The vibrant sounds of a party echo around the lower level of Grand Avenue as you approach The Broad Museum, Downtown La’s trendiest new addition to the modern art scene. The sound of filtered kick drums and the hum of a hundred conversations greet you as the building comes into view, surreal, like an oblong spaceship made of egg shells. A few steps further and you’re bouncing around to warm House grooves that sweat like a 90s warehouse party while feeling fresh and dynamic — an impressive feat performed with ease by Jd Samson. Amidst the booming kicks and soulful...read more...
- 9/28/2016
- by Ethan Goodman
- Monsters and Critics
Music is an integral part of filmmaking, moving the story and touching the audience. Where would iconic movies such as Star Wars, Avatar, The Godfather, or Gone with the Wind be without its music? Would Downton Abbey, Dexter, or House of Cards be the same and have audiences glued to their TVs without music? Would gamers immerse into Final Fantasy or Legend of Zelda if they were silent? Movie music has moved us all to cheer, cry, and fall in love for more than 100 years. Yet the vast majority of composers hired to create this vital part of Hollywood’s cultural landscape have been men. Well, that musical glass ceiling is about to crack!
Grand Performances, the “Best Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series” in Los Angeles and the Alliance for Women Film Composers team up celebrate the music of women composers in film, television, video games and interactive media at...
Grand Performances, the “Best Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series” in Los Angeles and the Alliance for Women Film Composers team up celebrate the music of women composers in film, television, video games and interactive media at...
- 8/3/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Photo by Donnacha Kenny"Congratulations, Tom; you're one of the lucky eight per cent!" —Stir of Echoes (1999)Joliet, Illinois is probably the American city which more people have dreamed more fervently of escaping than any other. But after spending four hours in 'Prison Town'—long synonymous far and wide with incarceration—I was sad to leave; I'll be glad one day to return. Fortunately, such matters are questions of personal choice. Many of the area's residents, including those not serving custodial sentences, have little realistic option but to remain—trapped by personal, social and/or economic circumstances that can feel as confining as any 6-by-8 cell. "Joliet, or "J-Town", is racially diverse and is known as a crime-ridden city, although the area has shown much improvement since the 1990's... The east side is generally known as the ghetto side and the west side is known as middle class, even though...
- 2/29/2016
- by Neil Young
- MUBI
Dustin Diamond will report to jail in January to begin serving his four-month sentence in connection with a bar fight earlier this year after dropping his appeal in the case.
The actor, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, appeared in court Wednesday in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, where he withdrew his appeal of a disorderly conduct conviction, local stations Wisn-tv, Witi-tv and Whbl-tv all separately reported.
He will begin serving his sentence, which includes work release, on Jan. 15.
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The actor, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, appeared in court Wednesday in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, where he withdrew his appeal of a disorderly conduct conviction, local stations Wisn-tv, Witi-tv and Whbl-tv all separately reported.
He will begin serving his sentence, which includes work release, on Jan. 15.
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- 12/17/2015
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- People.com - TV Watch
Dustin Diamond will report to jail in January to begin serving his four-month sentence in connection with a bar fight earlier this year after dropping his appeal in the case. The actor, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, appeared in court Wednesday in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, where he withdrew his appeal of a disorderly conduct conviction, local stations Wisn-tv, Witi-tv and Whbl-tv all separately reported. He will begin serving his sentence, which includes work release, on Jan. 15. • Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Click here to get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage...
- 12/17/2015
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
The sad, strange career of Dustin Diamond has taken yet another turn downhill: Bayside's quintessential nerd and onetime porn actor has been sentenced to four months in jail and 15 months probation after a stabbing incident at the Grand Avenue Saloon in Ozaukee, Wisconsin, on Christmas last year. He was charged with two misdemeanors for carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct (he was cleared of a felony charge for public endangerment). ABC reports that Diamond appeared "misty-eyed" at the courtroom. The judge ordered him to begin his sentence this Sunday.According to witnesses, Diamond's girlfriend Amanda Schutz started the fight by pushing another woman. Diamond said that in the ensuing confusion, he accidentally stabbed a man when he took out his switchblade. (He originally told police at the scene that he might have hit someone with a pen.) Schutz was convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $500. "This was the single...
- 6/25/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
Dustin Diamond has been sentenced to four months in jail and 15 months of probation after being convicted on two misdemeanor counts following a bar fight on Christmas in Wisconsin. The 38-year-old Saved by the Bell alum was cleared of a felony charge last month after a three-day trial, but the jury found him guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Diamond was convicted for stabbing 25-year-old Casey Smett at The Grand Avenue Saloon after his fiancée, Amanda Schutz, got into an altercation with a woman who was allegedly harassing her and the actor. Schutz was found guilty of disorderly conduct. She faces a maximum of 90 days in prison. During the sentencing, Diamond reportedly apologized to Judge Paul...
- 6/25/2015
- E! Online
Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, has been found not guilty of a felony after being accused of stabbing a man during a bar fight but was convicted of two misdemeanors and still faces the threat of a jail sentence. Prosecutors accused the 38-year-old actor of stabbing a 25-year-old man, Casey Smet, at The Grand Avenue Saloon on Dec. 26 after his fiancée, Amanda Schutz, 27, got involved in an altercation with a woman who was allegedly harassing her and the actor. Diamond had pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of recklessly endangering safety and misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct with a dangerous weapon. On Friday...
