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11 May 2010

Go ahead, Clint, make our day

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

5 May 2010

Musuraca put the noir into film noir

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

20 April 2010

LACMA film falters …

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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

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

26 February 2010

“The Art of the Steal” @ LACMA

arts•meme recommends the upcoming screening of “The Art of the Steal” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art March 9 at 7:30 pm. [...]

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. [...]

7 September 2009

Saving the village: our struggle to save LACMA’s film program

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At the September 1 “Popcorn Summit” (our coalition pictured above on the LACMA campus), Doug Cummings, my smart film critic partner, and I presented Mr. Govan with the petition. This we did with pride. We had amazing press coverage in the Los Angeles Times, Time magazine on-line, and the New York Times. But the piece de resistance was a beautifully written, highly personal article by David Mermelstein in the Wall Street Journal. [...]

13 August 2009

Getting out of Dodge …

 

   Michael Govan spotted this morning heading to Hamptons vacation.

artist: Benoit Le Pennec

 

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 Gilda, [...]