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It’s time to get into Halloween-y! If you’re in for more scares or dares, go no further than our complete guide to Halloween in LA right here FRIDAY: Movie:  Are You Afraid of the Everything is at Cinefamily Ghostly nostalgia ensues at this Halloween warm-up that Cinefamily is hosting, featuring TV shows from the 90s, a time well before Kenan Thompson and SNL made acquaintance. Go Good Burger with a photo

Things to do in Los Angeles this Weekend FRIDAY Movie: Exit Through the Gift Shop at Front Porch Cinema This is the documentary that made Banksy a household name in the sort of households that would watch an Academy nominated movie about street art. Learn about the clash and controversy surrounding Banksy and Mr. Brainwash, and see the faces (except B) behind artists whose works sprinkle throughout Melrose and La Bre

FRIDAY Movie: Pixar Shorts Collection at LACMA See where the magic started as LACMA honors Pixar by showcasing a string of thirteen short films which helped launch the Pixar features we know and love. The event is FREE and starts at 8 pm in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, but we recommend getting there early to secure a spot. 5905 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036   Music:  El Gavachillo Y Banda Viento de

$12/free for members “Virtually every shot is a knockout.” – Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader As joyful as it is impossible to pin down, Valerie is a haunting, psychoactive period piece which plunges the beautiful heroine Valerie into a phantasmagorical world of thirsty vampires, the dark arts and dreamy free love — all set to one of the great film scores of the era, a cocktail of psych-folk and avant-garde classic

The next time you reminisce about the trials and tribulations of your teenage years — consider what that time of your life would’ve been like in ‘70s Communist Czechoslovakia!  “Based on the novel of the same title by Petr Sabach, this bittersweet comedy focuses on four friends coming of age in the Seventies. The Communist regime’s dubious gift of a state identity card confers alleged adult status on the 15-year-olds

“Against the backdrop of a Cold War Czechoslovakia where 1989′s Velvet Revolution is still unimaginable, this taut political thriller traces the psychological unraveling of a secret agent, torn apart by the monotony and corruption of the sinister bureaucracy that employs him. Antonin (nicknamed Tonga) becomes obsessed with the girlfriend of a writer he is tracking as a suspected subversive, using the considerable mea

Completely wiping off the table all preconceived notions of anime by simply being one of the greatest animated features ever inked, this richly envisioned tale — which truly astounds with every beautifully conceptualized moment — is a timeless triumph of style, storytelling, color, texture, wonderment, emotionality and pretty much any other category you can dream up.   Separated from her parents on a chance outing to

Come soar with the first feature ever created by Studio Ghibli!  Castle In The Sky finds Ghibli maestro Hayao Miyazaki in full-blown visionary mode, confidently piloting another high-altitude adventure — one stuffed this time around with magic levitation crystals, giant robots, and wisecracking steampunk sky pirates.  The adventure of two orphans on a fated mission to restore order to Laputa (Earth’s last floating ci

Porco Rosso is a perfect storm of Miyazaki madness: a stylish, dizzy aerial adventure tracking the intrigue and romantic exploits of a heroic fighter pilot — one who just happens to be an anthropomorphic pig!  Set in Italy between the World Wars, Porco Rosso follows Marco Pagot, a flying ace rendered porcine (but no less valiant or capable) by a magical curse.  The “Crimson Pig” divides his time between bounty-huntin

In a shocking turn of events, The Silent Treatment presents the mellifluous tones of spoken dialogue!  “Goat-glanders” (silents with inserted talkie sequences) were all the rage in-between 1927’s The Jazz Singer and the talkie era — and 1929’s The Love Trap is not only one of the best of this rare breed, but it’s also the most intriguing, as it’s fully bi-sected into a silent first half and a talkie second half.  Dir