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    May 24, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Review: Transfixing 'Fill the Void' looks at love by arrangement

    A mother and daughter anxiously scan the aisles of an Israeli supermarket. They're not looking for fresh produce but rather a clandestine glimpse of a young man a matchmaker has proposed as a potential husband for the daughter. The mother's eye is practiced as he comes into view — "You're going to do a lot of laundry" — but the daughter is delighted. At least for now.
    A mother and daughter anxiously scan the aisles of an Israeli supermarket. They're not looking for fresh produce but rather a clandestine glimpse of a young man a matchmaker has proposed as a potential husband for the daughter. The mother's eye is...

    Tags: Academy Awards, Fill the Void (movie), Awards and Prizes, Human Interest, Family

    2. May 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Review: 'Pieta's' vengeance tale shows capitalism's cruel side

    South Korean provocateur Kim Ki-duk's new film "Pieta," about a cold, wraith-like loan-shark enforcer in a poverty-stricken village, is expectedly gruesome in some of its details. But it's the explicitness about capitalism's emotional wreckage that gives this micro-budgeted drama a gut-punch heft.
    South Korean provocateur Kim Ki-duk's new film "Pieta," about a cold, wraith-like loan-shark enforcer in a poverty-stricken village, is expectedly gruesome in some of its details. But it's the explicitness about capitalism's emotional wreckage that...

    Tags: Pieta (movie), Entertainment, Movies

    3. May 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. William Friedkin takes a high-speech chase through his career

    Filmmaker William Friedkin, who's best known for such landmark films as "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" in the early '70s, looks back on a long career directing movies, opera and theater in his new memoir, "The Friedkin Connection."
    Filmmaker William Friedkin, who's best known for such landmark films as "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist" in the early '70s, looks back on a long career directing movies, opera and theater in his new memoir, "The Friedkin Connection." Why do...

    Tags: Coney Island, Entertainment, Movies, Brooklyn Bridge, Mel Brooks

    4. May 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Bernardo Bertolucci to chair Venice Film Festival jury

    Oscar-winning Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, a self-described recluse who receded from the public eye a decade ago, will preside over the jury for the 70th annual Venice Film Festival.
    Oscar-winning Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, a self-described recluse who receded from the public eye a decade ago, will preside over the jury for the 70th annual Venice Film Festival. The “Last Tango in Paris” director, 73,...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Italy, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Cannes Film Festival

    5. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. French director Olivier Assayas makes it personal in "Something in the Air"

    There is fire everywhere in Olivier Assayas’ scorching new coming-of-age drama “Something in the Air.” It is in the passions, the politics and the sex roiling through the filmmaker’s vision of 1970s-era Paris. For this is a memoir of sorts of Assayas’ youth — the forces that pulled at him and the choices that shaped who he would become. His screenplay, which won the Venice Film Festival prize last year, is so adept at moving between the mood swings of the talented and torn central character, Gilles (Clément Métayer), that you feel as much as watch. In creating a mashup of a Paris rocked by political storms and a young man in just as much turmoil, the director has given us a glimpse of an imperfect moment and an imperfect life in a slightly imperfect but wonderful film. — Betsy Sharkey.
    There is fire everywhere in Olivier Assayas’ scorching new coming-of-age drama “Something in the Air.” It is in the passions, the politics and the sex roiling through the filmmaker’s vision of 1970s-era Paris. For this is a...

    Tags: Something in the Air (movie)

    6. May 2, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Review: Romance and rebellion in 'Something in the Air'

    There is fire everywhere in Olivier Assayas' scorching new coming-of-age drama "Something in the Air." It is in the passions, in the politics and in the sex roiling through the filmmaker's vision of 1970s-era Paris. For this is a memoir of sorts of Assayas' youth — the forces that pulled at him and the choices that shaped who he would become.
    There is fire everywhere in Olivier Assayas' scorching new coming-of-age drama "Something in the Air." It is in the passions, in the politics and in the sex roiling through the filmmaker's vision of 1970s-era Paris. For this is a memoir of sorts of...

