Timeline
UCLA Student Films Communicate Actual Student Experience, Concerns – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
“Here are 21 cinematic expressions from a generation raised on cinema; young people as familiar with the camera as campus..Read More
‘Maddening Crowd’s’ Pandering Saddening – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘They hand you this program brochure that proclaims “A Great Novel Becomes A Great Motion Picture …” Bullshit.’ Kiss my..Read More
‘Reflections’ A Golden Eye Sore – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘”Reflections in a Golden Eye” is […] morbid self-indulgence with isolated passages of brilliance. That is more than one can..Read More
‘NuArt Fest Revives Best’ – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
‘It is ironic but true that those who most love cinema see the least number of movies.’ Gene Youngblood, legendary..Read More
‘Privilege’ a Virtuoso Failure
‘I’m annoyed with myself for vaguely enjoying “Privilege” (at the Granada). It’s the kind of movie that intimidates. It’s audacious,..Read More
New Cinema Surpasses New Criticism – Gene-Youngblood – LA Free Press
“Someday films will belong to everyone. We shall be able to take any movie into our home to enjoy repeatedly,..Read More
‘The Trip’ Makes It Sexually, Cinematically – Gene Youngblood – LA Free Press
“Corman’s film is not fine art; more precisely, it’s not refined art. But it is possibly the purest cinematic exercise..Read More
‘Blow Up’ Slick But Trilogy Antonioni’s Gem – Gene-Youngblood – LA Free Press
“You dance better here than in London,” he said quietly. “But they dance even better in my film.” And then..Read More
Universal horror double-bill at the Regina-Wiltshire Theatre, LA, brings Dracula back to life
In August 1938, Emil Umann was manager of the Regina-Wilshire Theatre at Wilshire and La Cienega in Los Angeles. (Miraculously,..Read More