The rich selection of great blogs and sites on movies provides an endless source of enjoyment for movie lovers. I couldn’t possibly put together a comprehensive list, but here are 60 quality movie blogs I enjoy.

I’ve divided the blogs into six categories for ease of reading, though they’re a bit fluid and some blogs fit into several categories. If you think there’s a must-read I overlooked, feel free to add it in the comments!

NEWSY

Everything you’d want to know about the latest movies (mostly mainstream).

Cinematical
This leading film blog offers news, reviews and thought-provoking opinion pieces.
Recent post: Quick List: Canadian Movies That Are Cool

Film Junk
News, reviews, features, and entertaining podcasts.
Recent post: Skip Eclipse and Play The 8-Bit YouTube Game Instead

FilmSchoolRejects
Movie news, reviews, and interviews, often with an amusingly cynical edge.
Recent post: Review: Inception

Get the Big Picture
Movie news, reviews and trailers, presented with a good dash of personal opinion.
Recent post: 20 New Photos from Zhang Yimou’s ‘Noodle Shop’

Gordon and the Whale
High-quality news, reviews, interviews – and contests too.
Recent post: Writer/Director Rod Lurie says STRAW DOGS remake will carry a hard R-rating

HitFix
Up-to-the-minute news in entertainment (movies, TV, music).
Recent post: Oscar Watch: Is ‘Inception’ a lock for a Best Picture nomination?

JoBlo
This movie network is an all-in-one source of news, reviews, and trailers.
Recent post: Two cool new French posters for The Expendables and Piranha 3D

LatinoReview
A good assortment of movie news, reviews, and features, occasionally with a specifically Latino perspective.
Recent post: Summer Of ‘85: 25 Years, 25 Films

Slashfilm
This go-to source provides news, reviews and trailers with a fanboy angle.
Recent post: First Look: Viggo Mortensen and Michael Fassbender in David Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’

TotalFilm
Movie news, trailers, and catchy feature articles.
Recent Post: The 26 Most Uninspirational Movie Speeches

BLOODY

Must-reads for horror lovers.

Arbogast
Meditations on horror, crime and more from an anonymous film buff.
Recent post: When your love affair has run its course

Bloody Disgusting
A premier source of horror news, reviews, trailers and more for movies as well as music, games and comics.
Recent post: FanTasia ‘10: First Images From ‘Jack Brooks’ Director’s ‘The Shrine’

Dread Central
Horror news with an underground focus.
Recent Post: Film4 Frightfest ‘10 - New Still: I Spit on Your Grave

FEARnet
This horror community features blogs and free movies to watch.
Recent post: Exclusive: Neil Marshall on His Bloody ‘Centurion’

Final Girl
A personal look at the horror genre, from the 70s and 80s to the present.
Recent post: The House of the Devil

Horrorsquad
Horror reviews, interviews, clips and club discussions.
Recent post: Interview: Rick Baker Opens Up About ‘The Wolfman’

Obscure Hollow
A go-to source for classic horror.
Recent post: The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Shock Till You Drop
Great source of news and reviews for the newest horror movies.
Recent post: The second trailer for Savage

Upcoming Horror Movies
Trailers and reviews for (obviously) upcoming horror flicks, with good, wide-ranging coverage.
Recent post: Let Me In teaser trailer

Vault of Horror
A broad, fun-to-read exploration of the horror genre.
Recent post: Tuesday Top 10: Favorite Ray Harryhausen Creations

EXPLORERS

Beyond the usual Hollywood suspects, these blogs offer coverage of indie productions and the international film scene.

Bad Movie Planet
Entertaining coverage of bad cinema: B-movies, cult flicks, and more.
Recent post: Who Killed Mary What’s ‘er Name?

Coffee Coffee and More Coffee
Thought-provoking analysis of film from around the world.
Recent post: One Million Yen Girl

CriterionCast
Quality podcasts and posts on new and classic film as well as cinema business/technology news.
Recent post: Blockbuster Plans To Expand Kiosk Availability In The South, Redbox Tests Higher Priced Daily Rentals

Daily Film Dose
A new film review every day – a mix of old and new, well-known and offbeat.
Recent post: Stranger Than Paradise

The Film Talk
Wide-ranging, thoughtful podcast and posts.
Recent post: Youngblood on Film: The Emerging Genre of Cinema Anima

