Join me this Friday, 5/15, at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater. I’ll be introducing TAXI DRIVER, released 50 years ago but still stunning, and all-too-timely.
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Here's an exclusive clip of Danny Elfman, top film music agent Richard Kraft, and a new performance of PSYCHO's main title. For more, please make a pledge - link below - so that we can complete our feature documentary MUSIC FOR MURDER: HITCHCOCK, HERRMANN AND THE SCORES THAT CHANGED HOLLYWOOD. We have 16 days left; pledge rewards await!
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Thanks to London’s British Film Institute, and a capacity crowd, for providing the perfect capstone to seven months of promoting HITCHCOCK & HERRMANN. I also previewed a clip from MUSIC FOR MURDER, the feature documentary on Benny & Hitch produced by Diana Friedberg and yours truly.
It’s this Saturday! Join me as the LA Phil plays the score of VERTIGO live to picture. And come early for my Upbeat Live talk at 7 pm.
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WHITE HEAT (1949) Book signing and introduction by film historian Steven C. Smith. James Cagney delivers an explosive performance in this landmark gangster film. Experience it on the big screen at OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL, with live Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ music and an old-fashioned sing-along at the start of the show. Saturday, February 28, 2026.
📆 Saturday , February 28, 2026
⏰ 2:30pm
📍140 Richmond St, El Segundo 90245
🎤 Film Historian Steven C. smith
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) Book signing and introduction by film historian Steven C. Smith, author of a new book about composer BERNARD HERMANN. Experience this sci-fi classic on the big screen at OLD TOWN MUSIC HALL, with live Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ music and an old-fashioned sing-along at the start of the show. Saturday, February 28, 2026.
📆 Saturday , February 28, 2026
⏰ 7:00pm
📍140 Richmond St, El Segundo 90245
🎤 Film Historian Steven C. smith
Hear one of the greatest film scores played live to picture - and arrive an hour early for my pre-concert talk - when the LA Phil accompanies VERTIGO at Walt Disney Concert Hall on 3/21.
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