- 5/30/2015
- E! Online
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, according to his attorney, Thomas Alberti. Diamond, 37, who's best known for playing nerdy Samuel "Screech" Powers in the early 1990s sitcom, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon on Dec. 25. "I'm feeling very positive about the outcome [of the trial]," Alberti tells People. "The deeper we dig the more confident we feel about the outcome.
- 1/23/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond pleaded not guilty Thursday to allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, according to his attorney, Thomas Alberti. Diamond, 37, who's best known for playing nerdy Samuel "Screech" Powers in the early 1990s sitcom, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon on Dec. 25. "I'm feeling very positive about the outcome [of the trial]," Alberti tells People. "The deeper we dig the more confident we feel about the outcome.
- 1/23/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond will stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Dec. 25 at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told police he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée, Amanda Schutz. Diamond's defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, says no one saw the former child star stab anyone during the altercation, but after hearing a police officer's testimony,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond will stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Dec. 25 at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told police he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée, Amanda Schutz. Diamond's defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, says no one saw the former child star stab anyone during the altercation, but after hearing a police officer's testimony,...
- 1/6/2015
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Screech will have his day in court. Even if he’d rather not.
Dustin Diamond, who played uber-nerd Samuel “Screech” Powers on the sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man in a Wiconsin bar on Christmas Day, the Associated Press reports.
See photos: 9 Outrageous Screech Moments in Recognition of ‘Saved by the Bell’ Actor’s Arrest
The 37-year-old actor is facing a felony endangerment charge as well as two misdemeanors over the alleged incident.
Diamond was arrested in Port Washington, Wisconsin after allegedly stabbing a man during a fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon.
Dustin Diamond, who played uber-nerd Samuel “Screech” Powers on the sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly stabbing a man in a Wiconsin bar on Christmas Day, the Associated Press reports.
See photos: 9 Outrageous Screech Moments in Recognition of ‘Saved by the Bell’ Actor’s Arrest
The 37-year-old actor is facing a felony endangerment charge as well as two misdemeanors over the alleged incident.
Diamond was arrested in Port Washington, Wisconsin after allegedly stabbing a man during a fight at the Grand Avenue Saloon.
- 1/6/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Former Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond was released from a Wisconsin jail Monday afternoon after he posted $10,000 bail. An hour after he was released, Diamond, who is accused of stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, appeared in court for a status hearing along with his private attorney, Thomas Alberti. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Dec. 25 at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told officers he was...
- 12/30/2014
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
A judge ordered “Saved by the Bell” actor Dustin Diamond to remain silent on details regarding a stabbing incident that landed him in jail on Dec. 25.
Dressed in a dark suit, Diamond, 37, appeared in a Wisconsin courtroom Monday and did not speak as the judge who presided over the hearing told him not to discuss details of the case with media, according to NBC News.
Defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, requested reduced bail for the actor, who has already posted a $10,000 bail.
“Dustin has absolute faith in our legal system,” Alberti previously told ABC News. “We are confident that the truth will prevail.
Dressed in a dark suit, Diamond, 37, appeared in a Wisconsin courtroom Monday and did not speak as the judge who presided over the hearing told him not to discuss details of the case with media, according to NBC News.
Defense attorney, Thomas Alberti, requested reduced bail for the actor, who has already posted a $10,000 bail.
“Dustin has absolute faith in our legal system,” Alberti previously told ABC News. “We are confident that the truth will prevail.
- 12/29/2014
- by Alicia Banks
- The Wrap
Dustin Diamond, better known as nerdy Samuel "Screech" Powers in the early 1990s sitcom Saved by the Bell, remains in police custody after being arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted he was armed with a knife during a fight Thursday night at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told officers he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée Amanda Schutz. Diamond is claiming self-defense and reportedly seeking private counsel,...
- 12/29/2014
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Dustin Diamond, better known as nerdy Samuel "Screech" Powers in the early 1990s sitcom Saved by the Bell, remains in police custody after being arrested Friday for allegedly stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, north of Milwaukee. Diamond, 37, was charged with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon after he admitted to accidentally stabbing a man Thursday night at the Grand Avenue Saloon. Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the bar, told officers he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée Amanda Schutz. Diamond is claiming self-defense and reportedly seeking private counsel, according...
- 12/29/2014
- by Christine Pelisek, @chrispelisek
- PEOPLE.com
Police in Wisconsin are on the hunt for video that would prove "Saved By the Bell" star Dustin Diamond stabbed someone ... starting with surveillance footage from the scene of the crime.Grand Avenue Saloon owner Randy Buser tells us he was contacted Friday evening by authorities looking to review the bar's video footage ... and they agreed to meet today.Law enforcement officials tell us they requested the video to see if Screech was the stabber...
- 12/27/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, was arrested early Friday morning in Wisconsin after allegedly stabbing a man in a bar. Diamond, 37, was arrested for possession of a switchblade knife, first degree recklessly endangering safety and carrying a concealed weapon and was booked into the Ozaukee County jail at 1:26 a.m., a spokesperson confirms to People. According to Fox6 News, police were called to the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington for a stabbing and found evidence indicating that Diamond had stabbed a man before leaving the bar with his girlfriend. Police located...
