American Cinematheque Articles
Robert F. Boyle Homage: Jeff Bridges, John Huston in WINTER KILLS
Legendary production designer Robert F. Boyle, who died last Aug. 2 at the age of 100, will be honored by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and the American Cinematheque with a memorial screening of William Richert's Winter Kills (1979) on Sunday October 10, at 5:30 pm at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Winter Kills features Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins, Eli Wallach, [...]
D.W. Griffith, Florence Lawrence, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Reid: "Retroformat – Idols of the Silent Era"
"Retroformat – Idols of the Silent Era" will screen several rare early silents projected in 8mm at 7:30 p.m. on Sat., June 26, at the American Cinematheque's Spielberg Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. "Retroformat" is not to be missed. Two D.W. Griffith shorts will be featured in the program: Confidence (1909, 11 min), starring Florence Lawrence (photo) — officially the very first movie celebrity to have [...]
Eugène Lourié Homage: Jean Renoir's THE RIVER, Sci-Fier CRACK IN THE WORLD Screening
Adrienne Corri (Mrs. Alexander in A Clockwork Orange) in Jean Renoir's The River The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and the American Cinematheque (AC) will honor Production Designer Eugène Lourié with a double feature: Andrew Marton's Crack in the World (1965), starring Dana Andrews and Janette Scott, and Jean Renoir's classic The River (1951), with Nora Swinburne and Esmond Knight. The screenings will be [...]
DEVDAS, CRACK IN THE WORLD, MISHIMA: ADG Film Series
Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (top); Paul Schrader's Mishima (upper middle); Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, starring Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit (lower middle); Roy Rowland's The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (bottom) THE BOY FRIEND, GLADIATOR, THE RIVER: Art Directors Guild Film Series Schedule and information below from the ADG/American Cinematheque's press release: May 23, Gladiator (2000) Honoring Arthur Max, Aero Theatre [...]