirkland (Al Pacino) put it in ... And Justice for All, "You're out of order! You're out of or ... More >>

Deal or No Deal: OC Fairgrounds Edition

​"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."Al Pacino's famous Godfather III line comes to mind when observing the Marx Brothersesque process to sell the state-owned Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa to someone . . . anyone.The only difference is those who seemed to be out are the ... More >>

100 Artists See Satan

Grand Central Art Center

100 Artists See Satan

Grand Central Art Center

Mike Duvall Avoids One Probe But Possibly Not a Far More Serious One

Mike Duvall before . . . you know.​"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."Al Pacino famously said that in Godfather III, but former Assemblyman Mike Duvall (R-Yorba Linda) could just as easily be muttering that to himself now.That's because the Orange County Register's Total Buzz po ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 6/24

Screening: The Godfather, 6 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.See Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 classic about the mob starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan on the big screen tonight. Just when you thought you were out, they keep pulling you back in! (Okay, that last quote was from Godfather Part II III but ... More >>

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Orfeu Negro,' 'For the Bible Tells Me So,' More

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Luke and Brie Are On a First Date,' 'The Godfather,' More

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Special Guadalupe Edition

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Heat,' 'Animal House,' 'Annie Hall,' 'Monster House,' More

Ridiculous Al Pacino Stars in Ridiculous Running-Down-the-Clock Thriller '88 Minutes'

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Grand Hotel

The House Always Wins

Oceans Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

The Devil May Care

William Friedkin on Bug, Cruising and nights at the opera

Special Screenings

Movie of the week: Scarface

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: Good Bye, Lenin

Head-Turning

Catching up with the guy who made the scariest movie everand then did opera

Bees, Snitches and Micks

Orange Coast College's Visiting Scholars Series

Capitol Punishment

How Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped worrying and learned to love selling out to special interests

Night Cruise

Michael Manns nerve-rattling Collateral

Spring Line for Hitler

Dragonfly Clothing is misunderstood!

The Most Horrible Man in the World

We take a ride through OCs 909!

Pale Fire

The quiet determination of Sofia Coppola

The Good, the Bad, and the God-awful

Thoughts on Gigli and late-summer truffle hunting

Con Artists and 10 Percenters

In Confidence and People I Know

A Star Is Born

Yesterday, in fact, in Andrew Niccols Simone

Bulls-Eye

The Godfather hits where it counts

Eyes Wide Open

No rest for the wicked in Christopher Nolans Insomnia

War! Huh?

Welcome to the summer of love at a theater near you

True Believers

High art and low commerce at the Sundance Film Festival

Summer-Rama!

39 of the best things about the next 104 days

Hip! Hop! Shop!

Black Guys Imitating White Guys Imitating Black Guys: The strange end of the hip-hop revolution