- 12/26/2014
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Screech on Saved by the Bell, was arrested early Friday morning in Wisconsin after allegedly stabbing a man in a bar. Diamond, 37, was arrested for possession of a switchblade knife, first degree recklessly endangering safety and carrying a concealed weapon and was booked into the Ozaukee County jail at 1:26 a.m., a spokesperson confirms to People. According to Fox6 News, police were called to the Grand Avenue Saloon in Port Washington for a stabbing and found evidence indicating that Diamond had stabbed a man before leaving the bar with his girlfriend. Police located...
- 12/26/2014
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
“Saved By the Bell” star Dustin Diamond was arrested on Christmas at around midnight in Port Washington, Wisc., after allegedly stabbing a man during a bar fight. The 37-year-old actor was charged with multiple misdemeanors on Friday, stemming from his involvement.
The incident occurred at the Grand Avenue Saloon Thursday night shortly before midnight. Once police arrived, Diamond had reportedly fled the scene in an SUV with his 27-year-old girlfriend, who hasn’t been identified by name. The two of them were apprehended nearby and taken into custody.
Also Read: Lifetime’s ‘Saved by The Bell’ Movie Cast: Who Are These People,...
The incident occurred at the Grand Avenue Saloon Thursday night shortly before midnight. Once police arrived, Diamond had reportedly fled the scene in an SUV with his 27-year-old girlfriend, who hasn’t been identified by name. The two of them were apprehended nearby and taken into custody.
Also Read: Lifetime’s ‘Saved by The Bell’ Movie Cast: Who Are These People,...
- 12/26/2014
- by Travis Reilly
- The Wrap
Occasionally while typing about the Oscars I accidentally type in the Shrine or the Kodak and especially "The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion" when I mean The Dolby Theater. It's an honest mistake since the Oscars are a bonafide institution and one tends to associate locations with events. The Dolby Theater, the "permanent" home now for Oscar (whatever permanent means considering things such as contracts, name changes, and rights battles for broadcast and whatnot) was once the Kodak Theater and for the last dozen years that's where the Oscars have been held. But until the new millenium, I associated the event with the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. That music hall hosted the Oscars the longest from Oliver! (1968) through Shakespeare in Love (1998) though it should be noted that the Shrine auditorium stepped in as substitute for six years during that three decade stretch.
I've never actually been to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion but for...
I've never actually been to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion but for...
- 10/10/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
I have to write about this great series because after all, I am a Los Angelina myself!
Los Angeles Filmforum was started in 1975 by Terry Cannon. Adam Hyman became director in 2003 as an act of love for films which would not reach the light of day without his work. That Moca is supporting him in this series is also important and it shows that Los Angeles has a sense of itself and finds the sense in preserving what film history has created.
Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca is supported through both organizations by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles; and at Moca by Catherine Opie.
Additional support of Filmforum's screening series comes from the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Additional support to Filmforum generously provided by American Cinematheque. They also depend on our members, ticket buyers, and individual donors.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most photographed, yet least understood city in the world. For all of the countless images, it is as though few people have actually seen the city well enough to depict it. Coinciding with A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California, Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca presents a program of recent films that break this mold, and in so doing document the changing landscape of the city in the 21st century. Thom Andersen, Alexandra Cuesta, and Clay Dean use poignant and at times even poetic images of buildings, immigrant neighborhoods, deteriorating signage, and readymade still lifes to give us a sense of place as well as the uncanny. Serving as an elegiac prologue to this recent efflorescence of observational cinema is Kent MacKenzie’s heartbreaking Bunker Hill 1956, a rich documentary memorializing the site whose destruction preceded downtown’s current incarnation as a corporate office block (and home to Moca).
In person: Thom Anderson and Clay Dean
What: Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca Presents: This is the City
When: Thursday, July 11, 2013 – 7pm
Where: Moca Grand Avenue, Ahmanson Auditorium, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
Tickets: $12 general admission; $7 students with valid ID
Tickets available at moca.org
Free for Moca and Los Angeles Filmforum members; must present current membership card to claim free tickets
Info 213/621-1745 or education[a]moca.org
“Get Out [of the Car]” began as an outgrowth of “Los Angeles Plays Itself,” inspired by a peeling billboard. The film became a 30-minute symphony devoted to the remnants of a vanished Los Angeles of neighborhood farms and demolished concert halls. —Saul Austerlitz, New York Times
“Although Los Angeles has appeared in more films than any other city, I believe that it has not been well served by these films. San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo have all left more indelible impressions. It happens that many film-makers working in Los Angeles don’t appreciate the city, and very few of them understand much about it, but their failures in depicting it may have more profound causes.
“In Los Angeles Plays Itself, I claimed that the city is not cinematogenic. ‘It’s just beyond the reach of an image.’ Now I’m not so sure. In any case, I became gradually obsessed with making a proper Los Angeles city symphony film.” —Thom Andersen, “Get Out of the Car: A Commentary”
Screening:
Kent MacKenzie, Bunker Hill 1956
1956, 16mm, black and white, sound; 18min.
Print courtesy of USC.