    Tags: Philosophy, Something in the Air (movie), Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, Entertainment

    7. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Cannes 2013: Sofia Coppola's 'Bling Ring' to open Un Certain Regard

    “The Bling Ring,” Sofia Coppola’s tale of good girls gone bad in Southern California, is heading to Cannes — but not as part of the main competition.
    “The Bling Ring,” Sofia Coppola’s tale of good girls gone bad in Southern California, is heading to Cannes — but not as part of the main competition. The fact-based drama will instead premiere in Un Certain Regard, where it will...

    Tags: Man of Steel (movie), Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, Paris Hilton, Entertainment

    8. Apr 9, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. PASSINGS: Sara Montiel, Josep Joan Bigas Luna

    <strong>Sara Montiel</strong>
    Sara Montiel Spanish actress was 1950s Hollywood star Sara Montiel, 85, a famed, sultry-voiced Spanish actress who achieved Hollywood stardom in the 1950s, died Monday in Madrid, according to her biographer, Peter Villora. The cause was undetermined....

    Tags: Ernest Hemingway, Entertainment, Obituaries, Music Theater, Celebrities

    9. Apr 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'The Company You Keep's' Brit Marling in black and white

    Brit Marling may not be a household name yet, but the budding actress and screenwriter is well on her way. The Georgetown-educated Marling has been around the indie movie scene for a couple of years with the films "Political Disaster" and "Another Earth," which she co-wrote. But her career picks up speed this month with roles in the new films "The East" and "The Company You Keep," which hits theaters Friday. &nbsp;
    Brit Marling may not be a household name yet, but the budding actress and screenwriter is well on her way. The Georgetown-educated Marling has been around the indie movie scene for a couple of years with the films "Political Disaster" and "Another Earth,"...

    Tags: Museum of Modern Art, Eddie Redmayne, Entertainment, Gucci Group NV, Movies

    10. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 'Spring Breakers' posts biggest limited-release debut of 2013

    Break out the red cups.
    Break out the red cups. "Spring Breakers," Harmony Korine's R-rated tale of four college girls on a debauched party trip, posted this weekend the biggest debut of the year for a film playing in limited release. Screening in two theaters in New York...

    Tags: Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers (movie), Entertainment, James Franco, Selena Gomez

    11. Dec 17, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'

    Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the gathered veterans that "people on the outside will not understand the condition you have." Yes, academy members, we're thinking of you. How much love will they bestow Paul Thomas Anderson's divisive film? Time to check in with the Oscar 8-Ball, that magical portal into the minds and hearts and, in the rare applicable instance, the souls of academy members and how they'll be voting this awards season.
    Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the gathered veterans that "people on the outside will not understand the condition you have." Yes, academy members, we're...

    Tags: Steven Spielberg, Golden Globe Awards, Entertainment, The Master (movie), Nicole Kidman

    12. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. A world of difference in reactions over foreign, U.S. film violence

    Genre filmmaking helps make sense of the world, creating codes by which the seemingly irrational ways of human behavior can be understood. With storytelling modes that travel from country to country &mdash; the crime picture, the horror film, the action movie &mdash; genres cross borders and barriers with audiences the world over. On-screen violence can be seen as an international language.
    Genre filmmaking helps make sense of the world, creating codes by which the seemingly irrational ways of human behavior can be understood. With storytelling modes that travel from country to country — the crime picture, the horror film, the action...

    Tags: Let the Right One In (movie), The Last Stand (movie), Akira Kurosawa, Cultural Development, Quentin Tarantino

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Venice International Film Festival Photos
Shia LaBeouf stands on the red carpet prior the screeni...
(November 27, 2012)
Shia LaBeouf
Jury member, French DJ Bob Sinclar, poses during an int...
(September 4, 2012)
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Michael Shannon arrives for the screening of "The Icema...
(August 31, 2012)
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