For the last screening, upcoming on July 30, of the LACMA weekend classic film series which was begun 41 years ago and overseen by Ian Birnie for the last 15, Ian has selected Yasujiro Ozu’s “Late Autumn.” [...]
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16 July 2011  It was pure pleasure, in the waning days of the LACMA weekend classic film series, as curator Ian Birnie trotted out yet another sublime film pairing, this time a comedy duo: the first film, Preston Sturges’ social commentary/classic, “Sullivan’s Travels,” topped by Ernst Lubitsch’s insane, zany, perfectly scripted, outrageous and brilliant “To Be or Not [...] 10 July 2011  We spun in classic film heaven at LACMA this weekend. The first installment of curator Ian Birnie’s final series — his last picture show – which is devoted to “audience favorites,” offered four stellar international films — one, each, by directors from Germany (Murnau), the U.K. (Powell/Pressburger), again Germany via France (Ophuls) and Italy (Antonioni). [...] 1 July 2011  It’s a sad and bittersweet moment. We’re down to the last weekend film series curated by LACMA’s great film department head, Ian Birnie. The 41-year old program, a landmark of high cinephilic culture, is giving way to a new structure, delivered in tandem with Film Independent and headed by the film critic Elvis Mitchell. There [...] 6 April 2011 A new, sponsored, weekly film program emerges at the Los Angeles County Museum. [...] 9 March 2011  The eye-riveting film goddess Catherine Deneuve, at 66, larger than life, and still impossibly gorgeous, ridiculously so, sat on the LACMA stage tonight receiving the audience’s adulation. [...] 6 March 2011  Preparing to see Catherine Deneuve appear in person following a screening of her new film, “Potiche,” directed by François Ozon, we swung by the museum late Saturday night to see Roman Polanski’s “Repulsion,” a perfect movie. [...] 23 January 2011  “I like most of them [his movies]. I’ve been lucky. I worked with great directors. I worked with Altman, dePalma, Cimino, Rydell, Schatzberg, Spielberg, all directors who love the image.” [...] 7 October 2010 Guest writer Doug Cummings previews LACMA’s latest series, “20th Anniversary Tribute to the Film Foundation” and makes a few key recommendations. [...] 26 August 2010  We loved LACMA’s screening of an early Antonioni film “Le Amiche” (“The Girlfriends”) from 1955. [...] | |||
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