Tom Teicholz

America , the new film from Israeli director Ofir Raul Grazier, of The Cakemaker fame, opens this weekend at select theaters in New York, LA, Encino, Delray

What I've been Enjoying this week: Stax: Soulsville USA; Alta Journal: The Summer Read; Khruangbin, A La Sala; and the hot dog at the Penmar

In honor of Bastille Day, here are some French inspired recommendations of what to read, watch, listen to, and where to eat.

This week the Holocaust Museum LA's Teicholz Film series presents: Son of Saul. An amazing, intense look at inmates working in the extermination area of Auschwitz Birkenau and their revolt.

Bodytraffic company performance. At the end of May and early in June, I went to two dance performances by the and by , each Los Angeles

Gordon Parks, Department Store Mobile Alabama, 1956 “An objective reporter with a subjective heart,” is how Gordon Parks described himself, and

Bite Your Friends: Stories of the Body Militant by Fernanda Eberstadt (Europa Editions)

Summer is time to indulge in a good mystery featuring a damaged detective in a far-off locale, that can be read in a day or two or even faster because I just can’t stop.

Joan Quinn by Shepard Fairey from the Quinn Family Art Collection exhibited at the Laguna Art Museum

What can I say? Sometimes it takes a bad movie or series to make you feel good. The Instigators, Bad Monkey and Troppo are three watchable movies and series.