Film Radar covers repertory, revival and specialty films playing all over Los Angeles! Our e-newsletter has been going out weekly sine 2002. We have recently added Film Radar-Reel Women, which lists opportunities to see female directed films playing on screens all over town. There is feverish work happening behind the scenes to get our calendar […]
In the summer of 2017, I attended opening night of the new independent film “Wakefield” starring Bryan Cranston and Jennifer Garner. The writer / director Robin Swicord on hand for Q&A after the film. Much to my dismay, there was not a large audience. There should have been. On the way home I decided […]
There are several film related exhibitions happening all over town that you won’t want to miss. Now through August 26th, 2018 The Art of the Movie Poster: Highlights from the Mike Kaplan Collection The Art of the Movie Poster: Highlights from the Mike Kaplan Collection, which will be prominently displayed at the entrance to the […]
As I was going through my old posts, I found the below interview with Rob Stewart. I enjoyed chatting with him and was saddened to hear of his untimely passing. If you haven’t seen the documentary SHARKWATER, it is now on DVD and I highly recommend checking it out. It follows photographer and marine biologist […]
I have a very good friend who works at the Academy and each year she gets to attend the Academy Awards with a guest. She has been rotating the honor amongst her friends and this year she invited me!!! It was a once in a lifetime chance that I couldn’t pass up. The first major […]
A few years ago, I took a little road trip with my parents to Harlem, Georgia to visit the Laurel and Hardy Museum. I’ll post my photos in a few days. It was a fun experience and it got me to wondering what other film museums might be out there. After doing numerous google searches, […]
I was speaking one day to an elderly man who used the phrase, “You can’t miss something you never had.” With all due respect to him, I beg to differ. I miss plenty of things in life I’ve never had. In particular I miss lots of films I’ve never seen. I was combing through an […]
If Mary Pickford is known today outside of film fan circles, it is merely as “The girl with the golden curls” or “America’s Sweetheart”. Behind her delicate beauty, Pickford was a woman with razor sharp business acumen who rose to become one of the most powerful figures in Hollywood. She wrote, produced and starred in […]
CARMEN JONES (1954) Directed by Otto Preminger I’ve always wanted to see this film so I’m glad the big screen opportunity came my way. I had never seen a Dorothy Dandridge film before and I am just absolutely amazed! She radiates heat, sexuality, energy and passion in every frame of the film. She owns it […]
As a youngster I quickly realized I wasn’t anything like the other children. Instead of playing outdoors with Barbie dolls, I preferred to sit inside a dark living room and watch the weekly “horror movie matinee” on channel 21. In my spare time I poured over books with crisp black and white photos of Bela […]