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Anne Watts does 'Intolerance' at MICA
D. W. Griffith's overpowering 31/2 -hour epic, "Intolerance," gets the perfect showcase Saturday, 95 years after its premiere — a screening with live, original music during an event exploring, yes, intolerance. The Maryland Institute College of Art...Tags: Movies, D.W. Griffith, Mount Royal, World War I (1914-1918), Music Industry
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25 movies added to National Film Registry
Baltimore Sun reporterFrom the MIchael Sragow Gets Reel blog: Today the Library of Congress announced 25 more selections for the National Film Registry. The Registry is designed to highlight the American cinema's broad social-cultural significance as well as mark its key...Tags: Testosterone, Armed Forces, Bars and Clubs, Culture, Dancing
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A Hollywood Riddle: Why do we always think current movies are worse than ever?
The Big PictureIn the middle of Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” Owen Wilson’s character finds himself mysteriously transported to the Paris of the 1920s, which is populated with a host of cultural icons, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott... -
The Unblinking Stare of Walker Evans at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme
The Exacting Eye of Walker Evans
Through Jan. 29, 2012, Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme St., Old Lyme, (860) 434-5542
"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long."
So advised Walker Evans (1901-1975), who knew...Tags: Walker Evans, Ben Shahn, Robert Frank, Berenice Abbott, Museums
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Theater review: 'Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie' at Geffen Playhouse
Culture Monster"'Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie," a new play by actor Alan Alda, opens at the Geffen Playhouse... -
Artist Steve Roden blends old photos, recordings on new CD
The genesis of "... i listen to the wind that obliterates my traces," a new book of vintage photographs with musical accompaniment, came simply, during one of artist Steve Roden's regular visits to the flea market.
"This is how it always happens —...Tags: Book, Vladimir Nabokov, Poetry, Graveyard (music group), William Wordsworth
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A WWII propaganda film that's outside the norm
An alarming case of cozy English eccentrics shooting, stabbing and — in one startling instance — ax-murdering invading Nazis in a scenario akin to "Red Dawn," the 1942 drama "Went the Day Well?" came out in the U.S. (after its initial...Tags: Armed Conflicts, John Dighton, Nazi Party, World War I (1914-1918), Graham Greene
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The ABCs of summer reading
Henry James once opined that the two most beautiful words in the English language are "summer afternoon." I would like to edit James — alas, who wouldn't? — and bestow the most felicitous phrase award upon the words "summer reading."
They...Tags: Hot Dogs, High School Sports, Genres, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fiction
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Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Men of a Certain Age' on TNT
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of June 12 - 18 in PDF format TV listings for the week of June 12 - 18 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Theater review: 'Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin' at La Jolla Playhouse
Culture MonsterCharlie Chaplin, the silent movie star who only reluctantly made the transition to talkies, probably isn’t the ideal subject for a musical. Of course, anything is possible with creative inspiration, so one shouldn’t rule out the prospect of the Tramp.... -
Music review: Jacaranda and America at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Monica
Culture MonsterJacaranda, the Santa Monica new music series, began its season over the weekend with “strong sincere voices nurtured while America was inventing itself afresh,” as wrote artistic director Patrick Scott in his detailed program notes. Such invention... -
Self-Styled Siren: An Amateur Among Amateurs -- Agee on Film
The Daily MirrorSpeaking of our favorite movie blogs, another one we enjoy at the Daily Mirror is “Self-Styled Siren,” by Farran Smith Nehme. (No, the photo is of Joan Fontaine, who serves as Farran’s avatar on the Web). Her latest post is......
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