“Yes, it’s true—minutes into his performance, he departs!” —Werner Herzog. A five-channel video installation by celebrated German filmmaker Werner Herzog, Hearsay of the Soul, is now on view at the Getty Center...
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Pauline Adamek
“Museum Hours” – Los Angeles film review
Filmmaker Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours strives to be a meditation on art and life, a reflection on the interchangeability between the painting and sculpture housed in a great museum and the ways of the world outside its...
Deborah Klugman
“Blue Jasmine” by Woody Allen – a truly virtuosic performance by Cate Blanchett film review
Woody Allen’s newest movie, Blue Jasmine, provides a platform for a truly virtuosic performance by Cate Blanchett that is sure to be remembered at Oscar voting time. Why is there so much Oscar buzz swirling around...
“The Time Being” starring Frank Langella and Wes Bentley – Los Angeles film review
The Time Being (2012) is a visually arresting film, an ambitious effort undercut by a problem script and a forgettable performance by lead actor Wes Bentley. Bentley plays Daniel, a young painter with a wife (Ahna...
French filmmaker Alain Resnais’ “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet” — Los Angeles film review
French filmmaker Alain Resnais Is Still Turning ’Em Out at 91 It’s difficult to imagine an American filmmaker making anything as abstruse as this latest film by Alain Resnais, the 91 year old French director who came to...