Robert Duvall 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 [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cillian Murphy, Tom Hardy, Inception (top); Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine (middle); Andrew Garfield, Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network (bottom) This year's victims of Oscar "snubs" included both the well-known and the not-so-well-known. Among the well-known, Christopher Nolan's absence from the Best Director's shortlist for his work on the sci-fier/thriller Inception was the most glaring omission. (See Christopher Nolan's Oscar "Snub" May [...]

Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik's Winter's Bone Winners designated by "*"   Best Feature Black Swan Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Blue Valentine Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company) The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin [...]

Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Robert Duvall in Aaron Schneider's Get Low (top); Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell in Tony Goldwyn's Conviction (bottom) The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers in the United States, announced today that director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and producer/executive James Schamus will be presented with career tributes at the 20th Gotham Independent [...]