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Burt Lancaster a presence to be reckoned with
Burt Lancaster was the first movie star I ever met. I've encountered others since, but the circumstances have never been so dramatic. The year was 1971 and I was a young reporter for the Washington Post covering the Cannes Film Festival on my own dime....Tags: Luchino Visconti, Festive Events, Movies, Cannes Film Festival, The Washington Post
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Reagan legacy will survive Chicago wrecking ball
Change of SubjectWednesday's print column Ronald Reagan's childhood home is demolished at 832 E. 57th Street in Chicago, April 2, 2013. The building sits at the corner of Maryland and 57th Street across from The Center for Care and Discovery - The...... -
American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'
German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...
Tags: John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, Gael Garcia Bernal, Tim Rice, Rock Hudson
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ and the art of the opening title sequence
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesDisney has released the opening title sequence for Sam Raimi's $200-million fantasy “Oz the Great and Powerful” online, and before ...... -
Award-winning Italian and French classics on tap this week
Italian classic films directed by masters of cinema Federico Fellini, Vittorio de Sica and Michelangelo Antonioni will be vying for viewers' attention Thursday evening. The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood presents Fellini's...
Tags: Grand Illusion (movie), Preston Sturges, Sylvia Sidney, Culture, Jerry Lewis
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UCLA Festival of Preservation turns spotlight on Julie Harris, TV
The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation turns its spotlight on the small screen with a tribute Saturday to the television work of an award-winning actress and a celebration March 23 of an acclaimed but short-lived ABC anthology...
Tags: Jean Cocteau, Entertainment Events, Hayley Mills, Theodore Bikel, Rockefeller Center
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Altman, Pacino and Hope and Crosby among weekend highlights
An early film by Robert Atman, a sneak preview of Al Pacino as Phil Spector and a Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture double bill are among the highlights this weekend. The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation offers a rare...Tags: Sean Connery, David Mamet, MASH (tv program), Bing Crosby, Culture
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David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights
Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...
Tags: The Sting (movie), Easy Rider (movie), Kris Kristofferson, Cuba, Kevin Spacey
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Kim Novak: Top of the world in ‘Vertigo’ and in her life
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelKim Novak stars in the movie acclaimed the greatest of all time, yet she is critical of her contributions to “Vertigo.” “I don't think it's one of my best works, but to have been part of something that has been accepted makes me feel... -
The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...Tags: Montgomery Clift, Edith Head, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Anne Hathaway, Double Indemnity (movie)
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The Contenders: 'Southern Wild' screenwriter's heart went against the beat
"Hushpuppy grabs a baby chick and puts it to her ear. A TINY HEARTBEAT. She listens with focused wonder and intensity." —from the "Beasts of the Southern Wild" screenplay Can we please drive a stake through the heart of the Screenwriting 101...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Entertainment Events, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Indiana Jones (fictional character), Sundance Film Festival
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Blu-ray Review: A bit of a 'Titanic' waste
There are literally dozens of movies about the Titanic; this 1953 Hollywood version is one of the three best-known (the other two being Roy Ward Baker's “A Night to Remember” and James Cameron's modest little 1997 chamber drama). Like Cameron,...
Tags: Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, James Cameron, Jean Negulesco, Entertainment
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