Indie Focus News Today

This week in L.A.: Ava DuVernay with "Origin" and "Selma," Scorsese's "The King of Comedy," a tribute to Wim Wenders and an "Airplane!" "Top Secret!" double-bill.

A look back through the films of Michael Mann, plus the feminist satire of '9 to 5,' Gregory Nava's 'El Norte' and the De Palma/Schrader team-up 'Obsession.'

Movies set on New Year's Eve, including 'Phantom Thread,' 'The Apartment' and 'Strange Days,' are all playing in L.A. this coming week.

Local film programmers pick their favorite film screenings from 2023, at their own venues and elsewhere. Plus: All the places to see the new holiday classic 'Eyes Wide Shut.'

A documentary look at New York City's old Times Square, plus a dystopian double bill at the New Beverly, Pamela Adlon introduces 'All That Jazz' and more.

A slasher classic at the New Beverly, "Shane" at the Academy Museum with Christopher Nolan, and David Cronenberg's immortal "The Dead Zone" at the Los Feliz 3.

A tribute to Song Kang Ho at the Academy Museum, plus paranoid thrillers at the New Beverly, a Jonathan Glazer series and behind the scenes with Beyoncé

The Times' new list of the the best movie theaters in Los Angeles, plus screenings of 'Maestro,' 'Broadcast News,' 'Working Girl,' 'Sunshine' and 'Smoke Signals.'

Plus screenings of 'May December,' 'Marie Antoinette,' 'The New World,' 'Master and Commander' and 'Fargo.'

Screening this week in L.A.: 70mm films at the Egyptian, 'Short Term 12,' 'Monster,' 'Too Late,' 'Can't Hardly Wait' and remembering programmer Doug Jones.