'Drive My Car' director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi finds a new lane
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi has never had an affinity for the outdoors. “I didn't really have a relationship with nature growing up,”…
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How to know when it's time to get out of a situation
Meagan Culberson, 32, was on a third date with a guy she met on Hinge when she decided it was…
'Dark Matter' review: Joel Edgerton fights in parallel worlds
Blake Crouch has hilariously adapted his own 2016 novel, “Dark Matter,” into a nine-episode series for Apple TV+, intended to…
'Sasquatch Sunset' Brother Directors Cut Their Own Indie Style
A family makes their way through a forest and finally stops to camp. They eat something, go to sleep, and…
How Rosa Jackson found authentic Niçoise cuisine amidst the glamor
There is a certain reverse snobbery that some travelers may feel when they first arrive in Nice. So elegant. So…
“He just says things”: Are far-right Trumpists not listening to themselves?
To the editor: “He just says things. He doesn’t mean it.” So says a staunch Trump supporter from the San…
'Palm Royale' review: Kristen Wiig leads this elegant series
I have not read Juliet McDaniel’s 2018 novel “Mr. and Mrs. American Pie,” which is nominally the basis of a…
Alan Sieroty dead: Former California lawmaker helped create Coastal Commission
Former state Sen. Alan G. Sieroty, a Beverly Hills Democrat who championed disability rights and efforts to protect California's coast,…
Opinion: Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here's how to stop that
What if the looming calamities like climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and all our environmental doom were symptoms…
Opinion: Apocalypse now, but not in Santa Monica
In December, an atheist, pro-choice, anti-gun, environmental activist, also known as a Santa Monica resident, asked me: “So, how do…