The Library Bar sits nestled away in a small, dark corner of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. But in this small room, something big is happening.

The title “The Dilemma” may refer to whether you tell your best friend his wife’s cheating on him, but the bigger dilemma in this movie seems to be how it can call itself a comedy when everyone in it is so angry the whole time.

In 1991, experimental filmmaker Ernie Gehr directed a 41-minute film from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

Reese Witherspoon is, in a word, sparkly.

The mere idea of turning a video game into a live-action film is ambitious enough, with cinematic masterpieces such as “Super Mario Bros.” (1993) setting the bar. How can you top Dennis Hopper shooting lasers at John Leguizamo while giant lizard men roam around? “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” may boast a larger budget and 17 years’ worth of new technology, but neither saves it from sinking in the quicksand.

Under the foggy haze of the stage lights at Koreatown’s El Rey Theatre on May 20, Swedish imports Shout Out Louds took the stage on the last leg of its North American tour.

This weekend, flocks of folks will flee to the fields of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, about 144 miles away from UCLA, for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

The stage of Jan Popper Theater was set with two stools and one table holding six unopened water bottles, and it was soon to be joined by Academy Award-winner Robin Williams.

Sweden has given us both IKEA and the Shout Out Louds. They both offer five-piece sets but one of them comes already assembled.

Demetri Martin is about to kick off the second season of his Comedy Central sketch show “Important Things with Demetri Martin,” but first he’ll make a stop at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre on Tuesday to try out some new material.