Ingmar Bergman

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...

Sparks to bring 'Two Hands, One Mouth' tour to Hollywood Forever

2013-02-25 15:31:00

This post has been updated. See note below for details. Eccentrically innovative Los Angeles art-rock duo Sparks (a.k.a. brothers Ron and Russell Mael) will play a hometown show April 16, bringing their new stripped-down stage show, “Two Hands,...

Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

2013-01-18 08:15:00

Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...

Review: 'Nora's' excellent cast cuts to the heart of a masterwork

2012-12-06 14:53:00

Creator of such epic projects as “Fanny and Alexander” and “Scenes From a Marriage” -- both later edited into feature-length format -- Ingmar Bergman hardly seems the go-to guy when it comes to condensing an existing script....

The New Yorker's John Lahr quits regular theater reviewing

2012-11-14 16:26:00

One of the most recognizable names in the world of theater criticism is stepping down. John Lahr, the senior theater critic for the New Yorker for close to 20 years, is quitting regular reviewing for the magazine to concentrate on profile writing and book...

Avenging Angel

2012-04-01 16:39:28

Tony Curtis documentary to open the L.A. Jewish Film Festival

2012-05-02 16:38:00

Erland Josephson dies at 88; Swedish actor, Bergman collaborator

2012-02-27 00:00:00

Swedish actor Erland Josephson, one of fabled director Ingmar Bergman's closest friends and collaborators, known for his portrayals of aloof intellectuals and often Bergman's alter ego in such celebrated films as "Scenes From a Marriage" and "Cries and...

Laughs amid the dark stuff at Scandinavian Film Fest L.A.

2012-01-05 16:37:44

'A Separation': Kenneth Turan's film pick of the week

2012-01-05 16:37:42

Around Town: Max von Sydow plays chess with death again

2012-02-02 16:40:44

What other Woody Allen movies could be stage material?

2012-02-24 16:33:49

The seminal Swedish filmmaker, Ingmar Bergman, right, relaxes while on location on the islet of Faro off Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea for his Oscar-winning drama "Through a Glass Darkly" in 1960. At left is his longtime cinematographer Sven Nyqvist.

2012-09-18 13:51:00

Erland Josephson, the Swedish actor who collaborated with his friend Ingmar Bergman on such films as "Scenes From a Marriage" and "Cries and Whispers," dies at 88.

2012-03-01 10:25:37

Ingmar Bergman made a career off of deep character development. In this, one of his finest films, when a woman is dying her sisters come home to basically watch her fade away and deep seeded emotions and secrets are revealed.

2012-02-13 12:01:12