American TV’s British invasion
The beloved "Doctor Who" is just the latest English series to captivate audiences on the other side of the pond
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:48 PM UTC 18Entertainment LA Review of Books, Television
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Entertainment LA Review of Books, Television
Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr
A new book chronicles the aftermath of the Manson family murders and the political movement they helped ignite
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books, essays
“A Thousand Pardons,” and just as many plot contrivances
Jonathan Dee's latest offers some keen observations about family life, but ultimately feels overly schematic
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
“Flickering Light” illuminates the history of neon
Author Christoph Ribbbat traces the evolution of one of the more charismatic elements in the periodic table
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 6:00 PM UTCTechnology LA Review of Books, Books, Art
Is the legalization of gay marriage inevitable?
Two recent books trace the Supreme Court's long, rocky history with the civil rights issue
Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 9:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
“Spring Breakers”: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Girls Gone Wild”
Harmony Korine's controversial new film echoes many of the themes of our greatest American novels
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 9:36 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Roll in the hay: The rise of the Amish romance novel
While not as steamy as "50 Shades of Grey," so-called "bonnet rippers" are selling like shoofly pies
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 1:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Amish, Books
Vladimir Nabokov, “Houdini of history”?
A new biography and a recently published play offer insights into how the author felt about the past
Sunday, Mar 17, 2013 7:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
When neoliberalism exploded
Historian Daniel Steadman Jones traces the origins of the right's fascination with privatization and deregulation
Saturday, Mar 9, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 54Entertainment LA Review of Books, Books, essay
Sam Lipsyte’s latest: Less than the sum of its “Fun Parts”
In his new collection of short stories, the author of "The Ask" amuses himself -- and only occasionally his reader
Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 7:58 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
Is “shiksa” an insult?
The Yiddish word has become a part of the English lexicon, but its connotation remains fluid
Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 5:20 PM UTC 71Life LA Review of Books, Shiksa
HBO, please renew “Enlightened”!
Although it has yet to be picked up for a third season, the cable dramedy is one of the bravest series on TV
Sunday, Mar 3, 2013 8:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, TV, HBO
When the CIA infiltrated Hollywood
A new book exposes the incestuous relationship between the two and the extent to which they both feed us propaganda
Thursday, Feb 28, 2013 10:22 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books, CIA
Edward Gorey’s strange, curious world
The author's books tended toward the macabre, but there's an element of redemption in his ghoulish worldview VIDEO
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment Video, LA Review of Books, Art
Melissa McCarthy: The new face of slapstick humor
The actress, who gets rammed by a car in "Identity Thief," is changing the way we traditionally see women in comedy
Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 2:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
Spanish capital en ruinas
Dispatches from Madrid, a city in political and economic turmoil.
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 4:42 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Travel, Spain
Karen Russell’s vampires have bite
In her second story collection, Russell demonstrates her gifts for genre-bending and whimsical, exuberant prose
Monday, Feb 18, 2013 5:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Does “The Feminine Mystique” still matter?
The latest reissue of Betty Friedan's classic triggers an age-old debate about its place in the canon
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 2:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
Philip Roth’s retirement lesson
The author hung it up when he lost his unreasonable devotion to writing fiction -- and inspired me to follow suit
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Art, Fiction
Baudelaire makes a comeback
Two recent novels embrace the french poet's fascination with the flâneur's wandering gaze
Monday, Feb 4, 2013 7:15 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books
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