Stories by Ella Taylor

Pulp Diction

Posted on Apr 4, 2005, Source: LA Weekly

Exquisitely stylish noir, 'Sin City' is just the thing for the aging misogynist or alienated teen boy in your life.

Deep Throat Doc

Posted on Feb 11, 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.

The 'Incredibles' Shrinking Man

Posted on Dec 2, 2004, Source: LA Weekly

The 'Incredibles' is the latest installment in Hollywood's chronicling of the individual in an increasingly corporate world.

Wild About Harry

Posted on Jun 7, 2004, Source: LA Weekly

Harry Potter's creator is a committed populist who never met an underdog she didn’t like; finally, with the latest Potter film comes a director who speaks for the Frankenstein monster in all of us.

Hitler's Other Director

Posted on Apr 18, 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.

Occupation Revisited

Posted on Jan 12, 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.

The Left Eats Its Own at KPFK

Posted on Mar 29, 2002, 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.