I first became aware of Saul Bass in the early 1990s. Through my work as curator at George Eastman House, I had met various film poster dealers at collector conventions, like the Syracuse Cinefest and (now L.A. based) Cinecon.
Archival Spaces: Memory, Images, History
March 2, 2012 - 12:30 pm
A recent New York Times article sounded the alarm bell for Canyon Cinema, one of the most important distributors of avant-garde cinema in the United States.
February 17, 2012 - 1:07 pm
One of the central tenants of modernist film and photography is the use of extreme camera angles. Whether members of the so-called “New Vision” of the Bauhaus in Germany, the Italian Futurists or the Russian Constructivists, these photographic artists hoped to break out of the same old tired viewing habits based on central perspective, in order to depict reality in new and surprising ways.
January 20, 2012 - 1:38 pm
The first film festival of the calendar year for Angelinos is not Sundance, but rather the Scandinavian Film Festival, staged over two weekends at the beginning of January at the Writers Guild Theatre on Doheny. I recently attended the opening day of the 13th SFF.
January 6, 2012 - 12:52 pm
The afterglow of the “L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema” exhibition’s closing night party carried us all through the holidays. The wonderful nine weeks of inspired drama, both on screen, on stage, and in the audience also helped.
