John Garfield

With the 85th Academy Awards taking place Sunday at the Dolby Theatre, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinematheque are presenting Oscar-related programs that shine the spotlight on nominees in various fields. Actor...

Jeanine Basinger's "I Do and I Don't: A History of Marriage in the Movies" (Alfred A. Knopf: 432 pp., $30) is a breezy, fun excursion into Hollywood's presentation of matrimony, from the earliest days of cinema through the modern era. But rather than...

Elizabeth Mary Nigh, 98, of 154 Artizan St. in Williamsport, Md., passed away Friday, May 25, 2012, at Williamsport Retirement Village. Born Tuesday, June 24, 1913, in Williamsport, she was the daughter of the late John Garfield Henry and the late Ada...

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and producer James Schamus will be on hand at the Film Independent at LACMA screening Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater of their seminal 2005 drama "Brokeback Mountain."...

"Magic Mike," Steven Soderbergh's dramatic comedy set in the world of male strippers, will have its world premiere as the closing night program of the Los Angeles Film Festival next month. The film, which stars Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum,...

Harry Morgan, who died Wednesday at age 96, could command your attention while still seeming quite ordinary. That was Harry Morgan's particular magic....

The week's lineup includes Golden Globe foreign language nominees, a comedian's film festival and a sneak preview of the new action thriller "The Grey."...

Peter Falk, the gravel-voiced actor who became an enduring television icon portraying Lt. Columbo, the rumpled raincoat-wearing Los Angeles police homicide detective who always had "just one more thing" to ask a suspect, died Thursday. He was 83. Falk,...

Another tale from "The Gangster Squad": Who really owned Slapsy Maxie's nightclub?...

Of special note: TCM on Saturday, Aug. 6, salutes Lucille Ball, one of TV's greatest stars, who gained her training over many years in the movies. Viewers will get to see her Technicolor beauty in "Du Barry Was a Lady," her teaming with Desi Arnaz in "The...

"Dateline NBC" features Richard Engel's report on the Battle of Wanat in Afghanistan in 2008. The U.S. casualties were nine killed and 27 wounded. Engel explains the campaign by soldiers' families to learn what had happened. The program airs at 7 p.m....

In Michael Feeney Callan's fawning new biography, we get plenty of the actor, director and environmentalist we already know but only a tantalizing, too-brief glimpse of a young man we almost never hear about: Charles Robert Redford Jr., Angeleno. From...