Movies
For all its stupendous visuals and challenge to the intellect, Stanley Kubrick’s landmark allegory becomes abstract to the point of evasiveness but became a landmark film anyway.
Nov. 26, 1995
Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 ultimate vision of the now not-so-distant future became a landmark allegory, famed for its stupendous visuals and challenge to the intellect, despite becoming abstract to the point of evasiveness at the finish.
July 3, 1994
Travel & Experiences
Re “Tracking HAL’s Odyssey,” Nov. 27: Yesterday I was transported down memory lane from sunny L.A. to wintry England, 1966.
Dec. 3, 2003
Entertainment & Arts
The deadline for a limited partnership including actors Paul Newman and Keir Dullea and writer Robert Ludlum to purchase the Westport Country Playhouse has been extended for three weeks, their lawyer said Wednesday.
June 7, 1985
A newly struck 70 mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s epic science fiction classic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” opens May 18 at the ArcLight Hollywood.
May 17, 2018
The comic drama “Isn’t It Delicious” is aimed squarely at baby boomers — the hokey pokey plays a pivotal role, and a trio of central characters are named after Kennedys.
Dec. 10, 2014
It’s a Wonderful Life James Stewart stars in director Frank Capra’s beloved 1946 holiday tale; with Donna Reed, Henry Travers and Gloria Grahame.
Dec. 23, 2018
As part of the ongoing Beyond Fest, on Sunday night “2001: A Space Odyssey” will show at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood with actors Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood in attendance.
Oct. 6, 2016
Otto Preminger The Man Who Would Be King; Foster Hirsch; Alfred A. Knopf: 572 pp., $35
Oct. 14, 2007
The destruction of the Brazilian rain forests has become such a key symbol of ecological waste that there seems something forced about the premise in the 1992 Medicine Man (KTLA Tuesday at 8 p.m.): The threatened forests may conceal a cure for cancer.
April 20, 1997