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'Rififi,' 'Topkapi': Kenneth Turan's film picks of the week
24 Frames"Rififi" and "Topkapi": Forced to work in Europe because of the Hollywood blacklist, director Jules Dassin made excellent use of his opportunities, making among other films a pair of heist movies that just about redefined the genre.... -
Around Town: Edgar Wright shows his stuff and aliens attack
24 FramesAki Kaurismaki films, a 1950s sci-fi double feature and a program curated by Edgar Wright are among this week’s film highlights.... -
'Inception's' head game is a heist caper at heart
Talking PicturesYou get the job. Then you get the gang together to pull it off. It may be diamonds, or cash; it may be strictly business, or it may be personal. Something about the heist movie genre appeals to the larcenous...... -
Tonight belongs to Jules Dassin!
Talking PicturesA director’s work, if the director is lucky, has a way of bubbling up in the popular culture decades after a film’s initial release. This week in Chicago we are experiencing, happily, a Jules Dassin bubble, containing two different and...... -
Filmmakers
Filmmakers Edward Klosinski, 65; a Polish cinematographer best known for his work with director Andrzej Wajda (Jan. 5) Ralph Bradshaw White, 66; an underwater cinematographer who documented the 1985 discovery of the Titanic (Feb. 4) Kon Ichikawa, 92; a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, England, Anthony Minghella, Music Industry, Mel Harris
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Alain Bernheim dies at 86; agent sued Paramount over 'Coming to America'
Alain Bernheim, a producer and literary agent who with humorist Art Buchwald sued Paramount Pictures for using their concept for the 1988 film "Coming to America," has died. He was 86.
Bernheim, a Hollywood Hills resident, died Friday of complications...Tags: Movies, Art Buchwald, Hospitals and Clinics, Dialysis, Paramount Pictures
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Ken Burns: The public's filmmaker
Ken Burns is a matchmaker with a camera. He has introduced Americans to themselves, to their history, with documentaries such as "The Civil War." He also used the "pan and scan" camera technique to make still images of the long-dead seem alive on the...Tags: PBS (tv network), Mark Twain, John Ford, Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Bridge
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Blacklisted Director Jules Dassin Dies at 96
Jules Dassin, the blacklisted American filmmaker who was a master of film noir, directing such classics as "Brute Force," "The Naked City" and "Rififi," died Monday in an Athens hospital. He was 96. The cause of death was not made public. The...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, England, Music Theater, John Ford, Communist Party
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Emmy-winning actor Browne Dies at 81
Times Staff WriterRoscoe Lee Browne, the Emmy-award winning actor with the mellifluous baritone that he used to give voice to roles as varied as Shakespeare's plays and the popular animal film "Babe," died Wednesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 81....Tags: All in the Family (tv program) , E.E. Cummings, Hospitals and Clinics, Robert Frost, CBS Corp.
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Mission: Impossible III
Zap2It.comFor five seasons on "Alias," if J.J. Abrams wanted his team of spies to go to Rome or Shanghai or Berlin, he had to insert an aerial establishing shot of the city and then dress a stage on the Burbank lot to resemble the exotic locale. Making his...Tags: Movies, Tom Cruise, Laurence Fishburne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan
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