Haskell Wexler Articles

THE CONVERSATION (1974) Direction and Screenplay: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Allen Garfield, John Cazale, Cindy Williams, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Teri Garr, Harrison Ford Oscar Movies Gene Hackman, The Conversation By Dan Schneider of Cosmoetica There are some works of art that are both obviously derivative and just as obviously inferior to the originals. Those simply ape the earlier [...]

Cary Grant in North by Northwest Among the highlights of AFI FEST 2009 is the Nov. 2 screening of AFI Conservatory Alumnus Daniel Raim's documentary Something's Gonna Live, which profiles several behind-the-scenes Hollywood veterans — most of whom have already passed away — including production designers Robert Boyle (who turned 100 this past Oct. 10), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting), Harold Michelson [...]

The Academy of Motion pictures Arts and Sciences presented "An Academy Salute to Hal Ashby," on Thursday, June 25, 2009. Pictured above are (left to right): Peter Bart of Variety, Cameron Crowe, Judd Apatow, Diablo Cody, Seth Rogen, Jon Voight, Haskell Wexler, and the former Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam. Photos: Richard Harbaugh / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photos to enlarge them. Seth Rogen Winona [...]

Heather Menzies, Charmian Carr, Kym Karath, Angela Cartwright (above), four of the von Trapp children from The Sound of Music, were some of the film celebrities who showed up at the opening reception for the Douglas Kirkland photo exhibition "Freeze Frame: 5 Decades of Photographs by Douglas Kirkland" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Beverly Hills headquarters this past Thursday. Also in [...]