No chopped liver, but still great: GATZ @ REDCAT

2 December 2012

No chopped liver, but still great: GATZ @ REDCAT

Category: Reviews, Theater | Tags: f. scott fitzgerald, gatz, redcat, the great gatsby, walt disney concert hall

Reviews “GATZ,” still on at REDCAT at Walt Disney Concert Hall. [...]

26 November 2012

Fitz featured in “Gatz”

Category: Language & ideas, Theater | Tags: f. scott fitzgerald, fitz, gatz, hollywood history, redcat, the great gatsby

We’re attending the seven-hour “Great Gatsby”-thon by theater group Elevator Repair Service at Redcat. [...]

21 April 2012

Rarely viewed version of “The Great Gatsby” starring Alan Ladd opens film noir festival

Category: Film | Tags: alan ladd, eddie muller, f. scott fitzgerald, hollywood history, shelly winters, the great gatsby

An unusual choice for the opening act of the Noir City film festival: The Great Gatsby (1949, Paramount) in a new 35 mm print. The festival, now on at the Egyptian Theatre, is co-produced by the Film Noir Foundation and the American Cinematheque.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great masterwork from 1925 is far from pulp [...]

2 April 2012

Noir City: Hollywood, 14th annual festival of film noir opens soon @ Egyptian Theatre

Category: Film | Tags: alan ladd, egyptian theatre, f. scott fitzgerald, film noir, film noir city, hollywood history, the great gatsby

Anticipates with a tingling spine the annual film noir festival at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. [...]

12 February 2011

Tidbits from Robert Redford at the AARP Awards

Category: Dance, Film | Tags: aarp grown up movies awards, hollywood history, robert redford, the great gatsby

Redford is an ambiguous player in this town. His support of independent film — which could be perceived as turning his back on Hollywood — has in fact proven a boon to the movie industry across markets. The American iconoclast was honored by his peers at the AARP Awards with respect, and even affection. [...]