Film Archives ~ L.A. TACO

LA’s Six Most Iconic Horror Movie Houses and Where To Find Them

Hadley Tomicki — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:00:00 +0000

Some of the most iconic horror movie addresses are right here in our backyard and you may drive by them every day while dodging traffic! This guide is perfect for planning your own Halloween-timed tour of horror’s greatest film locations.

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The L.A. Filming Locations of ‘Kill Bill: Vol. 1’ 20 Years Later

Jared Cowan — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:10:39 +0000

Here are all the locations in L.A. County where Quentin Tarantino shot his iconic pop-saccharine, action-revenge saga, Kill Bill, including the infamous Two Pines Wedding Chapel and many more spots that are still around.

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Blue Beetle Beat Barbie, But It Still Doesn’t Fix Hollywood’s Latino Representation Problem

Monica Castillo — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:30:00 +0000

Despite the success of Blue Beetle, Latinos remain the most underrepresented group in films.

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Revisiting the L.A. Filming Locations of ‘Poetic Justice’ 30 Years Later

Jared Cowan — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:11:56 +0000

Poetic Justice, Singleton’s sophomore feature film, was released on July 23, 1993. It marked a tonal shift from his seismic feature debut Boyz N the Hood. In Poetic Justice, street violence, addiction, and racial injustice serve as the foundation upon which a love story is built.

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‘Trash-Mex’ Is a Film Festival Highlighting Mexico’s Horror Films With Cult Followings

Noe Adame — Fri, 12 May 2023 18:43:59 +0000

Tales of terror and witchcraft, sensational heroics versus evil monsters, and true-to-life grit and drama with unchecked machismo and explosive action. If you are a horror movie fanatic, there is a new film festival in town to check out. It includes some rare films that never even had a proper theatrical run until now.

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Looking Back at Five L.A. Film Locations from Dennis Hopper’s ‘Colors,’ 35 Years Later

Jared Cowan — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:27:17 +0000

Film location manager Kojo Lewis tells L.A. TACO that the 1988 movie Colors was dropped in his lap when he got a call from a colleague. Lewis recalls the contact telling him, “I’ve got a feature that I’m working on and I’ve got a lot of locations. We’re going to be filming in South L.A. […]

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The Taco Oscars: The 15 Best Appearances By a Taco or Tortilla In a Feature Film

Hadley Tomicki — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 18:57:00 +0000

Our favorite scenes from movie history center on food, from Charlie Chaplin, making his dinner rolls boogie and Violet Beauregarde getting her comeuppance to an imprisoned Paul Sorvino slicing garlic to every Capo’s paper-thin ideal in Goodfellas and whatever the fuck that dude is thinking with a live octopus in Old Boy. But where, for […]

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Photographing the Schools of ‘Stand and Deliver’ 35 Years Later

Jared Cowan — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:41:10 +0000

Behind the desk of Hollenbeck Middle School’s principal is a shrine of sorts dedicated to prominent Garfield High School math teacher, the late Jaime Escalante (1930 – 2010). Images of Escalante are situated on top of a bookshelf; a framed display of the United States Postal Service’s 2016 Escalante stamp hangs on the wall. Our […]

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The Friday Photo Essay: Capturing Historic-Filipinotown Culture On a Film Camera

Lexis-Olivier Ray — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 22:25:08 +0000

L.A. TACO is embarking on its biggest mission yet: to create a taco and food guide for every single neighborhood in Los Angeles! Along the way, we will also be releasing brief histories of each neighborhood to understand L.A. a little more and celebrate how each and every neighborhood makes our fine city the best in […]

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Revisiting ‘Born in East L.A.’ Film Locations 35 Years Later With Cheech Marin

Jared Cowan — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 18:14:31 +0000

In Born in East L.A., Cheech Marin, playing Eastside native and auto mechanic Rudy Robles, arrives at a toy factory to pick up Javier (Paul Rodriguez), a cousin from Mexico that he doesn’t know. An overhead conveyor line moves stuffed penguins and bears throughout the factory. “I remember looking at a lot of toy factories,” […]

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