Obits

There's really no benefit in trying to make sense of the directorial career of Alan Parker. Over more than a...

Hollywood execs never quite figured out what to do with Kelly Preston, did they? The impossibly beautiful blonde was seldom...

Where does one even begin when attempting to contextualize the career of Ennio Morricone? I'm not sure if Morricone is...

Carl Reiner may not have been the last of his kind, but you would be forgiven for thinking so. Over...

Director/screenwriter Lewis John Carlino's career was not all that prolific, but it was punctuated by a handful of very significant...

If ever there was a director who had a strange career, surely Joel Schumacher would be among the first in...

Long before Ian Holm first registered to me on film as the malevolent android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's 1979 classic,...

The thing I will always remember most about Larry Kramer is that he was angry. Righteously and unapologetically angry. Most...

Lynn Shelton directed nine films that, if we are being honest, not many people saw. She worked with major talent...

In a career that dates back more than 50 years and holds more than 300(!) credits, the thing that I...

Jerry Stiller had a career in comedy that lasted over 60 years. He married Anne Meara and the two developed...

Waking up to the death of Little Richard is not how I wanted to start my day. I know he...

I have to confess to being a bit embarrassed over my previous lack of knowledge about the esteemed career of...

In 1996, a friend of mine told me about a wonderful interviewer on Bravo who apparently got some of the...

Where does one begin? How do you even start talking about Kirk Douglas? A man who was, for the better...

In the world of cinema, journeyman filmmakers are often thought of as those who work reliably and consistently but seldom...

When you talk about the career of Buck Henry, you do so in two parts. The one in front of...

Sue Lyon’s acting’s career began in a manner as controversial as one could imagine. As the underage object of affection...

When you look over Danny Aiello’s resume, it’s hard not to go bug-eyed just over the films you forgot he...

Over a sixty-plus year career, Ron Leibman enjoyed memorable success on stage, television, and the big screen. Starting in the...