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7 October 2010

Film Foundation tribute gears up @ LACMA

Guest writer Doug Cummings previews LACMA’s latest series, “20th Anniversary Tribute to the Film Foundation” and makes a few key recommendations. [...]

30 March 2010

“King of Comedy” at TCM Film Festival

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Comedian Jerry Lewis hosts a screening of Martin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy” at the upcoming TCM Film Festival in Hollywood. Lewis may have learned about talk shows from my father, Mike Levine, [...]

20 January 2010

Martin Scorsese lectures at LACMA

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High expectations of meaningful dialogue between LACMA Director Michael Govan and filmmaker Martin Scorsese were dashed when a canned presentation on the merits of film presentation replaced a reality-based conversation. [...]

12 October 2009

Red hair, red shoes

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The Red Shoes’ huge blast of technicolor transforms red-headed Moira Shearer into an unspeakably firey, unearthly creature … her neat figure, fair complexion, and carrot top adding to her uber-deliciousness as a dance-besotted ballerina-heroine. [...]