The documentary, which took four and a half years to make, tells the story of Judge Mitchell, a criminal court judge who starts a running club with residents from a homeless shelter on Skid Row, leading to the unlikely group to run marathons around the world. The film follows them on early-morning training runs around L.A. to marathons in Accra, Ghana and Rome, Italy.
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As this farmers' market celebrates their 26th anniversary, vendors and residents emphasize how beneficial the market is for themselves and the community.
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While comic book television shows become more inclusive, comic books with minority leads still struggle.
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The sound of the Jazz Ensemble welcomes your echoing footsteps as you enter the Santa Monica City College Performing Art Center, curious for what is to come behind the closed doors of the Barrett Art Gallery.
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On a bright, Sunday morning at the Row downtown Los Angeles in the historic LA Arts District, the enthralling smells of grilling meat, sweet baking bread, and exotic spices from dozens of vendors and food trucks crowd the recently-opened LA location for the popular Brooklyn-based food market, Smorgasburg.
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Inside the Center for Environmental and Urban Studies (CEUS), 15 students from Plastic Free SMC and Eco Action wait for the semester’s second meeting to start. The room is small, and people are sitting in a circle, some on chairs and others, the floor. The walls are filled with posters containing slogans like "You Can Stop Fish From Disappearing", along with other environmental-friendly signs. Then, Plastic Free SMC’s President Bronwyn Hancock Major walks in the room.
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The highly anticipated film of the year is finally here. When Captain America: Civil War premiered on May 6, 2016 revealing a Black Panther addition to the Marvel series, moviegoers anxiously awaited for its release on Feb. 16, 2018, and it has lived up to the hype. From the costumes, to the massive sets, the film is quite a visual experience.
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How do you create a legacy?
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Clint Eastwood has taken a step back with his new feature film, “The 15:17 to Paris.” The director who often proves his patriotism through his movies depicting American heroes -- whether they be cowboys in the desert or soldiers in battle-- tried to step outside of the box and failed miserably. The documentary style movie is unique because the three main characters, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, are played by themselves; however, that was Eastwood's biggest mistake
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Readers and former LA Weekly employees protest company's layoffs by new owners
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How updated is SMC on sexual harassment awareness?
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When the film on the screen goes black, a mild applause breaks the silence in the dark movie theater. Drama, action, love, loss, murder - all of these raise the age-old question, who is the killer? The 20th Century Fox film Murder on the Orient Express, based on Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel, is not the first film to bring Christie’s novel to life.
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Christmas came early for SZA (pronounced "Sizza") fans when she added a concert date at the Novo in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Her "Ctrl" tour, named after her debut album, originally did not have any North American shows for November due to the fact that she is scheduled to tour the United Kingdom with R&B artist Bryson Tiller.
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