John Ford

Altman, Pacino and Hope and Crosby among weekend highlights

2013-03-14 06:00:00

An early film by Robert Atman, a sneak preview of Al Pacino as Phil Spector and a�Bob Hope and Bing Crosby "Road" picture double bill are among the highlights this weekend. The UCLA Film & Television Archive's Festival of Preservation offers a rare...

In search of 'The Searchers' and the history behind the western

2013-03-01 11:00:00

The bigger the fight between a screenwriter and a director, the better the picture. It's an arrant generalization but not necessarily an errant one. Look at Budd Schulberg's battles with "On the Waterfront," or Robert Towne's over the ending of...

Oscars 2013: Get your play-at-home ballot here

2013-02-24 11:00:00

Looking for an Oscars 2013 play-at-home ballot? Look no further — you've found a shareable version, packed with additional info about who and what you'll be voting on. Click here to get the ballot, explore a bit before you mark your choices and...

Oscars 2013: Follow the Academy Awards live on Twitter

2013-02-24 15:00:00

The 85th Academy Awards are hours away, but social media is abuzz with winner projections, potential Oscar snubs and fashion faux pas. For film buffs and casual onlookers following the awards on a second screen,�you can get access from the scene on...

Oscars 2013: Watch live video coverage Sunday — but first, catch up

2013-02-20 07:00:00

The 85th Academy Awards are getting closer, and the big question on Oscar watchers' minds is whether "Argo" will sweep this awards season, capping off its run with a best picture win for Ben Affleck's drama about the Iranian hostage crisis. But there'...

Sundance 2013: David Gordon Green, back after 'Pineapple Express'

2013-01-22 00:00:00

PARK CITY, Utah — “It’s been awhile,” director David Gordon Green said as we shook hands on Sunday. Indeed it had. It was, in fact, 10 years almost to the day since I’d interviewed Green at the Sundance Film Festival, and...

Theater review: ' 'Tis Pity' still shocks after nearly 400 years

2013-01-11 06:00:00

Before Quentin Tarantino, Martin McDonagh and all the other sadistic bad boys of film and theater, there was the 17th century dramatist John Ford testing his audience's tolerance for perverse blood sport. In his most popular play, " 'Tis Pity She's a...

South Africa's Western Cape: Savoring the bounty

2013-01-06 00:00:00

— One night as my sister and I walked across the rugged yet strangely delicate terrain of a place called Farm 215, the path to our cottage lighted only by the stars and a flashlight, the wine-wobbly beam suddenly illuminated several sets of legs....

Kathryn Bigelow and Oliver Stone: What do they have in common?

2012-12-19 11:36:00

The Academy Awards are still two months away, but the surge of critical support for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” is raising a provocative question: How many filmmakers have won two best director Oscars within just a few years?...

Oscar nominations 2013: 'Lincoln' leads field; surprises, snubs seen

2013-01-10 08:32:00

Only in Hollywood could a tiny, low-budget tale of a little girl named Hushpuppy who lives in the bayou take on a historical epic by master filmmaker Steven Spielberg about the 16th president’s struggle to end slavery and the Civil War. But...

Movie books go between the covers with Hollywood's elite

2012-12-27 00:00:00

Are you a film buff who received a holiday gift certificate for books? Not to worry. Here's a post-Christmas guide to three books about legendary cinema stars, and a fourth about some of Hollywood's bit players. "Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies":...

Review: Timothy Egan's insightful 'Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher'

2012-10-18 09:30:00

-------------------- Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis Timothy Egan Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 384 pp., $28 -------------------- Edward Curtis was given many names by the native peoples he...

The son of silent-film western star Harry Carey Sr., Carey Jr. was a venerable character actor who was believed to be the last surviving member of director John Ford's legendary western stock company.

2013-01-01 10:18:00

The Apache motel has retro aesthetics, character, rundown charm plus a dash of celebrity. John Wayne and John Ford often stayed at the Apache while filming in the area.

2012-06-13 14:18:00

Speaking of tributes to the past, Stephen Spielberg puts together his best John Ford film with WAR HORSE. The animals are even more impressive, as we watch an extraordinary horse named Joey as its sold into war. The movie is extremely over-sentimental, but that worked for me.

2011-12-30 08:34:18