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OSCARS IN THE HERE AND NOW
I’ve been fortunate to have an opportunity to write about this year’s Oscar race in a series of essays for the news agency Thomson Reuters.
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MORE ABOUT MOVIE PALACES
My post last week about the rediscovered Loews Valencia in Queens, New York and the golden age of movie theaters sparked a lot of reaction, including this note from my longtime colleague on "Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide," Rob Edelman, who lives in upstate New York.
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VALENTINE’S DAY PIN-UPS 2013
With Cupid on the wing, it’s time to show off some vintage Hollywood stills promoting Valentine’s Day—and the movie studios who had their prettiest contract stars pose for these shots. The earliest example features an ingénue whom many of us cherish from her recurring role as Miss Crabtree, the most...
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A MOVIE PALACE IN DISGUISE
Los Angeles is lucky to have so many vintage movie palaces still standing and available for screenings, as opposed to my home town of New York City, which has surprisingly few. That’s why I was delighted to learn about one in Queens I never knew about: the former Loews Valencia, now the Tabernacle o...
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HOORAY FOR 1933—EIGHTY YEARS LATER
If I had my druthers—and a month’s vacation—I would camp out at Film Forum in Manhattan beginning Friday for Bruce Goldstein’s mind-boggling salute to the movie year of 1933, which he calls "Hollywood’s Naughtiest, Bawdiest Year." (If you don’t get the reference, brush up on your movie musicals!)
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HIGH SPIRITS AT OSCAR NOMINEE LUNCHEON
There’s no suspense or sense of competition, just an air of cheerful camaraderie at the annual Oscar nominees’ luncheon, which was held Monday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The increasingly crowded awards season, with galas, q&a sessions and presentations galore, takes a toll on high-profile particip...
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THE EXTENDED DISNEY FAMILY AND PETER PAN
The new Blu-ray/DVD/Digital release of Walt Disney’s "Peter Pan" includes the bonus features from previous DVD releases plus a few additions, including "Growing up with Nine Old Men," a short documentary in which Ted Thomas, the filmmaker and son of top Disney animator Frank Thomas, checks in with t...
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NOT FAMOUS ENOUGH…
Monday’s press release reads, “The Walt Disney Studios has announced that its live-action release previously known as 1952 will be titled "Tomorrowland."
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BEN AFFLECK ON STAGE
Every year, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival gives me the opportunity to host its Modern Master tribute to a major star or filmmaker. This year Ben Affleck and I spent more than two hours on stage reviewing his career, with excerpts from his many films, beginning with "Dazed and...
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DISNEY ANIMATION ART BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE
Who ever thought you’d be able to flip original Disney animation art—just as the master animators drew it, in pencil form—or purchase high-quality replicas of the first Disney artwork ever sold to the public? Both options are now available to one and all.
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