I always found that my taste tended to line up quite a bit with Roger Ebert’s, particularly when it came to our favorite movies of all time. His list of the 10 best ever overlapped with mine in three instances, while other films he loved — such as “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” — were certainly among those I held sacred.
Roger Ebert on my favorite movies
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 3:39 pm · April 4th, 2013
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Touring Stanley Kubrick exhibit lands at LACMA and it's a cinephile's dream
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 11:06 am · November 16th, 2012
If LA film lovers are looking for something to do this holiday, look no further than the Stanley Kubrick exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A touring treasure trove of artifacts from the famed filmmaker’s career that has already made stops all over the world, from Frankfurt to Berlin, Melbourne to Ghent, Zurich to Rome, Paris to Amsterdam, it has set up shop in LA through June 30, 2013 and is well worth the $20 admission price.
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'Vertigo' dethrones 'Citizen Kane' in Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time poll
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:06 am · August 1st, 2012
For the first time in 50 years, the once-a-decade list has a new champion.
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Spend the summer with the Academy
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:51 pm · June 1st, 2012
We would probably be a bit remiss around these parts if we didn’t bring up two summer screening series the Academy is launching this year: “Oscars Outdoors” and “The Last 70mm Film Festival.”
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AMPAS to honor Douglas Trumbull with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award
Posted by Roth Cornet · 11:11 pm · January 13th, 2012
The Academy has announced that it will present Douglas Trumbull with the Gordon E. Sawyer Award at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 11, at the Beverly Wilshire.
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Douglas Trumbull feted by Visual Effects Society
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 4:44 pm · October 11th, 2011
Visual effects wizard Douglas Trumbull’s work on “The Tree of Life” has sparked warranted respect and consideration this year. He has been tapped by the Visual Effects Society for this year’s Georges Méliès Award.
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