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It was an immediate classic, Beholder and Songbird battling to the wire in last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff. In the end, the 6-year-old champion Beholder beat the 3-year-old Songbird by what couldn't have been more than a nostril.

One’s pulse isn’t given much of a pounding in Michael Apted’s “Unlocked,” a straight-ahead political thriller that fails to ratchet up the requisite tension despite its timely subject matter and (largely) effective cast.

“Polina,” a dance movie based on a graphic novel, reaches a gorgeous crescendo in its final sequence: The title character (screen newcomer Anastasia Shevtsova), having taken a few detours from her presumed career path in classical ballet, steps into the spotlight as a choreographer. The work she...

The expansion of rosters across the major leagues on Friday will afford the Dodgers an opportunity to display the hierarchy of its young outfielders.

The only thing possibly less pleasant than airport delays and cancellations is watching “The Layover.” Second-tier airline safety videos are more entertaining than this fourth-rate comedy. Flight attendants on Southwest’s less-traveled routes are far funnier than the cast here. Watching a lonely...

The woman’s body was revealed as floodwaters receded, washed up against the green metal fence surrounding her apartment complex.

Simon Barrett’s scripts for Adam Wingard’s “You’re Next” and “The Guest” created two of the best genre releases this decade, but there’s no evidence of his fingerprints on “Temple.” Not only does this standard horror film from first-time director Michael Barrett (no relation) lack the writer’s...

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” is being rereleased in a digitally remastered 4K edition of the director’s cut. This review was originally published Nov. 18, 1977. Charles Champlin was a former Times’ arts editor, film critic and columnist.

The Cairo depicted in writer-director Tarik Saleh’s “Nile Hilton Incident,” a police thriller that unfolds in the weeks leading up to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, is as ready-made for big city noir as it is for a historic uprising.

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it had picked a former official at for-profit DeVry University to head an Education Department unit that polices colleges for student aid fraud.

With the weakened remnants of former Hurricane Harvey delivering drenching rainfall and yet more flooding Thursday, Houston and the vast area already hammered by the massive storm grappled with fresh perils as the waters began to recede, leaving behind a stew of toxic muck.

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it had picked a former official at for-profit DeVry University to head an Education Department unit that polices colleges for student aid fraud.

“Heat and Dust” is being rereleased in a new 4K restoration. This review was originally published Nov. 9, 1983. Kevin Thomas reviewed films for The Times for nearly 50 years.

Before director Kevin Greutert helmed “Saw VI” and “Jessabelle,” he was the editor on the terrific home-invasion thriller “The Strangers.” Greutert’s new horror film “Jackals” (written by Jared Rivet) feels disappointingly derivative of the movie he worked on a decade ago, but at least he knows...

Although “Valley of Bones” features some potentially intriguing plot elements and a vivid backdrop, this earnest quasi-crime thriller, directed by Dan Glaser, takes too long to gain momentum and deliver the requisite action and suspense.

To the editor: My heart aches for the flood victims. Like all Americans, I strongly support doing everything we can. This is what America does: We stand together, regardless of geography, political party or personal need. Our country was founded on the truth that we are stronger when we stand together....

The Angels are close to swinging a surprise trade for slugging Detroit outfielder Justin Upton, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the deal has not yet been finalized.

“A Very Sordid Wedding,” Del Shores’ belated sequel to his 2000 cult-hit indie film “Sordid Lives” (based on his play, which also spawned a short-lived TV series), is as broad as the side of a barn but much more amusing.

To the editor: Memo to the Honorable Sen. Dianne Feinstein from California: After witnessing what is absolutely the most chaotic, scandal-filled first eight months of any administration in our nation’s history, you ask for patience? You say that Donald Trump can still be a good president? (“California...

Remember the Oscar that Denzel Washington almost won earlier this year for “Fences”?

Glendale is known for its stunning Spanish architecture, but the city is also home to a large collection of single-family Craftsman homes that were built between 1900 and 1925.