Get your Kurosawa on

The American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre presents a retrospective of Director Akira Kurosawa’s work from Jan. 18 through Jan. 31. The series includes “Stray Dog” and “Rashomon,” winner of the Grand Prix at the Venice International Film Festival and Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

Twelve of Kurosawa’s most popular works are presented, including “The Seven Samurai,” which was remade into “The Magnificent Seven” ; his reworking of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” entitled “Throne of Blood”; his crime tale, “The Bad Sleep Well”; “Yojimbo” and its follow-up, “Sanjuro”; “Red Beard”; “Dersu Uzala,” a Russian story filmed for two years in Siberia; and two epic samurai tragedies — “Kagemusha” and his “King Lear” adaptation, “Ran.” All screenings are at the Max Palevsky Theatre at the Aero Theatre, located at 1328 Montana Ave. Tickets are available through www.fandango.com.

General admission is $10, $7 for Cinematheque members, $9 for seniors (65+ years) and students with a valid ID card. Information is available by calling (323) 466-FILM.

Daily Press



No parental guidance needed

This Saturday, Jan. 20, from 10 p.m. until midnight on 89.3 KPCC, Theatre Works’ “The Play’s the Thing” will air “Orphans” by Lyle Kessler, starring John Mahoney, Kevin Anderson and Terry Kinney. Two orphan brothers live in a rundown house. Into their world enters Harold, a figure of power and influence who irrevocably changes the precarious balance between them. The broadcast includes an interview with John Mahoney.

To get a full schedule, go to the L.A. Theatre Works Web site at www.latw.org and follow the link through the “Radio Theatre Series” heading and then “Episode Guide,” or go directly to www.scpr.org for KPCC.

DP



Touch of ‘Soul’ at the Odyssey

Judy Arnold Productions presents, “A Splintered Soul,” written by Alan Lester Brooks and directed by Brantley M. Dunaway. The play centers on Rabbi Kroeller and a group of refugees as they seek to define their existence in San Francisco’s Jewish community following World War II.

“A Splintered Soul” will open as a limited engagement on Friday, Jan. 19, at 8 p.m. and run for six weeks through Sunday, Feb. 25. Performances are scheduled for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. at the Odyssey Theatre, located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Tickets are $25 for all performances. For tickets, call (310) 477-2055 or visit www.odysseytheatre.com.

DP



Disastrous landscaping

The Taylor De Cordoba gallery presents a solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Sasha Bezzubov. The showing will include a selection of nine photographs from “Things Fall Apart,” a series of landscape photographs made in the aftermath of natural disasters. The exhibit covers five areas of destruction: India after an earthquake, the Midwest after tornadoes, California after wildfires, Florida after hurricanes, and Indonesia and Thailand after a tsunami.

The exhibition will run from Jan. 20 through Feb. 17. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, Jan. 20, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Taylor De Cordoba gallery is located at 2660 S. La Cienega Blvd., in Los Angeles. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. — 6 p.m.

DP