Stories by Ella Taylor
Exquisitely stylish noir, 'Sin City' is just the thing for the aging misogynist or alienated teen boy in your life.
Posted on Apr 4, 2005, Source: LA Weekly
A new documentary on the 'most successful indie film ever made' is at its best when it follows the lives of those who made it.
Posted on Feb 11, 2005, Source: LA Weekly
The 'Incredibles' is the latest installment in Hollywood's chronicling of the individual in an increasingly corporate world.
Posted on Dec 2, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
Harry Potter's creator is a committed populist who never met an underdog she didnt like; finally, with the latest Potter film comes a director who speaks for the Frankenstein monster in all of us.
Posted on Jun 7, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
A new documentary on the life of German-Jewish artist Kurt Gerron, who helped create Nazi propaganda, asks disturbing questions of the rest of us.
Posted on Apr 18, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
This mid-60s re-release recounting France's brutal occupation of Algeria provides some unsettling possibilities for the United States' future in Iraq.
Posted on Jan 12, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
Ella Taylor claims the battle at the L.A. Pacifica radio station reveals the widening abyss between two factions of aging sixties radicals. KPFK board member David Adelson disagrees.
Posted on Mar 29, 2002, Source: LA Weekly