FILM SNEAK PEEK FANTASY, HORROR FLY HIGH.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the digitally restored version of ``Superman.'' At 7 tonight is the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. premiere of the renewed 1978 comics- to-cinema classic that made Christopher Reeve a star. It's part of American Cinematheque's second annual Festival of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction. The festival, continuing through Aug. 26, leans heavily toward horror this year, digging into film libraries from around the world for oldies Oldies is a generic term commonly used to describe a radio format that usually concentrates on Top 40 music from the '50s, '60s and '70s. Oldies are typically from R&B, pop and rock music genres. like ``The Howling,'' Mexico's ``The Braniac'' and Italy's ``The Witch'' as well as newer films such as ``Dead Creatures'' and ``Sleepless.'' Vampires are a prominent theme, turning up in ``Blood,'' ``Planet of the Vampires,'' ``Vampire Hunter D Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD - Bloodlust'' and others. Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something really scary? Check out ``Starwoids,'' Dennis Przywara's documentary about the fanatics who waited in line up to six weeks for the 1999 opening of George Lucas' ``Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.'' Lucas movie buff Chris Gore calls ``Starwoids'' ``by far the best documentary about waiting in line for Episode I that I have seen.'' He'll discuss the project with Przywara after the Aug. 23 screening. Screenings are at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. Information: (323) 466-3456. ANDY'S 15 MINUTES: Pop artist Andy Warhol Noun 1. Andy Warhol - United States artist who was a leader of the Pop Art movement (1930-1987) Warhol , who predicted each of us would be famous sometime for 15 minutes, gets his due this week for his 16mm films with ``From the Factory: Andy Warhol's Films.'' The series, running Saturday through Aug. 11 at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , is aimed at presenting Warhol as an important filmmaker of the 1960s, not just as an artist who sometimes used film as a medium. Warhol withdrew the films from circulation in 1972. Ten years later, the Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art, in New York City, founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. It was an outgrowth of the Whitney Studio (1914–18), the Whitney Studio Club (1918–28), and the Whitney Studio Galleries (1928–30). convinced Warhol to permit the films to be preserved by the Museum of Modern Art's film department. The Andy Warhol Foundation has made the restored films available to the UCLA Film and Television Archive for this series. Screenings are at the James Bridges Theater in the northeast corner of the campus, near Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades. and Hilgard Avenue. Tickets are $6 for general admission and $4 for students. Information: (310) 206-3456 or www.cinema.ucla.edu. HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD: The fifth annual Hollywood Film Festival is under way this weekend with a slate that includes 12 world premieres and 18 U.S. premieres. Stars Tony Goldwyn Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost (who had his friend and co-worker Sam Wheat killed), Kendall Dobbs in Designing Women and Natassja Kinski will be guests of honor at today's 7 p.m. screening of ``An American Rhapsody American Rhapsody refers to a musical composition written by the noted musician John Serry, Sr. for the accordion in 1955. It was subsequently published by the Alpha Music Company. ,'' writer-director Eva Gardos' drama about coming to America. Other screenings are set for 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Paramount and Raleigh studios in Hollywood, and seminars at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
The festival's closing-night film Sunday is an invitation-only screening of Woody Allen's new '40s noir sendup, ``The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,'' starring Allen and Helen Hunt Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an Emmy-, Golden Globe- and Academy Award-winning American actress, perhaps most widely known for her role in the television sitcom Mad About You. . Monday night is the black-tie awards gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, with Harrison Ford, Charlize Theron and Sandra Bullock among the presenters. Actor and actress of the year honorees are being decided from ballots cast at ETonline.com, Variety.com and Hollywood Videos stores. Information: (310) 288-1882 or www.hollywoodfestival.com. ATTENTION, KID VIDEOGRAPHERS: If a kid in your home has ever picked up a camera and filmed or taped something that isn't totally embarrassing to the rest of the family, his or her work just might be eligible for the fifth annual Backyard National Children's Film Festival. Entries must be postmarked by Monday for consideration. Films must be written, directed and produced by kids 18 and under, with competitions divided into three age groups: elementary (10 and under), middle school (11 to 13) and high school (14 to 18). Prizes range from $500 cash to $5,000 film school scholarships. The festival is slated for Nov. 2 and 3 at the Los Angeles Center Studios. For more information about the organization, call Tiffany Owens at (310) 203-0151. For applications, call (877) 543-3456 or go to the Web site, www.childrensfilmfest.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: American Cinematheque will screen the restored version of 1978's ``Superman,'' starring Christopher Reeve, at 7 tonight. |
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