motion pictures

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Presenting the world-class restorations turned out by UCLA’s Film & Television Archive, the festival, now in its 22nd edition, never fails to delight as it showcases the widest variety of motion pictures in impeccable condition.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Yet her fame derives not from directing, but rather from acting in more than 200 motion pictures from the mid-1920s until shortly before her death, at age 67, in 1977.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Then, to get more subscribers, the push was to make their own IP or buy big theatrical motion pictures that had success.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz bars and the golden age of big motion pictures - rapidly spread around the world.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

The twentieth century held some surprises for us all: the flicker of the motion pictures, the yammer of the radio, the mounting rumble of foreign wars, the jangle of change.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck