Melvyn Douglas. Melvyn Douglas: From suave leading man to Hollywood’s top female stars to first-rate dramatic actor Unlike Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, or Gary Cooper, Melvyn Douglas couldn’t exactly be…
Dean Jones: Actor in Walt Disney and Christian movies. Dean Jones: Actor who went from ‘The Love Bug’ and ‘That Darn Cat!’ to Christian movies dead at 84 Dean Jones,…
Ann-Margret movies: From sex kitten and Elvis Presley leading lady to two-time Academy Award nominee. Ann-Margret movies: From Elvis Presley to ‘Tommy,’ ‘Carnal Knowledge’ Oscar nominations Ann-Margret, the 1960s star…
Nosferatu the Vampyre 1979 with Isabelle Adjani and Klaus Kinski. ‘Nosferatu the Vampyre’ 1979: Werner Herzog German-language version screening Werner Herzog’s stylish 1979 horror drama Nosferatu the Vampyre will have…
Un Flic with Alain Delon. Un Flic: Jean-Pierre Melville’s ‘late noir classic’ Jean-Pierre Melville’s last film, Un Flic / A Cop (1972), is a late noir classic that features all…
Michael Winner: Death Wish director. ‘Death Wish’ director Michael Winner has died Michael Winner, best remembered for directing the Charles Bronson action hit Death Wish, died earlier today at his…
Oscar-nominated actress Susan Tyrrell remembered Best Supporting Actress Academy Award nominee Susan Tyrrell – for the 1972 drama Fat City – died at age 67 on June 17. In John…
Erland Josephson, The Sacrifice: Ingmar Bergman actor also collaborated with Andrei Tarkovsky. Erland Josephson, who was featured in more than a dozen Ingmar Bergman movies in addition to several plays…
Who is The Iron Lady? Ask Meryl Streep, who plays Margaret Thatcher in the Phyllida Lloyd-directed biopic. Oscar veteran Meryl Streep may have her name already engraved on the Best…
Gilbert Cates, best known as the man behind a record 14 Academy Awards ceremonies, died at age 77 on Sept. 31 in the Los Angeles of Westwood. Cates reportedly had…
Marlon Brando Jor-El salary: Superman wages reportedly broke record. Marlon Brando Jor-El salary: ‘Record-Breaking’ ‘Superman’ wages Long before Russell Crowe made his first film, Marlon Brando pocketed a reported $3.7…
Miriam Karlin in A Clockwork Orange: Deadly giant phallus victim in 1971 classic. Miriam Karlin, best known outside the United Kingdom as the woman killed by a giant phallus in…
Cuban movie posters: Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Here’s something unusual: hand-silkscreened Cuban posters for Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (right), Costa-Gavras’ Z, Ernesto Daranas Serrano’s Fallen Gods, Stanley Kubrick’s…
Michael Sarrazin and Jacqueline Bisset in The Sweet Ride. Michael Sarrazin, best known for his role as Jane Fonda’s marathon-dancing partner in Sydney Pollack’s 1969 drama They Shoot Horses, Don’t…
Amarcord 1974. Federico Fellini’s Amarcord has often been linked with Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander as films made by old men looking back on their youth. While this is true,…