GreenCine Daily
The blog of the online DVD rent-by-mail service is a widely-read source of indie film news and reviews.
Recent post: FILM OF THE WEEK: Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Celebration

IFC: The Independent Eye
Everything indie: news, reviews and features.
Recent post: The unexpected winners and losers at the indie box office

SelfStyledSiren
Smart, personal musings on cinema, especially classics.
Recent post: Women’s Costumes at the Movies

Some Came Running
Highly visual, intriguing explorations of film and entertainment.
Recent post: Digital Archery

Twitch
Extensive coverage of indie and foreign as well as basic Hollywood fare.
Recent post: Once Again, The Teaser For Eugenio Mira’s Gorgeous AGNOSIA - This Time In English

OPINION

More in-depth considerations of, and sometimes highly personal perspectives on, the world of film.

Andrew O’Hehir
This Salon blog offers up a thought-provoking analysis of a mix of mainstream and indie films.
Recent post: Restrepo vs. The Hurt Locker

A.V. Club
Pop-culture news, features, and particularly good interviews, sometimes with a dash of The Onion-style humor.
Recent post: George Miller, who hasn’t read the papers today, announces he’s making two Mad Max films back to back

FilmExperience
Always amusing and often provocative thoughts on film.
Recent post: Halfway Mark: Screen Hotties of 2010

Hollywood Elsewhere
A personal perspective offers fresh insights into Hollywood news and new releases.
Recent post: Tripping in Hollywood Hills

In Contention
Reviews and features, with a notably in-depth focus on film awards.
Recent post: Life Without Oscar

The Movie Blog
Amusing reads on (mostly big) movies and movie news.
Recent post: Inception’s Cool Outdoor Advertising Spots

Movie Mom
A smart parent’s perspective on movies, media, and what’s appropriate for children of different ages.
Recent post: Andrew Garfield Is the New Spiderman

Pajiba
The self-described “scathing reviews for bitchy people” site doesn’t skimp on personal opinion in movie reviews and features.
Recent post: 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time

Roger Ebert
Pithy, highly quotable reviews from the veteran film critic.
Recent post: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

What Would Toto Watch
Thought-provoking reviews, interviews and analysis of the world of film.
Recent post: WWTW interview: University of Denver Chaplain talks ‘Twilight’

GEEKY

These blogs speak to the sci-fi, fantasy and comics loving geek.

Den of Geek
A go-to source of news, reviews and features on “geek” movies, TV, comics, games, both mainstream and cult.
Recent post: The Directors Who Took on Someone Else’s Franchise

Geekosystem
A collection of entertaining pictures, videos, links, news and observations to appeal to everyone’s inner geek.
Recent post: The Real Minority Report Interface

Great Geek Manual
Great entertainment roundups, geek quotes and history.
Recent post: Geek Media Roundup: July 5, 2010

Io9
A leading source of sci-fi news in movies, books, etc. along with a dash of reporting on futuristic-sounding science.
Recent post: The 15 lamest sea monsters to ever doggy-paddle into cinema

Mania
A diverse look at comic book, fantasy, sci-fi and anime entertainment, including movies.
Recent post: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Movie Review

SciFiChick
Fun-to-read news and reviews from a sci-fi fan.
Recent post: Tonight on Syfy: MERLIN Season 2 Finale

SF Signal
An entertaining mix of sci-fi news, analysis, and pop culture.
Recent post: Ghostbusters Done Steampunk Style

SciFi Wire
Sci-fi and fantasy news from the SyFy network.
Recent post: New Potter trailer shows the beginning of the end—and more!

Superhero Hype
Superhero news, reviews, and trailers for movies and comics.
Recent post: Transformers 3 Set Photos and More!

Topless Robot
News, features, videos, contests and plenty of nerdy humor.
Recent post: TR Contest: Tweets from G.I. Joe HQ and the Terrordrome

FUTURIST

These blogs explore (at least in part) the future of cinema and media: how digital delivery services, online social networks, and more are changing the entertainment landscape. Offering perspectives from filmmakers, technology insiders, academics, and more, not all are strictly movie blogs.

Blog Maverick
The entrepreneur Mark Cuban often weighs in with controversial perspectives on the future of film and media.
Recent post: Netflix and the Future of the Entertainment Business

Cinematech
Always-interesting analysis of how technology is changing cinema, for filmmakers and viewers.
Recent post: Notes and quotes from the PGA’s 2010 “Produced By” conference

Confessions of an Aca-Fan
In-depth interviews and considerations of the future of media from a renowned professor at USC.
Recent post: The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture: An Interview with Joe Saltzman (Part Three)

Gearhead Gal
Intriguing perspectives on the consumer experience, often with a focus on media and film.
Recent post: Will Consumers Be Better Than Broadcasters At Programming Online Video?

