Amy Nicholson

Review: At Sundance's final blowout in Park City, killer unicorns and unraveling pop stars take the stage Even as attendees feel the nostalgic pull of Park City, the fest's first weekend supplies confrontational fare such as Casper Kelly’s "Buddy" and Charli XCX in "The Moment."

Like Brat summer, the Park City winter era is ending. But before it does, it still want to scrap over the value of art with movies about Charli XCX, Wu-Tang Clan, killer unicorns, Gregg Araki sex comedies, and former Sundance-hater John Wilson.

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Sundance filmmakers, stars react to ICE chaos in Minnesota: 'We cannot act like this is not happening' At Sundance, filmmakers and stars respond to Alex Pretti and Renee Good's deaths, ongoing ICE crackdowns in Minnesota and talk about how art can reflect the moment.

Sundance filmmakers, stars react to ICE chaos in Minnesota: 'We cannot act like this is not happening'

This is Alex Pretti.

Peaceful protest over Minneapolis shooting begins in downtown Los Angeles; Bass assails ICE Protesters take to the streets in Los Angeles on Olvera Street

Peaceful protest over Minneapolis shooting begins in downtown Los Angeles; Bass assails ICE

Frame from Andrea Hale's 1st place film, "Rhapsody, Reimagined," featuring a man with a handlebar mustache. Behind him, and visible through his open mouth, are kaleidoscopic, repeated images from the 1930 film King of Jazz.

🧵 Announcing the Winners of the 2026 Internet Archive Public Domain Film Remix Contest! 🎬

🥇 FIRST PLACE: “Rhapsody, Reimagined” by Andrea Hale

A dazzling reimagining of King of Jazz (1930) set to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue – an aesthetic triumph.

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Sundance's first major drama arrives early with the heartbreaking 'Josephine' In The Times’ first daily newsletter from Sundance 2026, several movies lead the pack, including Charli XCX’s "The Moment" and "Buddy," starring a homicidal orange unicorn.

What to watch today at Sundance? Our first taste of recommendations and reactions is here, including quick notes on JOSEPHINE, THE MOMENT, BUDDY and THE DISCIPLE. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

My silly annual tradition

Thread: this year’s 10 Best Picture #Oscars nominees as scenes with The Muppets

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

The biggest surprises and snubs of the 2026 Oscar nominations Awards columnist Glenn Whipp breaks down who's in and who's out after Thursday's Oscar nominations announcement.

From several shocking "Wicked: For Good" snubs to a major "F1" surprise, here are all the biggest stories out of the #Oscars nominations.

All the 2026 best picture Oscar nominees, ranked from worst to best 'Sinners' got the most Oscar nominations, but how do the movies rank for our critic?

We have our ten best picture nominees.

Now to rank them worst to best.

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Shout-out to the scientist at the La Brea tar pits who dressed up as a volcano for an outdoor screening of VOLCANO.

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I didn't just move to Los Angeles. I stepped into a movie Reflecting on a city that beguiled her from the screen, our critic Amy Nicholson kicks off our celebration of the 101 best L.A. movies.

A love letter to my favorite city -- and a salute to my first apartment, just two blocks from the bowling alley in THE BIG LEBOWSKI 🎳

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Let's go hunt wolverines

A pox of elephants upon your house!

What a wild ride!

Why tease? Our 101st pick was BABYLON and I'll defend it to the death.

Review: In smart splatter horror ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,' faith and science crawl from the muck Director Nia DaCosta chases "Hedda" with the fourth entry in the "28 Days Later" series, boasting rampaging performances by Ralph Fiennes and "Sinners" star Jack O'Connell.

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is gruesomely both low and highbrow, the movie equivalent of Jell-O wrestling an anthropology professor at Burning Man, which may have been the inspiration for Ralph Fiennes’ spry and mesmerizing Dr. Ian Kelson

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The 101 best Los Angeles movies Our list of the 101 best Los Angeles movies is as sprawling as the city, and includes "Chinatown," "Clueless," "Blade Runner," "Mulholland Drive," "Heat," "Pulp Fiction," "The Big Lebowski" and "La La...

I was 🤙stoked🤙 write about seven of my favorite LA movies for this list: SUNSET BLVD, COLLATERAL, SHORT CUTS, STRANGE DAYS, SWINGERS, VALLEY GIRL, and POINT BREAK 🌊 Excited to dig into the whole thing—check it out! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

MY GOODNESS JUST LOOK AT THIS ART

The 101 best Los Angeles movies Our list of the 101 best Los Angeles movies is as sprawling as the city, and includes "Chinatown," "Clueless," "Blade Runner," "Mulholland Drive," "Heat," "Pulp Fiction," "The Big Lebowski" and "La La...

The 101 best L.A. movies.

I'm happy I got #101 on the list.

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Get that vengeance, girl

One of my fave albums

Next Friday! Dynasty Typewriter salutes Rob Reiner.

Enjoy the THE PRINCESS BRIDE with a crowd -- and to honor his advocacy for early childhood education, a portion of proceeds will be donated to Everychild Foundation ❤️

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

I've been looking forward to another Jess Alexander joint since she was sexy Ursula!

Review: The giddily unevolved gorefest 'Primate' makes humanity look like a species in decline The team behind the Mandy Moore shark flick '47 Meters Down' returns with a murderous monkey and surprisingly good acting by Oscar winner Troy Kotsur and starlet Jess Alexander.

One chimpanzee with a typewriter could pound out the script for PRIMATE in an hour.

I’m not foaming at the mouth over the death of cinema or what have you. Honestly, the kills are great. The problem is the dead space between them.

But two actors have real promise!

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on tuesday night i held several of the world's greatest filmmakers hostage for a 15-minute speech about what critics & artists owe to each other in the age of rapid enshittification. i'm not entirely sure why i did that.

anyway you can read it here if you want to: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...

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Review: 'Dead Man's Wire' faithfully recreates a TV hostage standoff but avoids the messy why Gus Van Sant continues the mass-media-meets-violence conversation of 'To Die For,' but doesn't have much to say about this true-life gunman who blasted his rage on the news.

Gus Van Sant's latest is about a 1977 man who took his mortgage broker hostage.

Bill Skarsgård plays the role somewhere between a soapbox preacher and a SCOOBY-DOO episode that imagines Shaggy unmasking a money-grubbing bad guy and threatening to beat him to death.

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The one arthouse theater in my hometown of San Antonio closed during the pandemic.

My mom texted that she wants to go see something Oscar-y and the only option in the 7th biggest city in the country is MARTY SUPREME (which might be too much -- she's a TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE type.)

Such a bummer!