Eric Lloyd

Movie producer Joel Silver's purchase of the former U.S. post office in Venice has created a bit of a cliffhanger for local residents: How often, if ever, will they be able to view the beloved "Story of Venice" mural that has graced the building's...

Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House, the architect's Mayan-inspired masterpiece and one of Los Angeles' most cherished landmarks, has sold to billion Ron Burkle for about $4.5 million....

Friday June 23, 2000      As Bette Gordon's seductive "Luminous Motion" commences, we hear via voice-over its young protagonist recalling a ghostly memory of childhood of "blurred images and nightmares." It's an indication that he ultimately will have...

Between the end of summer and the edge of winter and the holiday season, the movies shrink. The budgets are lower; the weekend totals dip. As young acolytes await the second coming of Harry Potter on Nov. 15 and older fans count the days until Pierce...

Here and there amid the disappointingly watery colors of the new play "Mariela in the Desert," author Karen Zacarias hints at the secrets behind the brushstrokes of a painter's canvas. In one scene set in 1930 Mexico City, Mariela, the new and younger...

When "The Santa Clause," starring Tim Allen as a divorced, workaholic toy company marketing whiz who suddenly has the mantle of St. Nick thrust upon him, was released in November 1994, it deservedly became a popular Christmas movie -- a sweet-and-sour...

Friday January 12, 1996      As the opening credits unroll for "Dunston Checks In," we are treated to a brisk montage of how a five-star hotel comes alive every morning--silver breakfast trays arranged just so, myriad surfaces polished till they gleam,...