FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA SALUTES HIS TEACHER, DOROTHY ARZNER
It isn’t often that Hollywood studios take the time and trouble to celebrate their history. That’s why Thursday’s event at Paramount Pictures was significant: following a company tradition dating back several decades, a building was named for pioneering director Dorothy Arzner.…
RARE MOVIE ART BY WALT DISNEY FAVORITE MARY BLAIR
Walt Disney wasn’t known for dispensing compliments but he made no secret of his love for Mary Blair’s whimsical artwork and her innovative use of color. That’s why he commissioned her to create concept pieces for so many of…
BEFORE KING KONG: A LOST WORLD FOUND
Film buffs and aficionados of stop-motion animation have been frustrated for years because The Lost World, the 1925 feature that laid the groundwork for King Kong, has only existed in severely truncated prints. Even an ambitious restoration in the…
REMEMBERING JUNE FORAY
Little did I dream, when I began watching Rocky and his Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, that the day would dawn when I could call June Foray—the voice of Rocket J.Squirrel and Natasha Fatale—a friend. She was indomitable and…
PICTURE PERFECT: THE KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Since 1946 the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has been attracting world-class guests and their movies. Casey Affleck is set to receive the President’s Award at this year’s event, which takes place June 30-July 8…and I’ll be there to…
JUDY GARLAND AND FRED ASTAIRE ON BROADWAY
When was the last time you watched Fred Astaire or Judy Garland on the giant screen of a movie palace? If you live anywhere near Los Angeles you have that opportunity this coming Saturday when Easter Parade unspools at the majestic Los Angeles…
STUNT MEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT
We all have wish lists of movies we want to see. For years I’ve been on the lookout for Sons of Adventure (1948). Why this obscure B movie? Because it’s a story about stunt men made by Republic Pictures,…