Before making his landmark feature The Exiles, Kent MacKenzie produced this intelligent and sensitive portrait of the Bunker Hill neighborhood, which was already in 1956 under very serious threat of total redevelopment and eradication. The film focuses in particular on the single, elderly pensioners who lived in the neighborhood, and proposes that far from being a slum, Bunker Hill was a very defined and beloved community. —Mark Toscano
Alexandra Cuesta, Despedida (Farewell)
2013; 16mm, color, sound; 10 min.
Shot in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, this transitory neighborhood resonates with the poetry of local resident Mapkaulu Roger Nduku. Verses about endings, looking and passing through open up the space projected. A string of tableaus gather a portrait of a place and compose a goodbye letter to an ephemeral home. —AC
Clay Dean, Not West of Western
2011; 16mm, black and white, sound; 13.5 min.
Walking within parameters that define the heart of Los Angeles, Not West of Western explores the cross section of still photography and cinema while at the same time calling attention to the unique cross-cultural landscape of the city. —CD
Thom Andersen, Get Out of the Car
2010; 16mm, color, sound; 35 min.
Direction: Thom Andersen; camera: Madison Brookshire, Adam R. Levine; editing: Adam R. Levine; sound: Craig Smith
Get Out of the Car is a city symphony film in 16mm composed from advertising signs, building facades, fragments of music and conversation, and unmarked sites of vanished cultural landmarks (including El Monte Legion Stadium and the Barrelhouse in Watts). The musical fragments compose an impressionistic survey of popular music made in Los Angeles (and a few other places) from 1941 to 1999, with an emphasis on rhythm’n’blues and jazz from the 1950s and corridos from the 1990s. The music of Richard Berry, Johnny Otis, Leiber and Stoller, and Los Tigres del Norte is featured prominently. —Ta
Total Running Time: 76.5 min.
Programmed by Madison Brookshire
Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca furthers Moca’s mission to be the defining museum of contemporary art by adding a bimonthly series of film and video screenings organized and co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum—the city’s longest-running organization dedicated to weekly screenings of experimental film, documentaries, video art, and experimental animation.
Los Angeles Filmforum was started in 1975 by Terry Cannon. Adam Hyman became director in 2003 as an act of love for films which would not reach the light of day without his work. That Moca is supporting him in this series is also important and it shows that Los Angeles has a sense of itself and finds the sense in preserving what film history has created.
Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca is supported through both organizations by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission; the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles; and at Moca by Catherine Opie.
Additional support of Filmforum's screening series comes from the Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. Additional support to Filmforum generously provided by American Cinematheque. They also depend on our members, ticket buyers, and individual donors.
Los Angeles is perhaps the most photographed, yet least understood city in the world. For all of the countless images, it is as though few people have actually seen the city well enough to depict it. Coinciding with A New Sculpturalism: Contemporary Architecture from Southern California, Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca presents a program of recent films that break this mold, and in so doing document the changing landscape of the city in the 21st century. Thom Andersen, Alexandra Cuesta, and Clay Dean use poignant and at times even poetic images of buildings, immigrant neighborhoods, deteriorating signage, and readymade still lifes to give us a sense of place as well as the uncanny. Serving as an elegiac prologue to this recent efflorescence of observational cinema is Kent MacKenzie’s heartbreaking Bunker Hill 1956, a rich documentary memorializing the site whose destruction preceded downtown’s current incarnation as a corporate office block (and home to Moca).
In person: Thom Anderson and Clay Dean
What: Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca Presents: This is the City
When: Thursday, July 11, 2013 – 7pm
Where: Moca Grand Avenue, Ahmanson Auditorium, 250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles 90012
Tickets: $12 general admission; $7 students with valid ID
Tickets available at moca.org
Free for Moca and Los Angeles Filmforum members; must present current membership card to claim free tickets
Info 213/621-1745 or education[a]moca.org
“Get Out [of the Car]” began as an outgrowth of “Los Angeles Plays Itself,” inspired by a peeling billboard. The film became a 30-minute symphony devoted to the remnants of a vanished Los Angeles of neighborhood farms and demolished concert halls. —Saul Austerlitz, New York Times
“Although Los Angeles has appeared in more films than any other city, I believe that it has not been well served by these films. San Francisco, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo have all left more indelible impressions. It happens that many film-makers working in Los Angeles don’t appreciate the city, and very few of them understand much about it, but their failures in depicting it may have more profound causes.
“In Los Angeles Plays Itself, I claimed that the city is not cinematogenic. ‘It’s just beyond the reach of an image.’ Now I’m not so sure. In any case, I became gradually obsessed with making a proper Los Angeles city symphony film.” —Thom Andersen, “Get Out of the Car: A Commentary”
Screening:
Kent MacKenzie, Bunker Hill 1956
1956, 16mm, black and white, sound; 18min.
Print courtesy of USC.
Before making his landmark feature The Exiles, Kent MacKenzie produced this intelligent and sensitive portrait of the Bunker Hill neighborhood, which was already in 1956 under very serious threat of total redevelopment and eradication. The film focuses in particular on the single, elderly pensioners who lived in the neighborhood, and proposes that far from being a slum, Bunker Hill was a very defined and beloved community. —Mark Toscano
Alexandra Cuesta, Despedida (Farewell)
2013; 16mm, color, sound; 10 min.
Shot in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, this transitory neighborhood resonates with the poetry of local resident Mapkaulu Roger Nduku. Verses about endings, looking and passing through open up the space projected. A string of tableaus gather a portrait of a place and compose a goodbye letter to an ephemeral home. —AC
Clay Dean, Not West of Western
2011; 16mm, black and white, sound; 13.5 min.
