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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  LACMA Director Michael Govan made a brief positive statement on the revamped film program which will launch at the museum in the fall. [...] 6 April 2011 A new, sponsored, weekly film program emerges at the Los Angeles County Museum. [...] 6 April 2011  Despite waiting patiently for nearly two years now for a hero to underwrite LACMA’s film program, no funds have been forthcoming, leaving the film program vulnerable. Meanwhile, the director’s pet programs advance. [...] 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. [...] 8 March 2011 “Black Tulip” seeks to answer some of those questions by going behind the mud walls and busy streets of Kabul to take an in depth look at one such family. As Afghanistan’s official submission for Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards, “Black Tulip” has been turning heads in both Washington and Hollywood. [...] 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. [...] 27 February 2011  arts·meme wishes to correct a regrettable error in the story below, in which we wrongly accused Ms. Fonda of not drinking. This is untrue: She was! Concerning the beverage in question, sources at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art inform us: It was a martini in that plastic glass – take-out from the Patina [...] | |||
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