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The western rides again with George O'Brien, Universal collections
They don't make westerns like they used to; in fact they pretty much don't make them at all anymore. Which makes a pair of new DVD releases especially welcome to fans of the genre. Riding up from the distant past is "George O'Brien," a collection of...Tags: George O'Brien, Entertainment, Raoul Walsh, Richard Widmark, Donna Reed
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It's an Oscar-centric weekend at the academy and Cinematheque
With the 85th Academy Awards taking place Sunday at the Dolby Theatre, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the American Cinematheque are presenting Oscar-related programs that shine the spotlight on nominees in various fields. Actor...
Tags: Tony Richardson, Rob Riggle, Entertainment, Blu-ray Discs, Jeanne Moreau
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: Peter Bogdanovich, Alfred Hitchcock, Wesleyan University, Entertainment, John Ford
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Bruce Ricker dies at 68; jazz and blues documentarian
Documentary filmmaker Bruce Ricker didn't start out making films.
A native New Yorker who earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School, he arrived in Kansas City in 1970 as a teaching assistant at the University of Missouri and soon began practicing law....Tags: Entertainment, Music, Martin Scorsese, Career and Workplace, Thelonious Monk
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UCLA Archive unearths gems in 'Unburied Treasures'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in...Tags: George Stevens Jr., Entertainment, Montgomery Clift, Theater, Film Festivals
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DVD review: 'Maverick,' the first season
When “Maverick” debuted in 1957, it immediately made James Garner a star. Garner and Jack Kelly costarred as Western gamblers Bret and Bart Maverick (respectively), with only a few episodes having both together. (Roger Moore joined in as...
Tags: Roger Moore, James Garner, Jack Kelly, DVDs
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Critic Andrew Sarris dies at 83: Village Voice sage championed auteur theory of film criticism
VarietyAndrew Sarris, the Village Voice reviewer who was one of the most important film critics of the last half century, died Wednesday morning in Manhattan from complications of an infection after a fall. He was 83. Sarris was a key proponent of the auteur...Tags: John Sayles, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Altman, Entertainment, Pauline Kael
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Movie review: '13 Tzameti'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) Anyone with a real taste for film noir, especially the French variety, should enjoy "13 Tzameti," a hypnotic new thriller by 26-year-old writer-director Gela Babluani, who lives in France but hails from ex-Soviet Georgia....Tags: Theft, Entertainment, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Franz Kafka
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'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'
Times Staff WriterFor 35 years, Tommy Lee Jones has been a strong and witty presence in the movies, and in directing himself he has reached the pinnacle of his career with "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," which at Cannes this year earned him the best actor...Tags: Luc Besson, Entertainment, Melissa Leo, Illegal Immigrants, January Jones
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Solid Cast Drives the Action in 'Rangers'
TIMES STAFF WRITER"Texas Rangers" reduces the turbulent post-Civil War history of the legendary law-and-order agency to the level of a routine shoot-'em-up, with the triteness of Scott Busby and Martin Copeland's script exceeded only by the flatness of Steve Miner's...Tags: Texas Rangers, Entertainment, Stratford, Conservation, Genres
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