Robert Altman Articles

Harrison Ford in Andrew Davis' DGA- (but not Oscar-) nominated The Fugitive (top); Madeleine Stowe, Tim Robbins in Robert Altman's Oscar- (but not DGA-) nominated Short Cuts (bottom) DGA Awards vs. Academy Awards 1980s: Odd Men Out Roman Polanski, Kenneth Branagh, David Lynch 1990 DGA Barry Levinson, Avalon Giuseppe Tornatore, Cinema Paradiso [the 1988 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner; ineligible for the 1990 Academy [...]

Julianne Moore, Far from Heaven For decades, the New York Film Critics Circle Awards have been considered a precursor of the Academy Awards. Movies, performers, directors — and later cinematographers and screenwriters — singled out by the NYFCC usually have gone on to receive Oscar nominations, oftentimes the golden statuette itself. The New York critics awards also have the reputation of being "snooty" and "artsy." [...]

David Carradine in Bound for Glory David Carradine, the star of the 1970s TV series Kung Fu (right), was found hanged in his Bangkok hotel room early this morning. According to reports, there was no evidence of foul play at the scene. Carradine, who was in the Thai capital working on a film, was 72. Born in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 1936, Carradine was [...]

Robert Altman (1925 – 2006). Robert Altman directed MASH, Nashville, A Perfect Couple, Quintet, Images, Gosford Park, The Player, Short Cuts, and A Prairie Home Companion, among others. Robert Altman received five Academy Award nominations during the course of his career: MASH, Nashville, The Player, Short Cuts, Gosford Park. Robert Altman also received an Honorary Oscar in 2006.