“At this time, it has come to our attention that you have made available the following files at the following times.” Certainly more chilling letters have been received in the mail. Read more...

Chad Stevens adjusts the harness connecting him to his inexperienced student and conducts yet another examination of the equipment that will save two lives in the next few minutes. Read more...

“The Break-Up” Directed by Peyton ReedUniversal pictures*** Like people do after a real breakup, “The Break-Up” focuses on all the bad times. The film explores what happens after most romantic movies end with a kiss. Read more...

Without question or debate, Los Angeles has the best movie theaters of any city in the world. I’m not even considering the countless home theaters of incredibly rich people in the entertainment industry, which typically combine the quality of theatrical image and sound with the luxury of getting to watch the product while sprawled out on your couch. Read more...

It’s a hot day in what looks like downtown New York, except big cameras line the streets instead of cars, people are talking into headsets and walkie-talkies instead of cell phones, and instead of flying across the country, UCLA students only had to drive down Melrose Avenue to the Paramount lot. Read more...

In November of 2004, Frank Warren, a small business owner in Germantown, Md., printed up 3,000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to strangers. These, he told them, were to share a secret, which had to be something true and something they had never shared with anybody else before. Read more...

No one could accuse artist Robert Rauschenberg of being out of touch with American life. Viewing Rauschenberg’s 70 pieces currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art is at times like stepping into the 1950s, with the exhibit’s liberal use of newspapers, neckties, Coca-Cola bottles, baseballs and even pin-up girls cut from magazines. Read more...