Happy Birthday, Gildy -- The Great Gildersleeve debuted on this day in 1941 at the Amoeblog

Happy Birthday, Gildy -- The Great Gildersleeve debuted on this day in 1941 at the Amoeblog

Today is the 72nd anniversary of the debut of radio's greatest sitcom -- The Great Gildersleeve! Leeeroy...

Exploring the Planned Course of the Metro Purple Line Extension | Block by Block | Land of Sunshine | KCET

Exploring the Planned Course of the Metro Purple Line Extension | Block by Block | Land of Sunshine | KCET

Here's a piece that I wrote for KCET after I explored along the route of the Westside Subway Extension. 

Upcoming Satyajit Ray screenings in Los Angeles, London, and Vienna at the Amoeblog

Upcoming Satyajit Ray screenings in Los Angeles, London, and Vienna at the Amoeblog

There are a bunch of Satyajit Ray films coming up in Los Angeles, London, and Vienna. 19 of the auteur's 36 films have been restored by the Academy Film Archive and only a few of them are currently available on DVD, Blu-Ray, or Netflix. Here's your chance to see restored prints as they were meant to be seen -- on the big screen.

Don't Knock the Rock 2013 is coming

Don't Knock the Rock 2013 is coming

Two films are playing on opening night of "Don't Knock the Rock" that I'm very excited to see, "Lawrence of Belgravia" about Lawrence (Felt, Supermarket, Denim, Go-Kart Mozart) and "Autoluminescent" about Rowland S. Howard (Young Charlatans, Boys Next Door, Birthday Party, Tuff Monks, Crime & the City Solution, These Immortal Souls)

Jon Moritsugu Retrospective in Downtown Los Angeles plus his latest film, Pig Death Machine at the Amoeblog

Jon Moritsugu Retrospective in Downtown Los Angeles plus his latest film, Pig Death Machine

If you like trash cinema and are in Los Angeles, you should check out the Jon Moritsugu retrospective at the Downtown Independent, which includes his latest film, Pig Death Machine.

Upcoming outdoor film screening -- Monsoon Wedding at the Amoeblog

Upcoming outdoor film screening -- Monsoon Wedding at the Amoeblog

Summer in Los Angeles means outdoor screenings. Sometimes Indian food is involved :D

What you neighbors know about the Dirty South? -- A South County primer at the Amoeblog

What you neighbors know about the Dirty South? -- A South County primer

Here's one of the last Southland primers that I've to write. I suppose that I still need to do one for the Los Angeles County Channel Islands and that will be it! Hopefully this will prompt some votes for various South Orange County communities to be the future subjects of coverage.