Walking within parameters that define the heart of Los Angeles, Not West of Western explores the cross section of still photography and cinema while at the same time calling attention to the unique cross-cultural landscape of the city. —CD
Thom Andersen, Get Out of the Car
2010; 16mm, color, sound; 35 min.
Direction: Thom Andersen; camera: Madison Brookshire, Adam R. Levine; editing: Adam R. Levine; sound: Craig Smith
Get Out of the Car is a city symphony film in 16mm composed from advertising signs, building facades, fragments of music and conversation, and unmarked sites of vanished cultural landmarks (including El Monte Legion Stadium and the Barrelhouse in Watts). The musical fragments compose an impressionistic survey of popular music made in Los Angeles (and a few other places) from 1941 to 1999, with an emphasis on rhythm’n’blues and jazz from the 1950s and corridos from the 1990s. The music of Richard Berry, Johnny Otis, Leiber and Stoller, and Los Tigres del Norte is featured prominently. —Ta
Total Running Time: 76.5 min.
Programmed by Madison Brookshire
Los Angeles Filmforum at Moca furthers Moca’s mission to be the defining museum of contemporary art by adding a bimonthly series of film and video screenings organized and co-presented by Los Angeles Filmforum—the city’s longest-running organization dedicated to weekly screenings of experimental film, documentaries, video art, and experimental animation.
- 6/19/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
With the USC marching band, a performance by The Go-Go's, stand-up comedy routines and hot fudge sundaes, the Yesssss! Gala for Los Angeles' Moca was almost as varied as the new exhibit it celebrates. On Saturday night, more than 650 guests showed up to celebrate what supporters hope is a new chapter for the financially beleaguered downtown museum and to tour Urs Fischer's new career survey, which opened Sunday and sprawls across both Moca Grand Avenue and its Geffen Contemporary space. In the latter building, hundreds of rough clay sculptures fill the space, a dizzying panoply of animal forms and human figures created in concert with Fischer by more than
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- 4/22/2013
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Responding to an overture from officials at downtown’s aesthetically distinguished but financially beleaguered Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has proposed a merger of the two institutions. If it comes to fruition, the joining of the two museums would create a visual-arts powerhouse with three world-class venues -- Lacma’s Broad Contemporary, Moca’s Grand Avenue museum and the Frank Gehry-designed Geffen Contemporary -- in which to display one of the globe’s deepest collections of contemporary art, as well as restoring Moca’s ability to mount the sort of adventurous, agenda-setting temporary exhibitions for which it has
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- 3/8/2013
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Review by Sam Moffitt
Some movies stay with you. People are constantly amazed that I can remember so much about movies but also what theatre I saw them in and under what circumstances. Movies can be like songs in the memory, where you were physically and mentally and emotionally the first time you heard a song and how it takes on much more meaning than the musicians ever intended. The same with books, I recall at what point in my life I read certain books and where I was at the time. And so, it’s the same with movies, for me anyway.
In 1966 my Father entered John Cochran Veteran’s Hospital in St. Louis, on North Grand, for brain surgery. He never walked out of there. We were visiting Dad before the surgery, at eleven years old I was already a die hard Movie Geek. I used to beg my parents,...
Some movies stay with you. People are constantly amazed that I can remember so much about movies but also what theatre I saw them in and under what circumstances. Movies can be like songs in the memory, where you were physically and mentally and emotionally the first time you heard a song and how it takes on much more meaning than the musicians ever intended. The same with books, I recall at what point in my life I read certain books and where I was at the time. And so, it’s the same with movies, for me anyway.
In 1966 my Father entered John Cochran Veteran’s Hospital in St. Louis, on North Grand, for brain surgery. He never walked out of there. We were visiting Dad before the surgery, at eleven years old I was already a die hard Movie Geek. I used to beg my parents,...
- 2/11/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
*Updated with dozens of new locations* It was recently announced John Carpenter’s Halloween will return to theaters across the country this October and the first list of participating theaters have been announced.
“This October, John Carpenter’s immortal classic, Halloween, will be making a return to theaters nationwide. This will be the biggest run the film has had since shocking audiences in 1978, and makes for the perfect early kick off to next year’s 35th Anniversary celebration.
Screening before the film will be You Can’T Kill The Bogeyman: 35 Years Of Halloween, a new mini documentary written and directed by our own Justin Beahm, focusing on the undeniable impact the film (and series) has had on culture and the genre. The documentary will run at all screenings coast-to-coast.”
*Note: More locations will be added over the course of the month. Although most of the screenings are expected to start on October 25th,...
“This October, John Carpenter’s immortal classic, Halloween, will be making a return to theaters nationwide. This will be the biggest run the film has had since shocking audiences in 1978, and makes for the perfect early kick off to next year’s 35th Anniversary celebration.
Screening before the film will be You Can’T Kill The Bogeyman: 35 Years Of Halloween, a new mini documentary written and directed by our own Justin Beahm, focusing on the undeniable impact the film (and series) has had on culture and the genre. The documentary will run at all screenings coast-to-coast.”
*Note: More locations will be added over the course of the month. Although most of the screenings are expected to start on October 25th,...
