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The American Cinematheque takes a look at the genre when it romanticized the past.
June 3, 2007
If you’ve ever seen a movie from the ‘40s or the early ‘50s seething with trapped, doomed suckers, madcap psychos and black-widow vamps, then you’ve seen a film noir .
Jan. 23, 1991
Books
Orginally published in 1904, William Hudson’s fulsome novel epitomizes the romanticized, 19th-Century European vision of nature.
Dec. 10, 1989
Entertainment & Arts
‘New York, New York,’ an uneven blend of songs and psychodrama, is still tough to love.
Dec. 2, 2007
“Myth & Grandeur: California Landscapes, 1864-1900” is the title of the current exhibition at Pomona College in Claremont, but the first impression of the show is not awesome splendor.
Sept. 29, 1987
The L.A.
Oct. 12, 1993
Oct. 18, 1993
Viva el Mariachi ‘98, a nicely balanced edition of the annual event, evoked the utter romanticism of an old-fashioned era on a warm, humid Saturday evening at the Greek Theatre.
Sept. 7, 1998
Music
*** 1/2 BABYFACE, “The Day,” Epic
Oct. 20, 1996
Back in the mid ‘70s, Jack Barth, David Deutsch and David True lived in the same Manhattan building, each painting idiosyncratic landscapes that shared a visionary bond.
Aug. 21, 1987