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From COSTUME BALLS and CALAVERAS to HAUNTED HOUSES and CORN MAZES, nobody does the holiday like the city of angels--or is that devils? DEAD OR ALIVE: AN ANCIENT MEXICAN HOLIDAY [...]

* From bowling alleys and Bollywood workouts to driving ranges and dog beaches, we share the city's brightest spots DRIVING RANGE * IF YOU'RE looking to squeeze in a few [...]

* From western wear and makeup bars to lamps and bike repair, we've got the city's top goods and services in the bag DIRT * NOT ALL dirt is created [...]

* From meatballs and oyster bars to beignets and candy stores, we present the city's most delicious morsels KIMCHI * A DISH that incorporates all manner of fermented vegetables, kimchi [...]

Actors, comedians, filmmakers and childhood friends Mike Akel and Chris Mass had two comedic short films under their belts when they decided to take a temporary break from filmmaking. During [...]

It's an epic musical battle that melds raw talent, expert technique, fierce ambition and world-class showmanship, playing out on a worldwide stage before throngs of enthused fans. The event? An [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin During the three decades since its release, the much-loved documentary Grey Gardens has become a classic of verite filmmaking and one of the most enduring portraits of [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin To create Ugly Betty, a breakout hit of the fall 2006 TV season, show developer Silvio Horta and Executive Producer Salma Hayek cleverly transformed popular Colombian telenovela [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin During production on the 2005 film The Boys of Baraka, a documentary about a group of boys from the poorest district of Baltimore who are sent to [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Al Franken: God Spoke had its unlikely beginnings in an aborted documentary about Rev. Al Sharpton's run for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. Filmmaker Chris Hegedus, who [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Shooting a long race, whether by car or by foot, is a unique production challenge. But shooting the Iditarod, a 1,000-mile dogsled race through some of the [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin After three seasons and 30 episodes of success on Comedy Central, Strangers with Candy has finally made its way to the big screen, bringing with it every [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Having traversed nearly every country on the planet, Globe Trekker can be called the world's most global travel show. Each episode is hosted by a lone traveler [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Thanks to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine, the dreaded 'Seinfeld curse' may finally be broken. Following the massive success of that [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin If you've ever watched a film and wondered why it received the rating that it did, then you're probably as puzzled as the people who made it. [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin 'I don't do documentaries,' declares Director Larry Clark. That statement might come as a surprise to both fans and critics of his movies, which are known for [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Thanks to actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and CBS' The New Adventures of Old Christine, the dreaded 'Seinfeld curse' may finally be broken. Following the massive success of that [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, who collaborated in 2001 on the drama The Fluffer, came up with the idea for their latest film when they were asked [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Awesome: I F***in' Shot That! may well be the first (though probably not the last) music documentary inspired by a teenager's Web posting. In another first, the [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Awesome: I F***in' Shot That! may well be the first (though probably not the last) music documentary inspired by a teenager's Web posting. The film also marks [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Editor Tim Squyres spent the better part of 2005 editing Syriana, one of this year's most structurally complex films and certain to be an Oscar contender. Squyres [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin The documentary film The Hobart Shakespeareans is ostensibly a documentary about a class of fifth graders at one of the poorest schools in Los Angeles who mount [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Reality TV shifted into a higher gear when Pinks debuted June 29 on the SPEED channel (see www.pinks.tv). Created by host and Executive Producer Richard Christensen, Pinks [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Bluefish, fluke, flounder, cod, sea bass, tuna, bonito, albacore... If these are more than just restaurant menu options to you, then you're probably familiar with the world [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Following in the illustrious footsteps of the Osbourne family, Anna Nicole Smith and Jessica Simpson, R&B artist Bobby Brown has become the star of his own reality [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Murderball. The name alone is an indicator of how punishing this sport can be. No, murderball is not the pastime of gladiators in some post-apocalyptic future; it's [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Rarely do art and science meet to forge such a happy medium as in March of the Penguins, a French feature-length documentary following the winter migration of [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin In 2000, NBC bought Telemundo and received two additional stations as part of the deal: KYTB and KVEA (the Telemundo flagship station, located in Los Angeles). When [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin The idea for Mad Hot Ballroom originated with the film's producer and writer, Amy Sewell, who had written a newspaper article about the mandatory ballroom dancing program [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin The world of burlesque receives the reality show treatment in Bravo's latest series. Like the art form itself, a slow striptease with the emphasis on tease rather [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin It's probably one of the most grueling road races in the history of the sport: a 40-hour, 1,000-mile ordeal that takes riders from Ensenada on the northern [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin The CBS show JAG recently marked a significant event: the first primetime network television broadcast of footage shot in the HDV format. Like its spin-off, Navy NCIS: [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin At NAB 2005, German manufacturer Digital Video Systems (DVS) will release version 2.0 of Clipster, a digital intermediate and HD real-time online editing, conforming and finishing system. [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin After making the romantic drama Bounce, Don Roos, the writer/director behind the scathingly funny 1998 film Opposite of Sex, returns to the screen with Happy Endings, an [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Editor Jay Lash Cassidy has cut all of Sean Penn's directorial efforts-1991's The Indian Runner, 1995's The Crossing Guard, 2001's The Pledge and, most recently, the American [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin For several years, filmmakers and the industry they support have been hyping a new era of moviemaking heralded by the advent of digital video cameras and high-end [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Kevin Tent had edited all of Director Alexander Payne's previous features-Citizen Ruth, Election, About Schmidt-so it was no surprise when the filmmaker called on him for his [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin This year at the Sundance Film Festival, an unconventional music documentary took home the Grand Jury Prize. Shot over seven years and culled from almost 2,000 hours [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin In June 2004, Media 100 sold its assets to Optibase Ltd. for $2.5 million in a pre-packaged bankruptcy proceeding. Now a business unit of the digital video [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Let's Rock Again! is a documentary film featuring the late Joe Strummer-formerly of legendary rock band The Clash and most recently of The Mescaleros. Filmmaker Dick Rude [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Metallica: Some Kind of Monster was intended to be a typical promo piece: a behind-the-scenes look at the world's most popular heavy metal band and the recording [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin The Directors Guild of America's National Board approved adjustments to its contract terms for reality programs produced for primetime broadcast on networks, syndication and pay television (including [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Jeremy Coon pulled double duty on Napoleon Dynamite. Actually, he pulled more than that. His two main roles were as producer and editor, but in the latter [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin For Dogtown and Z-Boys, the acclaimed documentary about the rise of skateboarding culture in Venice, California, in the 1970s, Cinematographer Peter Pilafian worked closely with Director Stacy [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin More than just a TV show, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is a cultural phenomenon that has transcended its reality show medium and turned its hosts [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin Though their subjects varied widely, three of this year's Academy Award-nominated documentaries had one crucial thing in common. Nominees My Architect and Capturing the Friedmans, as well [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin If you think of the National Basketball Association as simply a league of officials that organize and oversee professional basketball games, think again. The NBA is more [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin When Matt Mahurin wanted to make a film, he didn't have to look further for a subject than one of his favorite gastronomic haunts, Shopsin's, a small [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin 'Each editing system has a slightly different way of looking at the material. It's like wearing a different set of glasses.' That's acclaimed editor Walter Murch (The [...]

Byline: Elina Shatkin This is the first of a three-part series reviewing the production of Elina Shatkin's new DV short, 25. Log on to www.2-pop.com to read an extended version [...]