- 9/18/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We recently reported on a small zombie fast food restaurant and a number of readers suggested that we run a story on Zombie Burger + Drink Lab, located in Des Moines, Iowa. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the restaurant, this isn’t a small operation. They are known for their gourmet burgers, just recently served their 250,000th patty, and have a selection of over 130 beers.
I recently got in touch with the restaurant’s creator and chef, George Formaro, who told me all about the restaurant, from its early concepts to its famous burgers and shakes:
Can you tell our readers your background as a chef in Des Moines and some of your other business ventures?
George Formaro: I started as a chef in the 80′s and left my job to open an artisan bakery. From there, we felt that we should have a sandwich shop, so we...
I recently got in touch with the restaurant’s creator and chef, George Formaro, who told me all about the restaurant, from its early concepts to its famous burgers and shakes:
Can you tell our readers your background as a chef in Des Moines and some of your other business ventures?
George Formaro: I started as a chef in the 80′s and left my job to open an artisan bakery. From there, we felt that we should have a sandwich shop, so we...
- 8/8/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Variety report that Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman movie generated the most shooting activity in Los Angeles last year with 249 permitted days in total. The figures, provided by the FilmL.A. permitting agency, indicate that "Magnus Rex" (the code name that The Dark Knight Rises used on permits) accumulated six consecutive weeks as the leading offlot feature production. The locations used during that period include the Los Angeles River, under the 6th Street Bridge; Dominguez Channel near El Camino College; Grand Avenue downtown; Figueroa and 4th Street downtown; 830 S. Hill at the Broadway Trade Center; and Frank Court Alley between 6th and 7th streets. During this time, fans were lucky enough to get sneak peeks at everything from the "Batwing" to Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway in full costume as Bane and Catwoman respectively. Starring: Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman Michael Caine as Alfred Gary Oldman as...
- 1/18/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Chicago – The 2011 Best of the Midwest Awards were presented on Tuesday, December 6th at the Rockit Bar and Grill in downtown Chicago, an annual ceremony that celebrates Chicago’s Midwest Independent Film Festival. HollywoodChicago.com’s Patrick McDonald and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, the co-host of “Ebert Presents: At the Movies,” were among the presenters.
Festival Director Mike McNamara was the Master of Ceremonies, giving out eight awards for the best of the 2011 season. The Midwest Independent Film Festival convenes Every first Tuesday of the month throughout the year, and showcases films directly associated with the Midwest area. This year was one of the strongest ever, as reflected in the level of winners and Midwest films that were showcased.
Best of the Midwest Winners: Best Actor Dennis Farina and Best Actress Meredith Droeger of ‘The Last Rites of Joe May’
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Local Chicago legend Dennis Farina...
Festival Director Mike McNamara was the Master of Ceremonies, giving out eight awards for the best of the 2011 season. The Midwest Independent Film Festival convenes Every first Tuesday of the month throughout the year, and showcases films directly associated with the Midwest area. This year was one of the strongest ever, as reflected in the level of winners and Midwest films that were showcased.
Best of the Midwest Winners: Best Actor Dennis Farina and Best Actress Meredith Droeger of ‘The Last Rites of Joe May’
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
Local Chicago legend Dennis Farina...
- 12/7/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
We're sorry Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We know you told us to avoid Dark Knight Rises spoilers but we just couldn't help ourselves. In our defence, there was plenty of action to see on Sunday's shoot as filming continued in Los Angeles for Christopher Nolan's film. A handful of short videos shot from rooftops include the spectacular truck crash seen above, as well as a series of explosions that took place on Grand Avenue. Meanwhile, the video below shows a faceoff between the Batwing...
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- 9/20/2011
- by Total Film
- TotalFilm
Obviously there are spoilers in this article!
Filming on The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t seem to be done in Los Angeles after all as Coming Soon have today posted a bunch of videos from an action shoot that reportedly took place Sunday (yesterday). The videos include a truck crashing from the road to a lower level road along with explosions on Grand Avenue, L.A. Lots of explosions actually! All caused by the Batwing it seems….
Watch the videos below and let’s predict just what is being shot down there?
Meanwhile Gary Oldman, who along with his Dark Knight Rises co-star Tom Hardy absolutely rocks in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, had this to say to LOVEFilm regarding the third Batman film;
I can’t tell you anything about it, I’m sworn to secrecy! Yeah, it’s a terrific script, it’s a great story. There was obviously...
Filming on The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t seem to be done in Los Angeles after all as Coming Soon have today posted a bunch of videos from an action shoot that reportedly took place Sunday (yesterday). The videos include a truck crashing from the road to a lower level road along with explosions on Grand Avenue, L.A. Lots of explosions actually! All caused by the Batwing it seems….
Watch the videos below and let’s predict just what is being shot down there?
Meanwhile Gary Oldman, who along with his Dark Knight Rises co-star Tom Hardy absolutely rocks in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, had this to say to LOVEFilm regarding the third Batman film;
I can’t tell you anything about it, I’m sworn to secrecy! Yeah, it’s a terrific script, it’s a great story. There was obviously...
- 9/19/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Continuing a great and long-standing tradition, about 90 of our top newspaper comic strips will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on and in Boston Ma, New York City NY, Newark NJ, Shanksville Pa and Washington DC by producing special strips, with each cartoonist making his or her individual comment on the event.