Hollywood Rewired
This Hollywood Reporter blog reports on news that reflects how technology is changing media.
Recent post: Games a Growth Area for Disney News Corp.

Justin Kownacki
A compelling collection of thoughts on social media, pop culture online, and more.
Recent post: Diversity in Media: How the Web Wins

Media Futurist
Wide-ranging thoughts on the future of media, with a good mix of videos and presentations.
Recent post: Short video on the future of branding & communication

NewTeeVee
The GigaOm blog focused on the technology and business of the new age of video.
Recent post: Reviewers Love Hulu Plus, But Will Anyone Pay For It?

Technotainment
A Variety blog reporting on news related to the intersection of Hollywood and technology.
Recent post: Disney Makes a Big Play in the Mobile Space

Zatznotfunny
A smart, technology-oriented look at the innovations that are changing media and entertainment.
Recent post: Popbox Gets a Launch Date (For Real)

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Leslie Grandy is a consultant who blogs at The Consumer Matters. Previously, she was an executive at T-Mobile, Apple and RealNetworks and a member of the Director’s Guild of America.

Last week at the Wall Street Journal’s digital conference, D8, content creators, distributors and the Chairman of the FCC all shared the stage with iconic technology journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, and discussed the changing landscape for media in the post-econalypse, wireless age.

From Steve Jobs declaring the “balkanization” of television by cable providers who give away free digital video recorders, to Julius Genachowski’s realization of the national broadband plan, there were numerous proof points that consumers remain a long way from easily purchasing content once and viewing it anywhere, anytime, on any device. But if you are a tech savvy content creator like Steve Levitan or James Cameron, that’s not all bad, for two reasons: money and quality.

Levitan’s Modern Family integrates technology into storylines that embrace how real consumers use gadgets in their everyday lives. However, forays into web extensions of the half hour network comedy have been distractions for the show-runner, who approaches the creation and execution of direct-to-web content with the same expectations of quality and time commitment as he has for his broadcast television product.

Levitan also says he wonders if original web content dilutes what makes the television show “special”, and as a result reduces viewers for the broadcast episodes, on which his compensation is based. “I do ask myself, ‘is that going to drive more people to our show, or is that going to just drive more people to the website? Is it going to make it a little less special when we go back on the air?’” He described the web content as “sort of half efforts, [because] they can’t be the full effort. That’s the show.”

Additionally, there’s the matter of “credit” for the re-run of Levitan’s episodes on sites like Hulu or within the ABCPlayer.  Counting viewers on these digital properties could likely change the ranking of the show from its position in the top ten of television programming to a slot in the top two or three, he maintains.  And that translates into higher rates for advertisers and more compensation for the show’s creators.  Until the digital work is integrated not just from a story line but also from a whole product packaging perspective, the revenue and the quality of work will be a rounding error at best.

The story is much the same for Avatar director James Cameron, who has created content for the biggest screens around, 3D IMAX.  The quality of the experience is something people are willing to pay for, Cameron maintains, and the evidence is the scale of the revenue his film still derived from consumers despite being the most pirated film of all time. He believes technology has finally brought consumers – and producers of content, as well – to ask themselves, ‘do I want it now, or do I want it great?”

The blockbuster director and auteur of classics like the Terminator series, Aliens, The Abyss and Titanic, suggested at D8 that consumers are now at a crossroads, where, thanks to the Internet and technology, they can decide how important it is to preserve the theatrical experience that was originally conceived or access the content immediately. Cameron described the act of pirating “Avatar” as a devaluing of the quality user experience, and not just a moral choice to illegally copy the film. The fact that Avatar has become the highest grossing movie of all time shows that value can still be created in the user experience. Illegal downloads, by definition, can only be enjoyed in 2D on smaller screens.  Even if there was money left on the table, he insisted, “good narrative, good story, and good acting scales.”

