To Live and Die in L.A.

Going into William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. I felt an odd sense of familiarity with the title. The sense that I knew exactly what I was getting into or perhaps had even seen it in the distant past, however, I didn't remember a single thing. I found myself questioning it throughout, but ultimately came to the conclusion that this was the first time, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. To Live and Die in L.A. is ex…

If the current trends of Hollywood filmmaking continue, we are probably five or six years away from the moment when the 1980s would become the next Golden Age of movie nostalgia. Although some Hollywood products already use the last decade as a background for their stories (mostly in ironic way, like *Grosse Pointe Blank* and *Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion*), some time should pass before the good memories of…