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Alexander Payne’s comic timing: It’s been six years since Payne last wrote a feature film, and “Downsizing” (Dec. 22) — which looks to have only a philosophical relationship to corporate restructuring — finds him in a more absurd place than usual as it features a couple (Matt Damon and...

When you think of classic stories of redemption, disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding is not a name that comes to mind.

Pippi Longstocking Kiddee Matinees It’s difficult to explain the bemusing childhood pleasure of watching the badly dubbed but oh-so-fun Swedish films about Pippi Longstocking, the independent, resourceful and adventurous girl with gravity-defying ginger plaits and superhuman strength. The New Beverly...

Amid all the movies that distinguished themselves at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, perhaps no movie did so with words more than “Molly’s Game.” The film is a motormouth-y throwback, the kind that in the age of images and spectacle grooves to what movies once grooved to: well-crafted...

Part of an aggressive retail expansion in the U.S., Superdry marked the opening of its West Coast flagship at Westfield Century City with a party Wednesday.

Dede Kennedy-Simington, an insurance agent in Pasadena, was “totally dismayed” when she learned recently that the premium on her family’s Blue Shield PPO would rise $391 a month next year — driven largely by huge increases for her two teenage children.

Since its 2001 premiere at L.A.’s Actors’ Gang, Glen Berger’s “Underneath the Lintel” has been produced prolifically, from New York to London and beyond. Berger’s philosophically dense picaresque is a prime opportunity for a gifted solo performer.

“Two Chicks and a Hammer” smartly sums up HGTV’s “Good Bones,” hosted by the mother-daughter team Karen E Laine and Mina Starsiak. That’s also the name of the duo’s Indianapolis-based home renovation business, launched in 2008.

Virgin Voyages laid the keel for its first of three ships Monday, with Virgin empire founder Richard Branson appearing in a ceremony at the shipyard in Genoa, Italy. The ship will cater to adults only and will make its debut in 2020.

I was enthralled by Deborah Vankin’s article [“Our Real History,” Oct. 5] about a once-censored mural commissioned by Los Angeles and designed by artist Barbara Carrasco for the city’s bicentennial in 1981. I wondered what was depicted that upset people so much that they withdrew support for a...

At what point does acquiescence in the face of an evil regime become tantamount to complicity in its atrocities?

At about $750,000, homes for sale in Chatsworth, Mount Washington and San Gabriel range from cozy post-and-beams to renovated English cottages. Here’s a larger look at the three housing markets.

U.S. employers added a robust 261,000 jobs in October as the economy recovered from hurricanes that slammed the Southeast in September.

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Friday, Nov. 3, and here’s what’s happening across California:

California chefs Traci Des Jardins of Jardinere restaurant in San Francisco, and Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill and the TV show “Too Hot Tamales” are featured on an eight-day food and bicycle tour of Sicily, Italy.

The one thing about hosting author interviews in public spaces is that you’ve got to “yes, and...” the hell out of them. No matter what the author throws at you, you have to make it an additive experience. If they tell an anecdote about fox hunting, you’ve got to find the connective tissue to tie...

Nak Kim Chhoeun entered the federal building in downtown Los Angeles a few weeks ago for his immigration check.