What’s evident from my three days at D8 is that the opportunity to fully diverge and define home and theatrical entertainment experiences through digital technology does not rest merely with the creators of content, but also with those that deliver it.  Well maintained theaters that offer quality seating, screens and sound systems will not be enough to compete with increasingly capable home entertainment systems that offer semantic search and access to rich Internet meta-data.  For instance, theater owners might want to consider accompanying 3D content with synchronized physical interactions in the theater environment like a rush of wind or a spray of moisture, which can “sell” a film’s immersive experience.

The future of home media may be in social search and converging television with user generated media on the web, but the opportunity for multiplex movies will likely be in preserving a high-value proposition for the ultimate in physical and immersive location-based experiences.

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This post by Yosi Glick, Jinni Co-Founder and President, originally appeared on AltSearchEngines.com in May 2009.

Say I want to search for something to watch on my next movie night. Whether online or on VOD, I’m comfortable with the options: view most popular, browse by genre, or enter a title or actor. The experience is familiar – yet it always falls flat. The text menus, lists of titles, thumbnail posters… None of it captures the exciting visuals, gripping effects, moving stories, and great soundtracks that I have in mind. The popcorn smells, pushing crowds, and overheard sounds effects in the average local cinema are more compelling.

In the entertainment industry, it is widely accepted that the key to consumption is the user experience. This is all the more true in our on-demand era, when each person chooses his or her own entertainment of the moment. The range of choice is intimidating, from top hits to long-tail titles, making the discovery experience more important than ever.

Yet there is a general industry consensus that the user interface is an unresolved issue. In other words, despite the time, money and experience thrown at the issue, the entertainment industry has not yet invented a disruptive interface for content discovery.

The conventional answer to complaints about a non-intuitive user interface is, “Bring in a better designer.” But is lack of design talent the issue? I believe not. Replacing the physical experience – the local record store owner’s great recommendations, the bookstore’s colorful display of new paperbacks – with an appealing online experience, requires a fundamentally new approach.

The core problem is not layout or graphics, but rather the underlying data that shapes and limits the user interface. Why do movie discovery interfaces, from e-commerce websites to VOD services to movie machines, all look so remarkably alike? I attribute this to the homogenizing influence of the data. Genres – originally meant for back-end catalog organization – have been the basis of movie search for fifteen years and more. There is a gap between how we think and talk about entertainment and how we search for it that an interface alone cannot solve. While a typical user review, for example, includes experiential descriptions like “made me feel good” or “food for thought,” search engines support flat genres and keywords.

The key to the next generation of users interfaces lies in a new approach to data. Multi-variant data simply gives designers a better structure to play with. Take semantic search, which many see as the key to organizing large amounts of information in future, providing users with intelligent answers based on the meaning of their queries. In entertainment, this could mean that “happy” is understood in context of other moods like “feel good” and “heartwarming” but not necessarily titles or broad genres like “comedy.” Semantic search will inevitably be a source of design as well as technical innovation.

Whether semantic, real-time, people-powered, or another combination, the next generation of search will better reflect real entertainment experiences. And this new data will support and drive innovation for disruptive, intuitive user interfaces.

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It’s time for the world’s biggest, fanciest, most glamorous event to take place yet again.

No, I’m not talking about Eyjafjallajokull’s volcanic ash cloud shutting down Western Europe again this week.

If this great force of nature shows mercy, then it’s time for the Cannes Film Festival to take place for the 63rd time starting May 12th.

It’s also time to ask several important (and less important) questions about this event:

Is the festival’s prestige limited to its film-loving fans, or does it have real box-office impact?

Cannes is the most popular film festival. Filmmakers fight to win a screening for their titles, American studios muscle their titles in too. Now let’s see, have you heard of – The Child? Elephant? Rosetta? Taste of Cherry? Underground? Lemming? Vatel? I’m also pretty sure that not many have heard of The Son’s Room, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Blindness or Fanfan la Tulipe. What they all have in common is that they barely made it to the box office in the US, and earned just a few thousands or millions worldwide.

However, I’m sure most of you know Up, Fahrenheit 9/11 and The Da Vinci Code. These all either opened or won at the festival, but I’m quite sure most people didn’t know this, and would have heard about them anyway. The last group of titles includes Moulin Rouge, Dancer in the Dark, The Pianist, Hollywood Ending, and Bad Education. They all did relatively okay at the box office, both in the US and worldwide, but considering they were directed by familiar directors like Baz Luhrmann, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, Woody Allen and Pedro Almodovar, I’m not sure Cannes contributed that much to their results. And I only listed Golden Palm winners or Festival openers.

