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Jun 17, 2013 — The author introduces a new Current series that will feature his reminiscences about his encounters in international cinema circles over the past five-plus decades.
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Jun 5, 2013 — Remembering special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, who is being celebrated at the Aero Theatre in L.A. this month.
May 28, 2013 — For Haskell Wexler, the director of Medium Cool, and the Oscar-winning cinematographer of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Bound for Glory, writing about his ten favorite Criterion films became a trip down memory lane. His responses, made up of...
Apr 30, 2013 — Nicholas Stoller directed the comedies Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, and The Five-Year Engagement and was a writer and executive producer on The Muppets. While his list—which goes to eleven—tends toward some of the funnier films in...
The dynamic, Tokyo-born star was convincing whether playing a mercenary lone wolf or a heartsick love interest, a hero or a villain, in a sleek suit or samurai robes, and just as comfortable blending in to an ensemble as commanding...
Mar 27, 2013 — Andrew Loog Oldham was the manager of the Rolling Stones and Marianne Faithfull from 1963–1967. In 1965, he started Immediate Records, one of the first independent labels in the UK, where he worked with such artists as Jeff Beck, Eric...
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Feb 22, 2013 — The writer shares his memories of his friendship with the great writer and Japanese cinema expert, who passed away this week.
Feb 21, 2013 — For decades, Andrew Weil has been one of the best-known doctors in America. He has been featured on the cover of Time magazine twice for the impact of his “integrative” approach to health care, fusing alternative medicine with conventional medical...
Jan 29, 2013 — Christopher Nolan is the director of Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, and The Dark Knight Rises.
Endlessly curious about the latest innovations in his art form, this prolific and wildly versatile American director has contributed several modern classics to a variety of genres.