Tag Archives: screenings

A Symphonic Night at the Movies: High Noon, with the Utah Symphony, February 17, 2018

by Warren M. Sherk An iconic film, High Noon. An orchestra, the Utah Symphony, that has been performing in the West since 1940. For “A Symphonic Night at the Movies” the film and orchestra came together as one at Maurice Abravanel … Read More…

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November 2016
It’s a Wonderful Life 70th anniversary screening at Academy in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen It’s a Wonderful Life on November 21. Don’t miss this screening of the film celebrating its 70th anniversary this holiday season. Frank Capra’s holiday classic, a perennial Christmas favorite, has been … Read More…

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June 2016
Giant 60th anniversary screening at Academy in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen Giant on June 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. TICKETS: Academy screens Giant The evening starts with a pre-screening discussion with Academy governor Gregory … Read More…

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July 2014
Tiomkin-scored films to be shown on the big screen

Submitted by Phil Lehman The American Film Institute Silver Theater and Culture Center is a three-screen movie theater complex in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, just north of Washington, DC. It plays both current movies, as well as classic films. Two … Read More…

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October 2012
Search for Paradise to screen again at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood

Search for Paradise will screen at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California on Thursday, October 4 at 12:30 p.m. PDT on the concluding day of the Cinerama festival that began on September 28. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to … Read More…

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September 2012
Search for Paradise to screen at Cinerama Dome in Hollywood

Search for Paradise will screen at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California on Saturday, September 29 at 4:00 p.m. PDT as part of the Cinerama festival that runs from September 28 through October 4. Tickets: Search for Paradise In … Read More…

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Dial M for Murder screens at Barbican Cinema

by Warren M. Sherk Reporting from London, October 30, 2011 The concluding event in a near month-long celebration of the music of Dimitri Tiomkin took place at the Barbican Cinema 1 on Sunday. From the stage, I introduced the matinee … Read More…

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Strangers on a Train screens at Barbican Cinema

by Warren M. Sherk Reporting from London, October 23, 2011 A good crowd was present for the screening of Strangers on a Train at a Sunday matinee at the Barbican’s Cinema 1 as part of the London Symphony Orchestra’s celebration … Read More…

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October 2011
Land of the Pharaohs to screen at Egyptian Theatre

Thanks to the Art Directors Guild and the London Symphony Orchestra, respectively, cinephiles and music lovers will be granted a rare opportunity to see Land of the Pharaohs in CinemaScope in Hollywood and to hear some of the grand symphonic … Read More…

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September 2011
Giant to screen at Academy in New York

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Monday Nights with Oscar® will screen Giant on September 12, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City. The evening will also feature actress Carroll Baker … Read More…

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August 2011
Rio Bravo screened at LACMA

Rio Bravo was screened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Tuesday, August 2nd, as part of the museum’s summer series, “Celebrating Classic Cinema: Curator and Audience Favorites.” Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan believes the series … Read More…

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May 2009
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to screen at Motion Picture Academy

In honor of the 70th anniversary of what is widely considered Hollywood’s greatest year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is screening all ten of the best picture nominees of 1939 through August 3. On July 20, … Read More…

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April 2008
More Tiomkin screenings at Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will screen prints of three films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin this month in Los Angeles. Two suppressed World War II documentaries, The Battle of San Pietro and Let There Be Light, … Read More…

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May 2007
The High and the Mighty to screen at Academy in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Gold Standard Screening Series will feature The High and the Mighty to honor the 100th anniversary of the birth of the film’s star and co-producer, John Wayne. The film’s title song, by … Read More…

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June 2005
The Negro Soldier to screen in Washington, D.C.

The Negro Soldier, a 1944 World War II Army documentary supervised by Frank Capra, will screen on June 17 at the National Archives in conjunction with the exhibit Close Up in Black: African American Film Posters. The exhibit, curated from … Read More…

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