So who benefits box office-wise from the festival? Probably titles like The White Ribbon, The Class, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days or Secret & Lies, which gained exposure or a large boost from their participation. Ultimately, all those big names and guests allow the truly arthouse or small, unknown titles to stand out and win attention.

Why does Cannes have so many mainstream US screenings anyway?

This year Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe’s new adaptation of Robin Hood will open the festival. To me, it is another surprising and hard-to-understand decision. Aside from the fact that Scott is having a hard time being weaned from Gladiator (the trailer looks as if Maximus decided to play Robin), why is there such a predominance of big US production in Cannes? I mentioned Up, Fahrenheit 9/11, and The Da Vinci Code. You can throw in Troy, Shrek, Indiana Jones 4, Kung Fu Panda, What Just Happened, Ocean’s 13, Sicko, Clerks II, Over the Hedge, X-Men 3, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, The Matrix Reloaded and 007’s Die Another Day. And this is a very partial list, from recent years, of titles from the formal competitive selections. Is this a European festival or a marketing platform for major US releases? Can’t the Europeans do without the USAid?

A look at several festivals from the early 60s show that US titles were screened mostly in competitive selections, that there weren’t many anyway, and that out-of-competition special screenings were few, so the visibility of big studio productions was minimal. I guess relying on the powerful names of European creators from the golden age of the 50s and 60s can’t keep the festival relevant these days. And so studio productions are screened to attract the crowds, to launch campaigns, and to allow the small, unknown titles mentioned in the former paragraph to bloom. How does the infamous French pride coexist with all that? I guess when they want, or have to, they manage. Even speaking English if necessary…

Why do they always put the English subtitles in the small box below the screen, below the French subtitles, when most viewers do not read or speak French?

I guess it’s one of their ways to preserve their infamous pride, as mentioned above…

Why does Godard keep making films?

This year he will present Film Socialisme. The man is nearing his 80th birthday and keeps making films. And they are not good. Didn’t he notice that the 60s are over, and because his name still appears in almost every second festival, the artistic directors have to bring Shrek and Up to balance things out and make sure audiences will attend? With all the respect to the man and his cinematic contribution, and I do respect it, some people need to know when to retire in order not to disgrace their youth.

Will Tim Burton contribute to an original win, or did he divorce originality a long time ago?

Will he contribute to an original win this year, hopefully a bit more communicative than the originality of last year’s winner (The White Ribbon) or previous ones? The following video is a bit discouraging on this subject (and rather explains Alice), but let’s hope he’ll find time to help earn an award for something like Big Fish, for example.

By the way, Tim, will you do something about your hair?

Probably not, but in case you decide to surprise us, the Croisette (Cannes’ famous seaside promenade) and its surrounding do offer some good hair salons, in which they even speak English. Try this one, it is even spread worldwide, so you will not have to get used to a new salon when you travel elsewhere. Or in the worst case, head to beautiful old Antibes, to The Cutting Shop. Here’s their pricing for men.

Why are there no semi-naked wannabe starlets on the Croisette anymore?

Tim, while heading out to the Croisette on the way to the salon, you’ll be disappointed to notice that there are no herds of photographers hiding a wannabe actress who has decided to bare her skills to potential talent agents. Where have they all gone? The answer is probably ***inpublic.com, and the like.

How do you get tickets to the famous porn party?

Let’s face it. Almost any male who attends Cannes fantasizes about this party, despite knowing that the chances he will get in are about the same as winning the lottery. So Tim, don’t stroll the Croisette waiting for someone to shove an invitation into your hands. Actually, I don’t have a clue how to get one. You always meet someone who says he knows someone who can get invitations, and it ends up with you and the other sucker waiting in the street where the party is held, watching plastic-like women get out of limos (first their breasts, or sometimes after the rest of their bodies), escorted by very big guys who you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark ally, quickly disappearing inside. Ahhhh… disgusting!

And despite all that, why do I miss attending this event so much…?

I went to Cannes four times as a film buyer in the early 2000s, and I miss it a lot. Yes, I guess it’s not what it used to be in the 50s, 60s and even 70s. Yes, there are other great festivals. But something about this overcrowded event works. First, the setting. The beautiful Croisette, the beautiful little streets leading to and from it and the beautiful countryside dotted with old villages all around.