Strips that will be participating include Agnes, Apt. 3-g, Archie, Arctic Circle, Ask Shagg, B.C., Baby Blues, Barney & Clyde, Beakman And Jax, Beetle Bailey, Between Friends, Big Nate, Bleeker The Rechargeable Dog, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Spaceguy!, Buckets, Buckles, Candorville, Chuckle Bros, Crankshaft, Curtis, Daddy’s Home, Deflocked, Dennis The Menace, Dick Tracy, Dog Eat Doug, Dogs Of C-Kennel, Doonesbury, Dustin, Edge City, Elderberries, Fastrack, Fort Knox, Freshly Squeezed, Funky Winkerbean, Gasoline Alley, Grand Avenue, Hagar The Horrible, Heart Of The City, Heathcliff, Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop, Herb And Jamaal, Hi And Lois, Home And Away,...
Strips that will be participating include Agnes, Apt. 3-g, Archie, Arctic Circle, Ask Shagg, B.C., Baby Blues, Barney & Clyde, Beakman And Jax, Beetle Bailey, Between Friends, Big Nate, Bleeker The Rechargeable Dog, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Spaceguy!, Buckets, Buckles, Candorville, Chuckle Bros, Crankshaft, Curtis, Daddy’s Home, Deflocked, Dennis The Menace, Dick Tracy, Dog Eat Doug, Dogs Of C-Kennel, Doonesbury, Dustin, Edge City, Elderberries, Fastrack, Fort Knox, Freshly Squeezed, Funky Winkerbean, Gasoline Alley, Grand Avenue, Hagar The Horrible, Heart Of The City, Heathcliff, Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop, Herb And Jamaal, Hi And Lois, Home And Away,...
- 8/31/2011
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Last week, the first image of Andrew Garfield in his Spider-Man costume was released, offering fans the first glimpse of 'ol Webhead. But if a high-resolution photo of Spider-Man in costume isn't enough, how about a blurry look at Spider-Man running through the streets (literally running, not swinging) followed by a SUV with a camera attached to it? That's just one of the latest set photos recently released online. (Fun Note: Spider-Man eventually jumps from the street to the top of a semi.) There's also photos of a Daily Bugle van and some New York police cars. Shooting took place on Grand Avenue and Grant Street in Los Angeles.
The Spider-Man reboot opens July 3, 2012, and was directed by Marc Webb. Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, and Denis Leary co-star. And we're hoping it steers clear of Spider-Man 3's catastrophic choices.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 1/19/2011 by Ryan
Andrew Garfield | Marc Webb...
The Spider-Man reboot opens July 3, 2012, and was directed by Marc Webb. Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, and Denis Leary co-star. And we're hoping it steers clear of Spider-Man 3's catastrophic choices.
Next Showing:
Link | Posted 1/19/2011 by Ryan
Andrew Garfield | Marc Webb...
- 1/19/2011
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Updated: AICN have posted a further 8 images from the shoot and make the great point that it sure looks like the design of the suit is closer to the original, classic design than Raimi’s from this distance.
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The er, film we can’t call Spider-Man 4 (or a hundred other things according to Sony) was filming on Grand Avenue, just outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles last night and a spy nabbed this photo of a costumed Spidey dashing across the New York traffic.
From this distance, the Spider-Man suit looks as conventional as the previous Sam Raimi design and less controversial than that close-up image from last week. I’m still very much in favour.
The Daily Blam also managed to capture the following images;
The Daily Bugle vans (has anyone tried calling those numbers listed yet?)
And the other very interesting image, which might...
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The er, film we can’t call Spider-Man 4 (or a hundred other things according to Sony) was filming on Grand Avenue, just outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles last night and a spy nabbed this photo of a costumed Spidey dashing across the New York traffic.
From this distance, the Spider-Man suit looks as conventional as the previous Sam Raimi design and less controversial than that close-up image from last week. I’m still very much in favour.
The Daily Blam also managed to capture the following images;
The Daily Bugle vans (has anyone tried calling those numbers listed yet?)
And the other very interesting image, which might...
- 1/18/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Hey look! It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man running through the streets of Los Angeles! This shot was taken last night on Grand Avenue, outside of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Spider-Man is in full costume, but it's hard to tell what the mask looks like. The costume looks much brighter here than it does in the image that was released, but all that colorization and contrast stuff is taken care of during post-production. ...
- 1/18/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Photo by Craig Schwartz/Center Theatre Group
Being slightly on the vertically challenged side, we've never forgiven Randy Newman for "Short People." Sure, he has since written gems like "I Love L.A." and "You Got a Friend in Me," but it's all too little too late. "No reason to live," Randy? Really. Kind of harsh if you ask us.
But if you can get past his unkind words to the under 5'4" set, you may want to check out Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels at the Mark Taper Forum. The (perhaps) Broadway-bound show is not just another in a string of musicals that take a catalog of work by a single artist and build a story around it.
This show is simply a musical revue. Its sole purpose is to honor the music of the Toy Story composer. There is a bit of a through line based purely...
Being slightly on the vertically challenged side, we've never forgiven Randy Newman for "Short People." Sure, he has since written gems like "I Love L.A." and "You Got a Friend in Me," but it's all too little too late. "No reason to live," Randy? Really. Kind of harsh if you ask us.
