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John Malkovich's message to the theater world on its special day
Culture MonsterJohn Malkovich will give the annual message for World Theatre Day in Paris at a March 22 kickoff gala of events leading up to the 50th annual celebration on March 27. Here's the text he'll deliver.... -
Is ‘Bully’ a tipping point for the MPAA movie ratings system?
24 FramesHarvey Weinstein’s PR blitzkrieg for "Bully" may turn out to be a pivotal chapter in the battle to overhaul the Motion Picture Assn. of America's ratings system.... -
Around Town: Clint Eastwood and Italian classics
24 FramesSilen flicks, Italian masterworks and a chat with Clint Eastwood and an evening with long-time Times film critic Kevin Thomas are on tap this week.... -
Bali, soul of replenishment
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields. A few yards away, a dozen ducks march single file across a dirt berm, tails twitching, looking very businesslike. Local farmers...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Noel Coward, Health and Medical Professionals, Landforms, Movies
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Farley Granger dies at 85; handsome leading man best known for roles in Hitchcock films
Farley Granger, a handsome young leading man during Hollywood's post-World War II era who was best known for his starring roles in the Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers "Strangers on a Train" and "Rope," has died. He was 85.
Granger died of natural...Tags: Crimes, James Stewart, Celebrities and Health Issues, Contracts, Shelley Winters
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Suso Cecchi D'Amico dies at 96; screenwriter worked with some of Italy's leading directors
Associated PressScreenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated postwar Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestone films as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," has died. She was 96. Cecchi D'Amico died July 31 in...Tags: Crimes, Michelangelo Antonioni, Film Festivals, Family, Movies
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Visconti's 'Senso' offers much to savor for opera fans
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Learning to love Gustav Mahler
One evening in 1966, not long after the Los Angeles Philharmonic moved into the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, concertgoers were surprised to find a picket line in front of the hall on opening night. Though picket lines were a dime a dozen in the '60s, this...Tags: Vietnam, Demonstration, Music, Classical Music (genre), Arts and Culture
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Review: 'Two Lovers'
Film CriticSet during a gray Brighton Beach winter, "Two Lovers" begins with the solid shape of Joaquin Phoenix lumbering down a pier, a bag of dry cleaning slung over his shoulder. We don't know who he is or anything about him, really, but for the heavy resignation...Tags: Movies, Forests, James Gray, Brighton Beach, Joaquin Phoenix
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Gregory Nava's film 'El Norte' marks 25th anniversary
When Gregory Nava's "El Norte" opened in U.S. theaters 25 years ago, immigration was less of a political hot-button issue than it is today.
Back then, the mass exodus of refugees from Central American countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala was...Tags: Hispanic and Latino Americans, David Lynch, John Sayles, Documentary (genre), Blu-ray Discs
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Scorsese, Govan talk film preservation and hint at future collaborations
Culture MonsterOn Wednesday night, Martin Scorsese recalled a time that he came to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art during the 1970s to see a double bill of two Marilyn Monroe movies -- "Niagara" (1953) and "The Seven Year Itch"...... -
Mahler biopic hits right notes
In the last 50 years, Gustav Mahler became more popular in concert halls than Ludwig van Beethoven. A film, Luchino Visconti's "Death in Venice," played a part in the process. But it was a dramatization of Thomas Mann's novella, not a biopic such as the...
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