26 August 2010

Antonioni’s sophisticated chick flick

We loved LACMA’s screening of an early Antonioni film “Le Amiche” (“The Girlfriends”) from 1955. [...]

11 July 2010

All hail Travis Banton, Paramount Studios costumer

The opening program of LACMA’s salute to the American comedies of German-born director Ernst Lubitsch featured exquisite evening gowns for the two films’ leading ladies. [...]

9 July 2010

Ernst Lubitsch’s 90-minute tour of paradise

Tonight opens LACMA’s 16-film retrospective of the American-made comedies either produced or directed by Ernst Lubitsch [...]

30 May 2010

Robert Ryan fan club

with stanwyck in clash by night (1952 dir fritz lang)arts·meme, when she is not kvelling on symphony or ballet, is a fangirl.

She has favorite movie actors. The male tribe includes Ralph Fiennes, early Peter Saarsgard, early Tim Roth, and the red-headed Briton, Damien Lewis.

But why oh why was the great b-movie guy, Robert Ryan, heavily featured in LACMA's recent series on the cinematography of Nicholas Musuraca, not a bigger star? This we do not understand.

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14 May 2010

And the mini Oscar goes to LACMA film

a fistful of dollarsThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today a $12,500 grant in support of LACMA's film program for 2010-11 season.

While this check will hardly float the program, it bears significance and good will on a symbolic level. The Academy is Hollywood, Inc.

And so I would like to humbly thank the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences … er … (note to file: reserve this speech for later!)

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11 May 2010

Go ahead, Clint, make our day

LACMA’s film program is still hobbling along, vulnerable and unfunded. [...]

5 May 2010

Musuraca put the noir into film noir

LACMA’s upcoming retrospective of film noir cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca looks great! [...]

20 April 2010

LACMA film falters . . .

CEO Michael Govan made repeated promises to find serious funding for the film program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Eight months later, how’s that going? [...]

18 April 2010

Film critic Manny Farber tribute @ LACMA

Don’t miss LACMA’s film series, a tribute to New Republic critic Manny Farber. [...]

1 April 2010

Our exigent film-viewing life in Los Angeles

It’s tough living in Los Angeles. If you are a film lover, there’s simply too much to see in April 2010. [...]