Alfred Hitchcock

Movie review: 'Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters' of art in progress

2013-03-08 00:00:00

It is a rare thing to witness the creative process. But in the excellent new documentary "Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters," filmmaker Ben Shapiro gives us fly-on-the-wall access over a 10-year period to an acclaimed artist as he envisions, designs...

Petro Vlahos dies at 96; advanced blue-screen technology for film

2013-02-19 17:05:00

In the 1950s, special-effects pioneer Petro Vlahos laid the groundwork that made a modern movie genre possible — the blockbuster. He did it by vastly improving a composite-image process commonly known as the "blue-screen effect" for the 1959 epic...

TV This Week: March 3 - 9: 'Restless Virgins,' Lifetime

2013-02-28 11:29:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 3 - 9, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SUNDAY "The Bible" is coming to TV —...

TV review: Retired Doctor operates deftly in 'Spies of Warsaw'

2013-04-03 07:30:00

It's a big week on BBC America for fans of "Doctor Who." Saturday brought the return of the series itself and Wednesday sees David Tennant, its no-longer-employed-there 10th Doctor, starring in the prewar romantic thriller "Spies of Warsaw." Burn Gorman...

Fake Rockefeller trial: Friend was suspicious of defendant's identity.

2013-04-02 18:49:00

During a telephone conversation in 1988, a friend asked Christian Gerhartsreiter a simple question: “Who...are you?” Christopher Bishop, testifying in Gerhartsreiter's murder trial Tuesday, said he became suspicious of his friend after a...

TV This Week for March 17-23: 'Bates Motel' on A&E

2013-03-16 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of March 17 - 23, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � -------------------- SUNDAY The route remains roughly the same —...

'Bates Motel' opens for business on A&E

2013-03-14 07:00:00

The big screen's most formidable mama's boy is coming to TV. Norman Bates, the deranged character of "Psycho" fame, is proving movie stars aren't the only ones hunkering down to the small screen — some of cinema's fictional personas are also...

‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ and the art of the opening title sequence

2013-03-21 14:22:39

Award-winning Italian and French classics on tap this week

2013-03-21 06:00:00

Italian classic films directed by masters of cinema Federico Fellini, Vittorio de Sica and Michelangelo Antonioni will be vying for viewers' attention Thursday evening. The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood presents Fellini's...

‘Bates Motel’: Why you should watch it

2013-03-18 08:22:54

Martin Landau to receive career award at Israel Film Festival

2013-03-19 13:33:00

Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau will receive the 2013 Israel Film Festival's Career Achievement Award at the 27th opening night gala April 18 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Past recipients of the honor include Richard...

Monday's TV Highlights: 'Continuum' on Syfy

2013-03-17 20:00:00

Tippi Hedron in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds."

2013-04-17 06:23:00

Detail of a sand sculpture of Alfred Hitchcock is seen as pieces are prepared as part of this year's Hollywood themed annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival on March 26, 2013 in Weston-Super-Mare, England.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Why:A "contemporary prequel" to the Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic "Psycho," "Bates Motel" boasts a first-rate cast and an intriguingly creepy expansion of the original story's universe.

2013-03-11 00:00:00