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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Brian de Palma, Arthur Penn, Oliver Stone, Kathryn Bigelow, Sandy Hook Elementary School
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Cinematheque shines spotlight on director Michael Cimino
The American Cinematheque shines the spotlight on Oscar-winning director Michael Cimino with a three-day retrospective at the Egyptian in Hollywood. Cimino worked in advertising before turning to filmmaking. He co-wrote "Magnum Force," the 1973 "Dirty...
Tags: Fred Savage, Alfred Hitchcock, Academy Awards, Clara Bow, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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The age of epics: Kenneth Turan's DVD picks of the week
With home entertainment systems featuring screens as big as the Ritz, it’s a good time to look at some recent DVD and Blu-ray releases of celebrated epics from the recent past. At the top of everyone’s list of intelligent epics is David...Tags: Ceremonies, Christopher Walken, Blade Runner (movie), Arts and Culture, Lawrence of Arabia (movie)
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Dino De Laurentiis: The last emperor of Hollywood producers
The Big PictureI remember having drinks one night with an ambitious young producer who was still trying to find his place in the industry. But he already knew his role model — Dino De Laurentiis. And why? “Because regardless of whether the...... -
Andy Albeck dies at 89; former head of United Artists
![Andy Albeck, a former longtime United Artists executive whose tenure as president and chief executive<b> </b>in the late 1970s and early '80s<b> </b>was clouded by the high-profile failure of the epic western "Heaven's Gate," has died. He was 89.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/56603532-07221452-187105.jpg "Andy Albeck, a former longtime United Artists executive whose tenure as president and chief executive<b> </b>in the late 1970s and early '80s<b> </b>was clouded by the high-profile failure of the epic western "Heaven's Gate,\" has died. He was 89.")
Andy Albeck, a former longtime United Artists executive whose tenure as president and chief executive in the late 1970s and early '80s was clouded by the high-profile failure of the epic western "Heaven's Gate," has died. He was 89.
Albeck died of...Tags: New York University, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Forestry and Timber, Management Change, Career and Workplace
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Women and Power in Hollywood
The Daily MirrorFeb. 22, 1980: Is it possible to say “Michael Cimino’s upcoming film, ‘Heaven’s Gate.’ ” and not shudder? Producer Joann Carelli has exactly one credit on imdb after “Heaven’s Gate,” “The Sicilian.”... -
Wednesday's Highlights: Adam Richman chows down on Travel Channel
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 28 - March 6 in PDF format This week's TV Movies MEATY: Adam Richman hosts the new food-themed travelogue "Man vs. Food Presents Carnivore" at 9 p.m. on Travel....... -
War movies and the Oscars: It's always hell
The Big PictureIf "The Hurt Locker" wins the Oscar for best picture Sunday night -- and at this stage, the race is really down to either "Avatar" or the Kathryn Bigelow-directed film about bomb disposal experts in Iraq -- it will be...... -
Steven Bach dies at 70; United Artists executive, author
As a studio executive at United Artists, Steven Bach presided over one of the most notorious debacles in movie history -- the making of 1980's "Heaven's Gate" -- an experience he would later write about in what would become a classic in the Hollywood...Tags: Marlene Dietrich, Obituaries, Isabelle Huppert, Leni Riefenstahl, Manhattan (New York City)
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'My Blueberry Nights' to open Cannes Film Festival
![PARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition. Festival organizers announced the official lineup for the main competition and the Un Certain Regard sidebar Thursday morning in Paris as well as outlining various concurrent events.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23038102.jpg "PARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights\" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition. Festival organizers announced the official lineup for the main competition and the Un Certain Regard sidebar Thursday morning in Paris as well as outlining various concurrent events.")
Special to The TimesPARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition....Tags: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Cannes Film Festival
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MGM Puts Cruise In Charge of New United Artists
Zap2It.comMGM is entrusting Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner with rekindling the dormant United Artists brand. It was announced on Thursday (Nov. 2) that MGM is bringing the United Artists banner back as the company's operating partner. Cruise and Wagner will have...Tags: Cinema Industry, Movies, Tom Cruise, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Pickford
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Tapping into new terrain
Sun Television CriticThe Wire returns to HBO tonight for its second season with a new locale and a groundbreaking exploration of life in working-class America. The critically acclaimed series is still set in Baltimore, but rather than the drug world of inner-city high-rise...Tags: Pablo Schreiber, Idris Elba, Academy Awards, Employees, The Godfather (movie)
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