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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; American Cinematheque</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/american-cinematheque/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Robert F. Boyle Homage: Jeff Bridges, John Huston in WINTER KILLS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-boyle-jeff-bridges-john-huston-winter-kills/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-boyle-jeff-bridges-john-huston-winter-kills/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:52:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25283</guid> <description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/robert-boyle-jeff-bridges-john-huston-winter-kills/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>D.W. Griffith, Florence Lawrence, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Reid: &quot;Retroformat &#8211; Idols of the Silent Era&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:35:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24526</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Retroformat &#8211; Idols of the Silent Era&#34; 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. &#34;Retroformat&#34; is not to be missed. Two D.W. Griffith shorts will be featured in the program: Confidence (1909, 11 min), starring Florence Lawrence (photo) &#8212; officially the very first movie celebrity to have [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/d-w-griffith-florence-lawrence-lionel-barrymore-wallace-reid-retroformat-idols-of-the-silent-era/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Eugène Lourié Homage: Jean Renoir&#039;s THE RIVER, Sci-Fier CRACK IN THE WORLD Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eugene-lourie-the-river-crack-in-the-world/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eugene-lourie-the-river-crack-in-the-world/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:32:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24490</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eugene-lourie-the-river-crack-in-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DEVDAS, CRACK IN THE WORLD, MISHIMA: ADG Film Series</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/devdas-crack-in-the-world-mishima-art-directors/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/devdas-crack-in-the-world-mishima-art-directors/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24038</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/devdas-crack-in-the-world-mishima-art-directors/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE BOY FRIEND, GLADIATOR, THE RIVER: Art Directors Guild Film Series</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-boy-friend-gladiator-the-river-tony-walton/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-boy-friend-gladiator-the-river-tony-walton/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=24037</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twiggy in Ken Russell's The Boy Friend (top); Joaquin Phoenix in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (middle); Andrew Marton's Crack in the World, starring Dana Andrews, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, and Alexander Knox (bottom) Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning Gladiator, Jean Renoir's The River, Ken Russell's The Boy Friend, and Andrew Marton's little-seen Crack in the World are some of the movies to be screened at the fourth Art [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/the-boy-friend-gladiator-the-river-tony-walton/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BROKEN EMBRACES, THE WHITE RIBBON, A PROPHET: Golden Globe Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:18:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=20503</guid> <description><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz, José Luis Gómez in Broken Embraces (Emilio Pereda &#38; Paola Ardizzoni / El Deseo / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye) (middle); Tahar Rahim in A Prophet (Roger Arpajou / Sony Pictures Classics) (bottom) Los Angeles' American Cinematheque will host the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's series of screenings devoted to the films and filmmakers nominated for the 2010 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/broken-embraces-the-white-ribbon-golden-globe-887/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Irving Thalberg Biography: Mark Vieira&#039;s Book Signing</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie-books/irving-thalberg-biography-mark-vieira-123/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie-books/irving-thalberg-biography-mark-vieira-123/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:21:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=18740</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;I’m looking forward to being 'onstage' Sunday at the Egyptian. I love talking about Irving, Norma, and Joan.&#34; That's author Mark A. Vieira, commenting on Allan Ellenberger's post about his book signing at Larry Edmund's Bookshop and the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Mark's latest book, Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince, which has just been published by the University of California Press, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie-books/irving-thalberg-biography-mark-vieira-123/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE GLASS HOUSE, BANKING ON HEAVEN Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-glass-house-banking-on-heaven-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-glass-house-banking-on-heaven-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:59:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17533</guid> <description><![CDATA[Two new documentaries to be screened at the American Cinematheque: The Glass House (above) with director Hamid Rahmanian In Person Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the Aero Theatre Banking of Heaven with writer-producer Laurie Allen In Person An Unflinching Look at the Controversial Latter-Day Saint Community Thursday, October 29, 2009  at the Egyptian Theatre The Glass House, which was screened at Sundance 2009, is &#34;an [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/documentary/the-glass-house-banking-on-heaven-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE at the Egyptian</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:14:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16584</guid> <description><![CDATA[DeForest Kelley, William Shatner, Stephen Collins, Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek: The Motion Picture The director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be screened at the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 5:30 pm. Pre-show elements begin at 5 pm. As per the Cinematheque's press release, &#34;this program will review the full spectrum of Star Trek’s visual achievements and its [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/star-trek-the-motion-picture-screening/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sean Connery/FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, Peter Sellers/THE PARTY: Technicolor Series at the Egyptian