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Jay Roach on life before he was a star director: 'It's good to learn to be miserable'
The Big PictureHollywood has always been madly in love with its boy wonders. The mythology of show business is all about celebrating the wondrous tales of overnight stardom. Everyone knows the stories behind how Orson Welles made "Citizen Kane" when he was...... -
Happy anniversaries: 'Breathless' and 'Jaws'
Talking PicturesThe fundamental things apply: Belmondo and Seberg in "Breathless." What a pair of anniversaries we're celebrating today! Fifty years ago, Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" opened in Paris, where Godard shot it, pell-mell, the year before. In a single,... -
'The Illusion' at Court Theatre: Life is a dream, is a dream, is a dream
The Theater LoopTHEATER REVIEW: "The Illusion" ★★★ Through April 11 at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave.; Running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes; Tickets: $38-56 at 773-753-4472. We’re all familiar with the play within a play, as when Hamlet’s players enact a...... -
Blacklisted Director Jules Dassin Dies at 96
Jules Dassin, the blacklisted American filmmaker who was a master of film noir, directing such classics as "Brute Force," "The Naked City" and "Rififi," died Monday in an Athens hospital. He was 96. The cause of death was not made public. The...Tags: England, Tony Awards, NPR, Death, Crimes
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'The Page Turner'
![From Alexander Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" through Francois Truffaut's version of "The Bride Wore Black," no one has understood the old proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold as well as the French. Now, in "The Page Turner," comes perhaps the iciest version of delayed vengeance yet.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-03/28690662.jpg "From Alexander Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo\" through Francois Truffaut's version of \"The Bride Wore Black,\" no one has understood the old proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold as well as the French. Now, in \"The Page Turner,\" comes perhaps the iciest version of delayed vengeance yet.")
Times Staff WriterFrom Alexander Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo" through Francois Truffaut's version of "The Bride Wore Black," no one has understood the old proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold as well as the French. Now, in "The Page Turner," comes...Tags: Family, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Academy Awards
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'For Ever Godard' celebrates a New Wave master
Special to The TimesJean-Luc Godard is not merely the iconoclastic, indefatigable enfant terrible of France's New Wave but one of the most idiosyncratic and important filmmakers of the 20th century, whose innovative spirit continues to flourish into the 21st. His...Tags: Claude Chabrol, Comedy (genre), Anna Karina, University of California, Los Angeles, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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In tackling the big questions, Antonioni raised the bar for filmmakers
Special to The Times++++++++++++++++++++ || || ++++++++++++++++++++ How ironic -- yet oddly fitting -- that Michelangelo Antonioni should die in Italy, at 94, the day after Ingmar Bergman died at 89 in Sweden. At the time of their deaths they were arguably Europe's two...Tags: England, DVDs and Movies, Claude Chabrol, Death, Italy
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Movie Review: 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
It took a screenplay set among Americans in Spain for Woody Allen to make his most French film yet. "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" plays like a conscious attempt at a freewheeling artifact of the French New Wave, particularly Francois Truffaut's "Jules and...Tags: Woody Allen, French Movies, Penelope Cruz, Cannes Film Festival, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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Screening process
Tribune Newspapersfew pages into "The Film Club," the smart new memoir by Canadian film critic David Gilmour, it becomes clear that if he ever saw any of MGM's squeaky-clean Andy Hardy movies while growing up, they left little impression on him. It's doubtful that the...Tags: MGM Inc., Harvey Keitel, Gary Cooper, Death, David Gilmour
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12 upcoming remakes of Hollywood sci-fi classics
Hollywood, Back to the Future: Top filmmakers have already dipped into the sci-fi vault for 21st century remakes of "The War of the Worlds," "The Planet of the Apes" and the upcoming "The Day the Earth Stood Still," so what's next on the revival list?...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Dan Aykroyd, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson
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His passions propel 'International' director Tom Tykwer
Moral ambiguity and human complexity aren't qualities usually associated with action films, but for German director Tom Tykwer, they're essential parts of the mix. Great thrillers must not only work on a genre level but also contain moral perspectives as...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Genres, Death, Naomi Watts, Guggenheim Museum
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TCM at the Magnolia - Jules et Jim- Free Screening
Thursday, June 18, 2009. 7:00P Magnolia
TCM at The Magnolia continues with a screening of Francois Truffaut's classic, Jules et Jim (1962). Screening is free and you can pick up your tickets at the box office on the day of the show while supplies last.
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