James Ellroy

Woody Harrelson is a Bad Cop Getting Worse in Rampart

Dude Food: Farewell 2008

Six weeks of things fried and greasy, slopped in barbecue sauce or glopped from a buffet tub--damn it's been great.Mostly.This year was a short one, considering we started City of Ate less than two months ago. The Dude Food dudes return to action January 6, 2009, diving weekly into the pit of Dallas ... More >>

Dude Food: Stoneleigh P

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

Street Kings is a Shallow Look at Dirty Police

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

Boy Trouble

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

Juices Flowing

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

So, Like, Wanna Know Who Killed J.F.K.?

Stoneleigh P 2926 Maple Ave. 214-871-2346 The Stoneleigh P has been a historic watering hole for the dudes of Dallas since it opened in the 70s. And by ‘dudes,’ we mostly mean rich dudes, at least judging by the parking lot, where on any given day you’re likely to spot a Land Rover sidled ... More >>

Ghost World

True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness

To Each Theron

True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

True-crime noir goes searching for Hollywood's heart of darkness

The Reel Who

Twenty-five years later, a filmmaker comes to grips with his Kids

Bad Boys of Dumber

See it, don't see it--whatcha gonna do?

Raising the Bar

At last, the USA Film Festival is back under the influence

Cop Out

Ellroy + Ayer = a familiar bad-cop movie in which L.A. burns

The Pitch

In 1988, Ron Shelton made Bull Durham. In 2002, it couldn't be done.

Johnny Come Lately

Johnny Dowd's twisted, desperate music sounds good at any age

In Cold Blood

Novelist James Ellroy reshapes America's ugly history in his own image

High time

John Cusack's romantic comedy about a man... and his record collection

Wonder bread

Curtis Hanson builds us a cheese sandwich out of Chabon's novel

Squeeze player

With his mob connections and starlet phone numbers, Dick Contino was the coolest accordionist in 1950s L.A. -- which is why he's James Ellroy's buddy

Comfortably numb

The best films of '97 either provoked or entertained

On the fringes

Most of the year's best films were from the outside looking in

Police brutality

The terrific L.A. Confidential captures our worst suspicions of how the world works

City of angles

How Curtis Hanson turned James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential into one of the year's best films

Beating heart

A stark New Zealand drama explores the roots of violence