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It Happened One Night, Platinum Blonde

Michael Nordine
The Aero’s Frank Capra retrospective closes this evening with It Happened One Night and Platinum Blonde at 7:30. There’s never a bad time to watch the Clark Gable/Claudette Colbert confection It Happened, which won all five major Oscars (picture, director, actor, actress and screenplay) and may well be the greatest......
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Animation Breakdown

Michael Nordine
Just because Saturday morning cartoons no longer officially exist doesn’t mean we can’t still watch them. The first installment of Cinefamily’s new Animation Breakdown Saturday Morning Cartoons aims to set a high bar with this feline-themed episode involving all the usual suspects: Garfield, Tom, Felix, et al. The program, which......
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The Astrologer

Michael Nordine
Back by popular demand, The Astrologer receives a midnight encore at Cinefamily courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive. This cosmically bizarre-sounding whatsit, made in 1975 by writer-director-star Craig Denney, tells of an astrologer to the stars whose (mis)adventures include diamond smuggling, a stint in an African prison and even......
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New Bev's Eve

Michael Nordine
Quentin Tarantino’s three-month reign as full-time curator ends with what we’ll call New Bev’s Eve: The Poseidon Adventure (the original, with Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters) at 7:30 p.m. and More American Graffiti at 9:55 p.m. George Lucas was too busy with the Star Wars franchise to direct......
Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin; Credit: A24

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List: The Astrologer and Capra Comedies

Michael Nordine
Friday, Jan. 2 Back by popular demand, The Astrologer receives a midnight encore at Cinefamily courtesy of the American Genre Film Archive. This cosmically bizarre-sounding whatsit, made in 1975 by writer-director-star Craig Denney, tells of an astrologer to the stars whose (mis)adventures include diamond smuggling, a stint in an African......
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Holiday Movies

Michael Nordine
Movies are as much a Christmas tradition as mistletoe and eggnog. If you feel like spending the day indulging in lighthearted silver-screen fare but aren’t in a hurry to see Into the Woods or The Interview, head to the New Beverly for the Marx Bros. comedy Animal Crackers (2 p.m.),......
Like tears in rain: Blade Runner

Your Weekly Movie To-Do List: A Lot of Westerns

Michael Nordine
Friday, Dec. 26 Cinefamily’s Truth & Soul, Inc.: The Films of Robert Downey, Sr. begins its final hurrah with Greaser’s Palace at 7:15 p.m. Allan Arbus stars as the Christ-like Jesse, who makes a powerful enemy during a quest to Jerusalem. Rather than sit idly by and bemoan the fact......
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Gone with the Wind

Michael Nordine
Anyone who has yet to check Gone With the Wind off their big-screen bucket list and needs a temporary break from the holiday season would do well to attend LACMA’s free 1 p.m. matinee of the David O. Selznick–produced, Victor Fleming–directed epic from 1939. Your mileage may vary on the......
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Gone with the Wind

Michael Nordine
Anyone who has yet to check Gone With the Wind off their big-screen bucket list and needs a temporary break from the holiday season would do well to attend LACMA’s free 1 p.m. matinee of the David O. Selznick–produced, Victor Fleming–directed epic from 1939. Your mileage may vary on the......
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A Video Nights Christmas Smorgasboard

Michael Nordine
Gluttons for holiday-season punishment, this one’s for you: A Video Nights Christmas Smorgasboard at Cinefamily at 10:30 p.m. embraces — nay, celebrates — the godawful seasonal TV specials, ads and “public-access freakouts” that make this the most stressful time of year. Cinefamily’s late-night, grab-bag shows tend to be more about......