This post was updated Oct. 20 at 8:21 p.m.
A goodbye only lasts a moment, but its weight can linger for a lifetime.
J. Robert Schulz’s debut feature film “Chrysalis” follows lingering threads of love, loss and memory.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 7:35 p.m.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
In Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” the mountains are not the only things on the verge of collapse.

This post was updated Oct. 1 at 8:43 p.m.
With wood-paneled walls lined with pictures of movie stars, red leather booths and Hollywood history, Burbank’s Smoke House Restaurant has been a Los Angeles institution for 80 years – and for good reason.

This post was updated Sept. 28 at 8:55 p.m.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Robert Pattinson’s thrilling performance brings the infamous world of “To Catch a Predator” to the big screen in Lance Oppenheim’s latest film, “Primetime.”
Released Friday, the film is based on Dateline NBC’s hit show from the 2000s.

This post was updated Sept. 18 at 3:26 p.m.
On the night of July 26, nearly 1,400 strangers and I experienced something none of us could have fathomed.

This post was updated Aug 9 at 1:16 p.m.
Two hours before the movie even began, hundreds of excited moviegoers were lined up to see “The Odyssey” at the newly renovated Fox Westwood Village Theater.

Thirty minutes before opening, Moo’s Craft Barbecue already had a line of over 20 hungry customers waiting to feast.
After trying the food, it’s not hard to see why.

This post was updated July 26 at 5:25 p.m.
It is often said that the secret to the famous New York City bagel is in the water, but at Jyan Isaac Bread in Santa Monica, it’s the expertise baked into every loaf.

This post was updated July 20 at 12:17 a.m.
Raising Cane’s opened in Westwood on Monday after a three-year wait.
The Louisiana-based fried chicken restaurant held its grand opening on the corner of Broxton Avenue and Weyburn Avenue at 8 a.m., featuring a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways, a live DJ, face painting and a caricature artist.

As campus wound down for the weekend this spring, one classroom buzzed with eager students, cultural connection and Cantonese conversation.
Cheer Wu, a doctoral student in Chinese linguistics, began teaching an informal Cantonese course every Friday after meeting Cantonese speakers as a teaching assistant in the Chinese department.