Then there are the stars. You don’t need to do much to bump into one. They are all over, in hotels, cafes, the streets, and of course the screenings and parties. Nice to see that Schwarzenegger is not as big as he seems, that Cameron Diaz looks just as great in reality, to eat dinner at the same restaurant with Scorsese, to talk to Ewan McGregor in a cafe, to take a picture with the breathtaking Aishwarya Rai, and so on. Speaking of parties and receptions, there are plenty: small or big, private or not. In clubs, on rooftops, in fancy hotels or amazing villas. Food and drinks are free, and they prove that it is feasible to party and work - not sure though that some of the deals you close after such nights, are reliable… People-wise, it is a great feeling of a small global village, united by a love for movies, and so it’s fun to hang out in groups of people who are often an ensemble of four and even five continents.

Last, and most important, the reason we all gathered for – the movies. Hundreds and thousands of screenings (to those that also attend the film market), from early morning to late at night, of all the kinds, spread all over town. If it is going to see a competition title in the Palais Des Festivals, in which case you must wear a tux, or to a midnight screening in a small cinema of a little-known title that turns out to be a gem. (I remember going to see The Eye – the original Asian version – with no expectations, dead tired, and in no time finding myself in a packed cinema, at the edge of my seat, jumping with fright every now and then – knowing it was a good title, but disappointed that I couldn’t buy it as it wouldn’t work in my territory.) To sum it up, these twelve days or so made me feel like I was living in a movie, a feeling I didn’t experience in quite the same way in any other festival.

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The red carpet is laid, cameras are flashing, and ambulances are standing by to handle the weak-hearted. As the limos start rolling in, thousands of white - and silvered-haired fans (and some bold ones), who’ve been standing in line for days aided by walkers, wheelchairs and caretakers, scream ecstatically to the point that false teeth fly everywhere…

OK, OK, OK, it’s the first…

And while I don’t really expect the exact picture described above, I’m sure that retirement home residents in the area of The Egyptian Theatre, The Chinese Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel are pretty excited and overwhelmed by waves of nostalgia and memories.

The people at TCM have organized a rather original event – the first film festival to honor classic Hollywood titles. Original and classic don’t quite go together, but it is rare to have a festival dedicated solely to classics, dating back to the 20s with Safety Last, Metropolis and others, and with “new” titles dating back to the late 60s.

It could have been a rather moldy event, but it seems to be vitalized by several incentives. Check out the all-star cast that will attend the screenings and share stories and anecdotes with the audiences: Jean-Paul Belmondo (grannies, put on your best nightgowns and go save front row seats) will attend the 50th anniversary screening of the new wave classic Breathless; Mel Brooks will get a star at Hollywood Boulevard and discuss The Producers; Eli Wallach will present The Good The Bad and The Ugly (where’s Clint? probably too young to attend…); Eva Marie Saint and Martin Landau will share their memories of working with Alfred Hitchcock on North by Northwest, and a rare public appearance by the actress Luise Rainer, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday (!), introducing her 1937 film, The Good Earth, which earned her the second of two consecutive Oscars.

Interesting events will include a screening of a newly restored copy of A Star Is Born; The North American premiere of the full length, restored Metropolis; a nostalgic panel The Greatest Movies Ever Sold: Classic Movie Marketing Campaigns; the panel A Remake to Remember: Hollywood’s Love Affair with Updating Movie Classics, with John Carpenter and Charles Shyer; The Hustons: A Hollywood Dynasty celebration, which will screen a trio of films in the presence of Anjelica and Danny Huston, and a special poolside screening at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: Esther Williams and Betty Garrett (almost 90 and still acting!) will present a screening of Neptune’s Daughter, with a pre-show performance by the synchronized swimming troupe, the Aqualilies – campy, I know, but still fun.

Additional rare screenings of old, restored or 70mm movies will take place all over (check all screenings and events here).

Among the rest of the guests: Peter Bogdanovich, Ernest Borgnine, Tony Curtis, Stanley Donen, Illeana Douglas, Curtis Hanson, Buck Henry, Darryl Hickman, Norman Lloyd, Leonard Maltin, Nancy Olson, Richard Rush, Douglas Trumbull & Jon Voight.

Now, if we would have reduced the years of the accumulated ages of the guests mentioned in this post, from the current year, we would have gotten back in time to approximately year one! (not the movie, god forbid)

Aging jokes aside, this could really turn out to be a nice, nostalgic event – and a tour de force for these acclaimed industry veterans. So enjoy, and remember: Age before beauty!

Here’s a taste of what’s coming:

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