UPDATE (6:30): TMZ reports that Hackman has been released from the hospital and is doing "fine." _____ PREVIOUSLY: Gene Hackman was hit by a car...
John Farr | Posted 03.05.2012
Duvall can look back with pride on a rich and colorful life, and his contributions to film should never be underestimated, as the following ten titles demonstrate.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jessie Heyman | Posted 12.14.2011
NEW YORK -- Thursday night, the New York Film Festival toasted the 10th anniversary of Wes Anderson's film "The Royal Tenenbaums." And although a deca...
John Farr | Posted 08.14.2011
This was the not the first title I had in mind for this piece. But when I dug into Clint Eastwood's life and career, it seemed particularly apt -- and not even close to an overstatement.
Cynthia Ellis | Posted 07.03.2011
Dennis Farina. You have to love him. You can't help yourself. Farina's latest leading role as Joe May in The Last Rites of Joe May puts us under a new kind of mesmerizing spell.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
To paraphrase a famous quote: "Hilary -- I've seen you act, and I've seen Faye Dunaway act, and Miss Duff -- you're no Faye Dunaway." This truth is of course self-evident if you watch Faye in her prime.
Todd Kashdan | Posted 05.25.2011
There's nothing wrong with an assumption that people are inherently good while giving them the benefit of the doubt. All I ask is that you go beyond the surface content of what people talk about.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
One had to acknowledge and admire Tony Curtis's sheer spirit and zest. But while Curtis was the ultimate public personality, filmmaker Arthur Penn, who died two days ago, was basically a private man.
themillions.com | Posted 05.25.2011
There is something about celebrity novels that seems intrinsically against nature, like cats playing the piano. Celebrities are perfect the way they ...
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
As we head into the Independence Day weekend, I wanted to suggest some classic titles scattered over the decades that each in their way evoke our country's unique character.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Here then are eight outstanding films that trace the arc of Dennis Hopper's colorful legacy, and give us even more reason to celebrate the man.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
The story of Gene Hackman, who quietly turned eighty just two months ago, is one of raw will and talent overcoming a host of limitations that would have defeated most people.
Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011
The NCAAs are the only truly pan-American sporting event, an Olympics of sport where every region of the country has local heroes in action. The play has been uniformly exceptional.
Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Everyone's got their fantasy plan for rebuilding America after eight years of W and if you haven't guessed by now, mine's got to do with mass transit.
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.25.2011
Theater owners were banned from selling snacks during the run of Ben Hur, 1959 Best Picture. The movie was deemed to be too much of an artistic event to be denigrated by popcorn and candy.
Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011
The curse that trips its way through the branches of a family tree is a great means to get to an audience's gut. We are, after all, consigned to what we're handed by our forebears.
Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011
Liza Minelli wants everyone to know that they her new DVD, Liza's At the Palace, is in stores. The show played on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
The riveting documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest trails champion skier Yuichiro Miura and his team as they ascend the world's highest peak, hoping to descend on skis: a virtual suicide mission.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Why does the media who cover Warren Beatty's work assume the topic I care most about with regard to this highly accomplished figure is how many women he slept with? It's insulting, in a way, isn't it?
NY Post, Amazon | Posted 05.25.2011
Cloris Leachman has an autobiography coming out April 7, and inside she tells her life story, complete with bedroom anecdotes. They NY Post got a p...
Mike Bonifer | Posted 05.25.2011
As their pitifully unproductive 'William Ayers game' indicates, the Republicans' field of vision for this election is limited to what they can see in their rear-view mirrors.
Posted 03.14.2012