Jude Law, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen star in acclaimed director Mike Nichols’ adaptation of Brit scribe Patrick Marber’s play, “Closer.” The film, which hits theaters Friday,
Director Mike Nichols’ provocative relationship drama “Closer” boasts an awfully pretty central foursome that behaves pretty awfully. The film’s sumptuous contemporary London setting and lilting score belies the characters’
Historic theater is not a designated landmark
MONTANA AVE. — It’s been nearly two years since the historic Aero Theater pulled the curtain on its last film. But after an
Colin Farrell stars as one of history’s most celebrated figures in director Oliver Stone’s epic drama, “Alexander.” The Irish actor, whose well-publicized shenanigans have at times overshadowed
Cultural endowment may help fund SM mural
By SUSAN TAM Special to the Daily Press
SM LIBRARY — Almost seven decades ago, local artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright unveiled a 2,000-
The end is nigh for the year in film that is 2004, and as you might expect, Hollywood’s brightest stars are ready to shine in theaters across the land.
By Daily Press staff
SACRAMENTO — A Santa Monica man has been appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to serve on the state’s film commission.
Frank Stiefel, 57, has been an
Three years ago, Diane Kruger was just another model trying to make it as an actress. Then the German beauty beat out thousands of others for the role of Helen
“Bad Education” is alternately forceful and meandering, and ultimately heartbreaking. Taking an uneven stab at film noir, the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar — whose work is usually much more florid — indulges
It was established at the outset that neither the interviewer nor the interviewee were all that keen on the usual obsequious celebrity features Hollywood junkets are designed to engender. “I
By Daily Press staff
MID-CITY — Construction on a new $31-million, 500-seat theater in Santa Monica will officially begin in January, officials announced this week.
A ground-breaking
week, a project which has been in the works for more than six years. As recently as last summer the theater cost was pegged at $17 million, but that figure
