“Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” It is the refrain of children restlessly sitting in the cramped backseats of station wagons during family trips. Read more...

For some, art museums can be valuable venues of cultural, historical and artistic achievement to be cherished for many generations. To others, art museums are forbidding enclaves of hoarded, ancient relics accessible only to a select group of fanatics in stuffy rooms behind thick, uninviting walls. Read more...

Man Man “Six Demon Bag” Ace Fu Records “Six Demon Bag,” the second release by psycho-group Man Man, has a sound that can probably be best understood by imagining a really, really old car. Read more...

Destroyer “Destroyer’s Rubies” Merge Records Destroyer’s Dan Bejar has been many things: erstwhile member of The New Pornographers, explosive rock guitarist, folk-pop troubadour and engrossing storyteller capable of sketching worlds of literate references and intricate characterizations. Read more...

“Street Fight” Directed by Marshall Curry Marshall Curry Productions LLC The 2002 mayoral election in Newark, N.J. was not a big concern for the average Californian, or even the average American. Read more...

Anyone who’s seen a light show or Disney’s “Fantasia” has witnessed the genre of art known as visual music ““ and probably without knowing it. Expanding the reach of visual music is precisely the goal of “Abstraction and Visual Music: Contemporary Animation from Los Angeles Artists,” to be screened by Melnitz Movies on Feb. Read more...

“Unknown White Male” Directed by Rupert Murray Wellspring Media When it comes to movies, memory loss has been the stuff of fiction ““ think “Mulholland Drive,” “Memento” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” However, Rupert Murray’s documentary “Unknown White Male” ““ and what happened to Murray’s friend, Doug Bruce ““ is 100 percent real. Read more...