The myth of the artist has been a popular theme for filmmakers since the dawn of cinema. On January 14–15, the Getty Museum will present Dream a Little Dream: Artists in Film, a series of films that exemplify the...
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Pauline Adamek
Bill Cunningham New York – screening at Getty
For decades, Bill Cunningham, a Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist, has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high-society charity soirées for The New York Times Style section. On...
She’s back! Love, Connie at Celebration
The hilarious hit drag-show-meets-noir-drama Love, Connie is back — for six weekend shows only! — and for those who have seen it before, much like Bladerunner, this is the new ‘Final Version’ including...
Long-winded and dull — J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood’s latest movie J. Edgar, a selective biopic about the tyranny and achievements of J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), is a curiously unengaging drama. Eastwood goes to great pains to cast his central protagonist...
Retro and charming — The Artist
Smarmy, charming Jean Dujardin perfectly embodies the persona of a charismatic silent movie star, playing George Valentin in writer-director Michel Hazanavicius’ audacious silent black and white movie The Artist. It’s a...
