A fog-enshrouded Transylvania. A castle raised high in the sky in all of its menace and grandeur. A pale and ghastly vampire looming in the shadows. Read more...
Photo: Werner Herzog’s “Nosferatu the Vampyre,” a remake of F.W. Murnau’s famous 1922 film “Nosferatu,” is playing at The Cinefamily Tuesday to Thursday. (Anchor Bay Entertainment)
Determined to stake its claim over the perfect park bench that would become the film’s centerpiece, the student crew of “Small Talk” ventured out at the crack of dawn to begin a long but ultimately rewarding day of filming. Read more...
Photo: Winning the best comedy category in this year’s Campus Events Commission Shorttakes Student Film Festival, the short film “Small Talk” was written and directed by third-year film and television student Ryan Elkins. He said he was intrigued by the simple concept of two people sitting on a park bench, sharing their differing opinions on romantic relationships. (Courtesy of Ryan Elkins)
Jon Hamm has a terrific salesperson persona. Partially because he’s beautiful, and partially because of his experience as Don Draper on AMC’s “Mad Men,” which Disney executives obviously caught wind of at some point between his first and 10th Emmy nomination. Read more...
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In some ways, Godzilla is to Japan as Captain America is to the United States. He’s a symbol of hope and heroism at times most dire, such as when giant three-headed dragons arrive on meteorites from other planets. Read more...
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The opening shot of “The Immigrant” shows the Statue of Liberty’s back turned toward the camera. She represents defiance, and wants her new visitors to know that their trip across the Atlantic will ultimately make for an elegiac, if not beautiful, tale. Read more...
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France, Italy, Germany – these are the countries most represented in lists of European cinema’s most beloved films. There are exceptions, yes – you have your Ingmar Bergman movies and your Andrei Tarkovsky pictures, but the trend is unmistakable. Read more...
Photo: (P.P. Film Polski) “Masterpieces of Polish Cinema,” presented by Martin Scorsese, is an ongoing cinematic program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and The Cinefamily. Spanning the months of May and June, the exhibition features films such as Andrzej Wajda’s “Innocent Sorcerers.”
Sugar pervades our modern food system. It’s in cereal, yogurt and, of course, soda. However non-threatening these sugars may currently seem, after a viewing of the engaging documentary “Fed Up,” they will seem nothing short of sinister. Read more...
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