Theatre</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dye-transfer-technicolor-series-james-bond/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dye-transfer-technicolor-series-james-bond/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:47:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16582</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sean Connery, From Russia with Love The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre will present six features (and several shorts) made in the dye-transfer Technicolor process (aka I.B. or &#34;imbibition&#34;), beginning tonight, Sept. 24, at 7:30 pm. The series ends on Saturday, Sept. 26. The screening features are Blake Edwards' comedy The Party, starring Peter Sellers; the 1947 Danny Kaye vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/dye-transfer-technicolor-series-james-bond/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Los Angeles Irish Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/los-angeles-irish-film-festival-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/los-angeles-irish-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:19:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16576</guid> <description><![CDATA[Kisses by Lance Daly The Los Angeles Irish Film Festival is currently being held at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Gabriel Byrne will be present tonight for a screening of Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home, directed by Pat Collins. Upcoming films include Vittoria Colonna Di Stigliano's Identities, about Ireland's transgender denizens; Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey's animated adventure tale The Secret of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/festivals/los-angeles-irish-film-festival-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Gabriel Byrne at the Aero</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gabriel-byrne-at-the-aero/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gabriel-byrne-at-the-aero/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:22:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16569</guid> <description><![CDATA[Gabriel Byrne will be present at a screening of Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Stories from Home, which screens this evening (Thursday), Sept. 24, at 7:30 pm will be followed by Macdara Vallely's Peacefire. Byrne will take part in an onstage discussion between the two film presentations. Both films are being screened as part of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/gabriel-byrne-at-the-aero/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Japanese Horror Classics: GOKE, HAUSU at the Egyptian</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/japanese-cinema/japanese-horror-classics-goke-hausu/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/japanese-cinema/japanese-horror-classics-goke-hausu/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16566</guid> <description><![CDATA[House by Nobuhiko Obayashi (top); Goke, Bodysnatcher from Hell by Hajime Sato (bottom) Schedule and synopses from the American Cinematheque website. Wednesday, September 23 &#8211; 7:30 PM Japanese Cult Classics Double Feature: HOUSE (HAUSU), 1977, Janus Films, 87 min. This long-lost fantasy/horror masterpiece from director Nobuhiko Obayashi has finally surfaced in America. Oshare can’t wait to spend the summer with her father…until he informs her [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/japanese-cinema/japanese-horror-classics-goke-hausu/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Agnès Varda Aero Schedule II</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-aero-schedule-ii/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-aero-schedule-ii/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:47:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15649</guid> <description><![CDATA[Agnès Varda at the Aero: Part I Friday, June 26 &#8211; 7:30 PM Los Angeles-Inspired: LIONS LOVE (AND LIES), 1969, Ciné-Tamaris, 110 min. A blissed-out experiment in anarchy and illusion, featuring Warhol superstar Viva (from LONESOME COWBOYS) and &#34;Hair&#34; authors James Rado and Jerome Ragni playing &#34;themselves&#34; &#8212; three innocents adrift in Hollywood. Freely mixing improvisation with scripted dialogue, and occasional news reports on the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-aero-schedule-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Agnès Varda Tribute at the Aero</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-tribute/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-tribute/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13685</guid> <description><![CDATA[Except for Vagabond, a 1985 drama that earned Sandrine Bonnaire best actress awards from both the French Academy and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, I'm unfamiliar with Agnès Varda's oeuvre, which encompasses more than 40 films &#8212; both shorts and features, narrative and documentaries &#8212; spanning 54 years (1954-2008). Well, I'll now have the chance to rectify that glaring omission in my cinematic connoisseurship [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/agnes-varda-tribute/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Nagisa Oshima at the American Cinematheque</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/nagisa-oshima-american-cinematheque/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/nagisa-oshima-american-cinematheque/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:50:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10310</guid> <description><![CDATA["No other director of Oshima's generation has made more vital, inventive and challenging films, or taken more risks. He is a giant in contemporary cinema." &#8211; Tony Rayns "Plainly the greatest living Japanese filmmaker." &#8211; Jonathan Rosenbaum "Japan's greatest living filmmaker." &#8211; J. Hoberman Those in the Los Angeles area can judge for themselves as Nagisa Oshima is the subject of an eight-film series from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/nagisa-oshima-american-cinematheque/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscar 2008: Film Editors and Art Directors Seminars at the American Cinematheque</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/film-editors-art-directors-seminars/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/film-editors-art-directors-seminars/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:33:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/film-editors-art-directors-seminars/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men (top); Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (bottom) A couple of American Cinematheque events at the Egyptian Theatre at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles: The American Cinema Editors' seminar &#34;Invisible Art, Visible Artists&#34; will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 23. The scheduled participants are the 2008 Oscar nominees: Christopher Rouse, The Bourne Ultimatum [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/film-editors-art-directors-seminars/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Golden Globes 2007: Foreign-Language Film Screenings</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/golden-globes-2007-foreign-language-films/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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