But if you can get past his unkind words to the under 5'4" set, you may want to check out Randy Newman’s Harps and Angels at the Mark Taper Forum. The (perhaps) Broadway-bound show is not just another in a string of musicals that take a catalog of work by a single artist and build a story around it.
This show is simply a musical revue. Its sole purpose is to honor the music of the Toy Story composer. There is a bit of a through line based purely...
- 11/24/2010
- by Pop Culture Passionistas
- popculturepassionistas
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Moca), celebrated its 31-year history as one of the world’s leading contemporary art institutions on Saturday, November 13, 2010, with The Artist’s Museum Happening, a celebratory gala envisioned by Los Angeles artist Doug Aitken.
The gala raised more than $3.2 million for the museum and began at Moca Grand Avenue with red carpet arrivals of Hollywood celebrities including Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, Kate Bosworth, Kirsten Dunst, Rachel Bilson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Chloë Sevigny, Will Ferrell, art-world luminaries, fashion icons, and renowned Los Angeles artists.
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The gala raised more than $3.2 million for the museum and began at Moca Grand Avenue with red carpet arrivals of Hollywood celebrities including Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale, Kate Bosworth, Kirsten Dunst, Rachel Bilson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Chloë Sevigny, Will Ferrell, art-world luminaries, fashion icons, and renowned Los Angeles artists.
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- 11/18/2010
- Look to the Stars
"Men in Black 3" is rumored to be in production in Brooklyn, and now there are rumors that Will Smith might be moving there, too.
But not in the way it seems - Smith has received an offer to stay in a luxury penthouse condo just minutes from where the movie will be filming.
A fax obtained that's sent from the managing partner of a condo building at 75 Grand Avenue in Brooklyn to the actor's longtime manager and production partner states that the building would "like to invite him to stay in our luxury penthouse as a pied-a-terre during and throughout the production of 'Men in Black 3.'"
The penthouse is apparently only blocks from Steiner Studios, where much of Smith's new movie will be filmed. It's a 2,300-square-foot duplex with 16-foot high ceilings, full aperture windows, walnut flooring, custom cabinetry and stainless steel appliances by Sub-Zero, Fulgor and Liebherr.
But not in the way it seems - Smith has received an offer to stay in a luxury penthouse condo just minutes from where the movie will be filming.
A fax obtained that's sent from the managing partner of a condo building at 75 Grand Avenue in Brooklyn to the actor's longtime manager and production partner states that the building would "like to invite him to stay in our luxury penthouse as a pied-a-terre during and throughout the production of 'Men in Black 3.'"
The penthouse is apparently only blocks from Steiner Studios, where much of Smith's new movie will be filmed. It's a 2,300-square-foot duplex with 16-foot high ceilings, full aperture windows, walnut flooring, custom cabinetry and stainless steel appliances by Sub-Zero, Fulgor and Liebherr.
- 10/11/2010
- icelebz.com
"Extra's" Mario Lopez will be in attendance at the Chicago Healthy Living Challenge this Saturday, June 5 from noon to 3:00 p.m.
It's a free, fun-filled family event designed to get you moving and inspired. If you're in the Chicago area, get up off the couch and walk, run, or bike to Navy Pier's Festival Hall located at 600 East Grand Avenue.
The entire event will take place Saturday, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
It's a free, fun-filled family event designed to get you moving and inspired. If you're in the Chicago area, get up off the couch and walk, run, or bike to Navy Pier's Festival Hall located at 600 East Grand Avenue.
The entire event will take place Saturday, June 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- 6/4/2010
- Extra
Museums are great at keeping musty artifacts around, but L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art actually brought a dead icon back to life on Tuesday. Fresh off of the announcement of actor/director/artist Dennis Hopper's show and the appointment of Jeffrey Deitch as curator, the museum has decided to dig up a 30-year-old logo, designed by Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, who designed identities for NBC, Mobil, PBS, and National Geographic. (So fresh is the decision that the museum's Web site still hosts the old identity.)
According to Aiga, which awarded the duo a medal in 1979, this could mean all sorts of throwback fun, like these brochures and other collateral from 1984. It's unusual, to say the least, for a brand to revive a 30-year-old logo, and even then, to use it completely untouched. Don't get your hopes up, though: Christopher Knight at the Los Angeles Times reports...
According to Aiga, which awarded the duo a medal in 1979, this could mean all sorts of throwback fun, like these brochures and other collateral from 1984. It's unusual, to say the least, for a brand to revive a 30-year-old logo, and even then, to use it completely untouched. Don't get your hopes up, though: Christopher Knight at the Los Angeles Times reports...
- 5/19/2010
- by Alissa Walker
- Fast Company
Are you ready to be the new face of the fashion industry? Do you have what it takes to become America's Next Top Model? Have you watched previous Top Model seasons and wished that you could get your very own piece of Tyra Mail? If you are in the Dallas area this Saturday, March 21st it is your time to shine at the Top Model auditions. To avoid the madness that ensued in NYC last week we have very helpful information for all you Top Model hopefuls. Former supermodel and talk show host Tyra Banks struck gold when she created her own reality show titled America's Next Top Model (Antm). Aspiring models big and small flocked to be apart of this show and so far eleven lucky winners have had their lives changed because of their victory on Top Model. One of the most notable winners throughout the cycles was Adrianne Curry.
- 3/20/2009
- by cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)
- TVStar
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