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

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

Dana Goldberg, who has worked with Ellison for nearly 15 years, will rise to co-chair of Paramount Pictures alongside Josh Greenstein, who until last week was Sony Pictures’ motion pictures president.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

There was a time before television, before motion pictures, before radio, before books.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan