That's right, as part of its only-in-Los Angeles “Mayan Calendar Countdown” tribute to the potential end of the world, the American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre is having a “Planet of the Apes” marathon Saturday, showing five films that preceded...

Hollywood was not a one-size-fits-all entity in its glory days; movies catered to the widest variety of tastes, as two new groups of DVD releases from Warner Bros. emphasizes. On the wholesome end of the spectrum, "The Andy Hardy Collection" showcases...

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times suggests that the “business-as-usual” script is offset by “expert direction” by Daniel Espinosa. The Swedish director, says Turan, has given Safe House “an unmistakably stylish and unsettling tone, characterized...

The UCLA Film & Television Archive has taken to showing premium films at the Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles, and the film noir double bill scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8 is one of the best. Top-billed is Joseph Lewis' classic "The Big...

The story of The New York Times’ legendary street photographer, it has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 98 out of 100, and had big-name critics like Kenneth Turan and Lisa Schwarzbaum swimming in a sea of superlatives. In January, it got a Directors Guild...

New DVD releases allow viewers to look at all aspects of Buster Keaton's filmmaking career, even the lesser-known ones. Two-reel short films are where Keaton honed his craft, and "Buster Keaton -- The Short Films Collection" from Kino presents all 19 of...