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17 October 2011

The latest from Leo the Lion

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A screening of a 1975 art film mock-up of MGM’s “Leo the Lion” couples funnily with real MGM memories. [...]

8 October 2011

LA Filmforum contributes “Alternative Projections” to Pacific Standard Time

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Los Angeles Filmforum screens a wonderful line up of short experimental films under the rubric of Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 on October 16 with Industry Town: The Avant-Garde and Hollywood. [...]

31 October 2010

USC festival to screen historic LA experimental films

A three-day symposium that aims to expand understanding of how experimental filmmaking evolved in Los Angeles and to contextualize its place in postwar art history. [...]

10 August 2010

Kenneth Anger recalls blacklisted Jack Cole dancers

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Experimental filmmaker Kenneth Anger recalls the impact a group of blacklisted Jack Cole dancers had on his life.

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2 August 2009

Why film community matters

In this coming Sunday’s Los Angeles Times Calendar section you will find my article about choreographer Jack Cole who coached Marilyn Monroe in movement over the course of six of her films. Most famously, he choreographed “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Jack Cole also choreographed “Put the Blame on Mame” for Rita Hayworth in [...]