Michael Nordine

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Jesse McLean: The Message Is the Medium

Michael Nordine
The work of media artist Jesse McLean has been shown at museums and festivals the world over but Los Angeles Filmforum presents her first solo show here in Los Angeles. Jesse McLean: The Message Is the Medium starts at 7:30 p.m. with McLean in person. Five videos (The Eternal Quarter......
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Limelight

Michael Nordine
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton appeared onscreen together only once: in Limelight, which the Aero is screening on 35mm at 7:30 p.m. Chaplin — who wrote, directed, produced, starred and composed the score — was denied re-entry to the United States after premiering the film in London, having been accused......
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Bullets Over Broadway, Hannah and Her Sisters

Michael Nordine
There’s a strong argument to be made that Woody Allen never made a better movie than Hannah and Her Sisters, which LACMA is screening as the second half of a 35mm double feature at 7:30 p.m. Few other filmmakers are as devoted to teasing out the sadness and beauty of......
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Your Weekly Movie To-Do List: Kung Fu and Woody Allen

Michael Nordine
Friday, Nov. 21 Film at LACMA’s Edgar G. Ulmer love affair concludes with a final 35mm double feature: Universal Horror yarn The Black Cat at 7:30 p.m. and Ruthless immediately afterward at 8:50. Ulmer’s daughter Arianne is set to introduce The Black Cat, the first pairing of Boris Karloff (as......
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Belgian Shorts Program

Michael Nordine
The American Cinematheque’s partnership with the Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles has resulted in a number of great screenings (Almayer’s Folly especially) followed by beer receptions. With any luck, the Belgian Shorts Program will live up to that high bar. Seven works made in the last two years......
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The Avenging Eagle, A Fist Full of Talons

Michael Nordine
A kung-fu double feature at the New Beverly at 7:30 p.m.: The Avenging Eagle and A Fist Full of Talons, both on 35mm. Our beloved New Bev has been the subject of controversy lately, what with Quentin Tarantino taking over operations and longtime employee Julia Marchese’s recent resignation, but the......
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Silent Comedy: Charlie Chaplin and the Tramp Restored

Michael Nordine
Charlie Chaplin movies play regularly, but rarely with as many in-depth extras as LACMA’s The Costume of Silent Comedy: Charlie Chaplin and the Tramp Restored. The festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be led by film historian/preservationist Serge Bromberg, who will be on hand to share behind-the-scenes footage, old......
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Little Fugitive

Michael Nordine
If Richard Linklater’s Boyhood wasn’t a comprehensive enough portrait of childhood for you, try UCLA’s free 35mm screening of Little Fugitive in the Billy Wilder Theater at 11 a.m. The 1953 film, about a boy who absconds to Coney Island after a prank gone awry makes him think he’s slain......
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Andy Warhol: Light and Dark, with Music by Ezra Buchla

Michael Nordine
Working alongside MOCA’s “Andy Warhol: Shadows” exhibit, Los Angeles Filmforum is screening Kiss and Blow Job at 7 p.m. Both are straightforward in presentation but ripe for interpretation: The former is a single roll of 16mm film (54 minutes) capturing 13 couples kissing, while the latter is more implicit in......
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Your Weekly Movie To-Do List: Black Magic at the White House and More

Michael Nordine
Thursday, Nov. 6 Cal State Northridge’s semester-long Powell & Pressburger retrospective nears its conclusion with a 7 p.m. screening of Gone to Earth, a lesser-known effort from the collaborators that legendary producer/power-broker David O. Selznick (Gone With the Wind) altered and retitled upon its initial stateside release. Oscar-winner Jennifer Jones......