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The photographer known as Weegee created a series of lurid and surreal images of L.A. between 1947 and 1952, many of which are currently on view at MOCA, and collected in a book.
Over his career Saul Bass would revolutionize the art of movie title design, reinvent the ways in which advertising campaigns were conceived and carried out, and basically change the foundations of visual communication in American popular culture.
In case the prospect of singin', dancin', shootin' speck-tack-you-lahr isn't enough to convince you to tune in, here are eight reasons why Annie, Get Your Gun is well worth your time.
This week's media art scene includes exciting new work from artist Kara Walker, a new feature film by brilliant filmmaker Lynne Ramsay, and a new book on the great designer Saul Bass.
Stella was fascinated by a young man selling fruit across the street from her apartment, and it inspired her to create a series of portraits of the men and women selling fruit throughout Los Angeles.
With Michael Snow's rigorous structural film, Wavelength, and Haile Gerima's politicized Sankofa leading the way, this week's LA media arts scene offers examples of iconic filmmaking from the past.
Experimental filmmmaker, an icon in the American avant-garde tradition, brings new work to a special two-night screening at REDCAT.
The KCET Lumiere Award established to recognition excellence in an actor or filmmaker for their outstanding contribution in their discipline will be awarded t...
L.A. considers its rich history of avant-garde and activist media with numerous events dedicated to reconsiderations of the past.
Catch up on the histories of film and video this week with surveys of Italian Neo-Realism, Black cinema, textural sleaziness and video art, plus a peek into the future via AFI Fest.
Two of the world's great jazz photographers take us inside a world of late-night shoots, exotic locations, and contrary art directors.