Coen Brothers

Lens Flares and the End of Film

Master cinematographers on the end of a medium

Fountain Bowl Rolls with Lebowski Fest

After wading through a nearly full parking lot of cars, some--according to their plate frames--from as far away Valencia, Riverside and, yes, Kentucky, which is where Lebowski Fest started 12 years ago (Louisville, to be exact), your intrepid reporter tonight ran into Barry Asher, the "master bo ... More >>

The Dude: Zen and Now

The Weekly celebrates Matt Coker's Mr. Lebowski man-crush

Lebowski Fest: 5 Favorite Scenes with The Dude

Today's story "The Dude Zen and Now" is mostly about the spirit of The Big Lebowski character and secondly about the Lebowski Fest event at Fountain Bowl in Fountain Valley Saturday night.It's thirdly about the Coen brothers' movie from which all this nonsense sprang 15 years ago.

'Girls' Boy Makes Good

In movies and TV, Alex Karpovsky is only playing an asshole

The Dude Will Abide in Fountain Bowl: Lebowski Fest LA Coming to Fountain Valley

The bowling side of the March 22-23 Lebowski Fest will be staged at Fountain Bowl. The Lebowski Fest LA Bowling Party will be held at the Fountain Valley alley on the second day. Lebowski Fest LA opens March 22 with a Movie Party at Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Dude's movin' up.

Ernest Borgnine Shook the Mind of a Man Watching Vicente Fernandez

Several obituaries online for Ernest Borgnine, who died Sunday, mention that the 95-year-old, Oscar-winning actor's last film was The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez.But appearing in writer-director Elia Petridis' dramedy, which earned Borgnine a Newport Beach Film Festival best actor a ... More >>

Michael Alexander and Marc Tow, Newport Beach Investment Partners, Outed as Con Men

Michael Alexander​Newport Beach investor Mike Alexander was portrayed as hero a few years back for acquiring and planning to rehabilitate hundreds of foreclosed residences in Detroit. Now that many similar deals have turned to merde in Cleveland, he is being portrayed as a scam artist who once wen ... More >>

Joe Forkan's 'The Lebowski Cycle' Doesn't Abide

The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion show presents pastiches of classical paintings and the Coen Brothers' classic film, to uneven results

'30 Minutes or Less' Doesn't Quite Deliver

Despite promise in its pizza-boy premise, the film plays it too safe

'The Big Lebowski'

Regency South Coast Village

The Newport Beach Film Festival: Moving Pictures

An 11th-hour relocation saves the 12th annual celebration of cinema

Teenage Mutant Ninja

Virtuoso filmmaking, retro politics a crisp thriller 'Hanna'

Almost an Evening by Ethan Coen

Garage Theatre

How the West Is Won

The Coen brothers take their tongues out of their cheeks for 'True Grit'

[Year In Film] Three Critics, One List, 10 Best

'Up In the Air' Steers Clear of the Predictable Route, Lands the Emotion

To Do Tonight - 5/20

Cocktails for a Cause, 6 p.m.A networking fundraiser benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Complimentary drinks will be provided.Sandbox Bar and Grill, 8052 Adams Ave.,Huntington Beach, CA Hybrids: New Research into the Integration Program, a lecture, 7:30 p.m.UFO Researcher Dr. Da ... More >>

[Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More

Tony Gilroy's Heretofore Unseen Expert Light Touch Shines in 'Duplicity'

[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'A Hard Day's Night,' 'The Big Lebowski,' 'A Christmas Story'

Shomer Shabbos

The Big Lebowski

Remarkably Consistent, the Coen Brothers Make Another Mockery With 'Burn After Reading'

13 Ways to Dress for Coen Brothers Success

Edwards University Town Center 6 is billing itself as Coen Brothers Central this week as the Irvine theater will have two prints of the new film Burn After Reading when it opens Friday. Advance tickets are on sale now, and it's a sure bet University will have no trouble filling seats considering wri ... More >>

Special Screenings

Neither Tina Fey Nor Amy Poehler Seem Invested in 'Baby Mama,' Their Surrogate-Mommy Comedy

[DVDish] Three the Hard Way: Reviews of 'No Country for Old Men,' More

Oscar Nominations are announced

And yes, I'm up prior to the crack of dawn to get them to you. The biggest surprise, if you can call it that, is the strong showing by MICHAEL CLAYTON, with six nominations. Not so surprisingly, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN each have eight. Via CNN, because it announced even befor ... More >>

Bad Blood

Horror films failed to scare up the big bucks in 2007

Flights of Fantasy

Sometimes critics forget movies are meant to be fun

LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 12-21-07

I'll be seeing ALIENS VS. PREDATOR: REQUIEM on the 25th, but in the meantime, we have a real gem opening today... ROMANCE AND CIGARETTES It's been on the shelf for almost three years – lost in the shuffle when MGM was sold to Sony – but don't let that scare you. It's a musical – but try not ... More >>

Director's Cut

Tim Burton's gorgeously gruesome Sweeney Todd

LYT's Film Pick of the Weekend 10-11-07

Though I'm mightily anxious to see Richard Kelly's DONNIE DARKO follow-up SOUTHLAND TALES, the weekend's top film pick is a no-brainer. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. People are calling it the best film of the year, and if it isn't, it's darn close. The Coen brothers have been spinning their wheels for a ... More >>

The Joy in the Bubble

Cannes 2007 was a success, but how many of its movies will you actually get to see?

We Aren't the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes

Everyones a Winner

Cannes jury spreads out awards, giving Romanian the big prize

Palm d'Hoberman

Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007

New Reviews

We recommend: Hollywood Dreams

Special Screenings

Ball of Fire

About a Boi

OutKasts Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Special Screenings

Movie of the Week: The Big Lebowski

This Week in Rolling on Shabbos

Lebowski Fest

How Not to Kill a Lady

Coens Screw Up a Remake

Nigh Intolerable

The cruelty of the Coen brothers

Modesty Blaze

Philip Seymour Hoffman out of character

The Big Lebowski

Dazed and Amused

Gods sixth annual Calleys

Final Cut

Barbershop noir from the Coens

Megaperplexed

O art, where art thou?

Oh, Brother