In the 1974 film "Chinatown," there's deceit, deception and murder, as well as a timeless Los Angeles protagonist -- water. Having debuted 50 years ago this week, "Chinatown" is set against a race ...

Sam Hall Kaplan was one of the first critics to pay attention to the urban landscape of Los Angeles starting ... to New York in a year or two. That was nearly fifty years ago.” ...