Issues from childhood to aging in the documentary shorts
This year’s Oscar-nominated short documentaries weave their way through lives of hardship and empowerment, illuminating the ways we tackle life’s complexities. There are fixes for…
Live action shorts: Stories of life death among the nominees
It’s a particular challenge to make a serious emotional impact on a smaller canvas, but the 2024 Oscar-nominated live-action shorts take on the weightiest of…
Documentary director Daniel Roher on Alexei Navalny’s death
Daniel Roher’s Oscar-winning 2022 documentary, “Navalny,” helped bring the story of Alexei Navalny into sharper focus for people around the world, delivering an intimate and…
Ziggy Marley talks Bob Marley biopic ‘One Love’
When Ziggy Marley cast Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch as his parents in “One Love,” the long-awaited Bob Marley biopic, the three made a pact:…
Ed Templeton captures skating life at Long Beach Museum of Art
I’ve been thinking a lot about noodles. And how the Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine has limited-edition sardines in honor of the film “Poor…
‘Selena & Yolanda: Secrets Between Them’ is the latest exploitation of Selena’s memory
Earlier this month, the Oxygen network announced “Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets Between Them,” a two-part docuseries airing Saturday that promises to shed new light…
Climate voter guide to the 2024 California senate election
If you live in California and confronting the climate crisis is one of your top priorities, I wouldn’t blame you for not knowing whom to…
Eternal Memory documents intimacy in the face of Alzheimer’s
Augusto Góngora couldn’t remember how long he and Paulina Urrutia had been together, nor the exact chronology of their shared years. Yet, what he never…
The harrowingmigrant story of ‘Io Capitano’ is pope-approved
Landing roles in Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” was a life-changing experience for Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. The young Senegalese actors were cast to play…
Next year’s Super Bowl needs more clean energy ads
“It’s not time to escape. It’s time to engage.” So said Matthew McConaughey during a 2022 Super Bowl ad for Salesforce, touting the software company’s…
Did Ivory Coast’s 2023 AFCON defeat of Nigeria cap ‘a story for the ages’ | Sports News
As Ivory Coast came from a goal down to beat Nigeria and complete the most remarkable of sporting redemptions, it also encapsulated not only their…
Sondheimer: Contreras High soccer team is a true L.A. story
If you want inspiration to think about how far you’ve come and where you want to go, seeing the glistening lights of L.A.’s tallest skyscrapers…
With Oceanwide Plaza, L.A. joins cities with dead high-rises
There’s nothing like a week that includes both a monster California storm and Supreme Court arguments on Trump’s ability to run for dictator, I mean…
Who should pay for climate solutions? The debate is heating up
Confronting the climate crisis won’t be cheap. California is trying to figure out who will pay. Under a series of proposals being considered by Gov.…
Laird Hunt’s ‘Float Up, Sing Down’ resists sentimentality
Book Review Float Up, Sing Down By Laird HuntBloomsbury Publishing: 224 pages, $27 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn…
Shohei Ohtani can avoid toilet on Dodger bus ride with a good story
Shohei Ohtani is a two-way player, a two-time American League MVP and a superstar with a rabid fan base. He’s got to have some good…
I’ll cover Taylor and Travis’ love story at Super Bowl LVIII
Within seconds of the Kansas City Chiefs clinching the AFC Championship last month, I frantically messaged my editors a very important question: Can I cover…
Hate the storm? Start getting serious about climate change
You know how oil and gas pollution is supposed to bring not only hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger wildfires, but also more intense…
‘Past Lives’ writer-director Celine Song has found her future
One night in 2018, at a bar in the East Village, Celine Song fell through a career-altering hole in the space-time continuum. Song, the director…
‘Her own life story is the story of the truth of Australia’: Prominent Australians pay tribute to Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue
In short: Eminent Australians have today united in sympathy to pay their respects to Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue.The celebrated Indigenous leader died over the weekend at the age of…