Film academy hosts Oscar symposiums
With the Oscars upon us on Sunday, Academy Awards buffs can check out several of the nominees at various symposiums this weekend. On Thursday, the academy presents the Oscar-nominated animated feature symposium; scheduled for Saturday morning is the foreign-language film award nominees’ symposium, followed by the makeup artists and hairstylist symposium in the afternoon. All events are at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The latter two are sold out but there will be a standby line. www.oscars.org.
Craft seminars
The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian is hosting the “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” seminar presented by the American Cinema Editors on Saturday morning, as well as the Oscar-nominated art directors seminar later that afternoon. www.egyptiantheatre .com
Big-screen movies
The Cinematheque’s “Larger Than Life: 70mm at the Aero” continues Thursday with the all-star 1963 comedy “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” directed by Stanley Kramer. Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1968 “2001: A Space Odyssey” is scheduled for Friday, while Saturday’s offering is James Cameron’s multi-Oscar-winning 1997 blockbuster, “Titanic.” www.aerotheatre.com
Hepburn evening
Author Charlotte Chandler will talk about her latest book, “I Know Where I Am Going: Katharine Hepburn, a Personal Biography,” on Monday at the UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Billy Wilder Theater. Chandler will be joined by Robert Rosen, former dean of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and film critic Kevin Thomas. UCLA will also screen its newly restored print of Hepburn’s first feature, 1932’s “Bill of Divorcement.” www.cinema.ucla.edu
Art documentary
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a preview screening of the documentary “The Art of the Steal” Tuesday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater. LACMA curator Stephanie Barron will narrate a panel that includes Times art critic Christopher Knight and the film’s director, Don Argott. www.lacma.org
Dix on Dix
Hollywood Heritage’s Evening at the Barn presents “An Evening of Richard Dix Presented by His Son, Robert Dix,” on Wednesday at the Lasky-DeMille Barn in Hollywood. Dix will talk about his famous father and screen a 1925 silent starring his dad. www.hollywoodheritage .org
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