Very little about the life and career of Stanley Cortez was plausible. He carried himself like a retired espionage agent in a Graham Greene novel, equal parts languid, sinister and bored. He was a great cinematographer, and yet he spent extensive periods of his life working on minor pictures with little ambition. Indeed, before advising you to take note of Stanley Cortez, and of the tribute to him that begins this weekend at LACMA, I have to admit that... More >>>