Culture

Inside L.A.'s Most Cavernous Bookstore

A short documentary tours the quirky interior of a bibliophile’s paradise.

The façade is an old bank building, buttoned-up and lofty. It “tricks you,” says Chad Howitt, a documentary filmmaker who trained his eye on the quirky, labyrinthine interior of The Last Bookstore, a resolute paperback haven in Downtown L.A.