Wendy Hughes in Newsfront. Wendy Hughes: ‘Careful, He Might Hear You’ actress dead at 61 Australian film, television, and stage actress Wendy Hughes, best known internationally for the big-screen dramas…
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…
Young Paul Newman in Martin Ritt’s Hud. Twelve Paul Newman movies on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, Aug. 21, as part of TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” series. (See Paul…
The Goddess with Kim Stanley. Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell. Episodic in progression…
Paul Newman in Hud. Paul Newman, who died this past Sept. 26 at age 83, will be the Star of the Day on Turner Classic Movies this Sunday, Oct. 12.…
Kwaidan. Sunday, June 8, highlights on Turner Classic Movies: Some consider Stagecoach, a rip-off of Guy de Maupassant’s “Boule de suif,” John Ford’s best film. Personally, despite a few good…
The Trespasser movie: Gloria Swanson stars in mother love melodrama with Purnell Pratt and Robert Ames, who would die two years after this film was made. Author Cari Beauchamp will…
John Wayne DVD collection features a rare all-star and multiple Oscar-nominated ‘disaster’ blockbuster, in addition to Shakespearean and 3D Westerns.
Jane Fonda Broadway comeback: 33 Variations with Colin Hanks and Samantha Mathis. In the New York Times, Ben Brantley reviews Jane Fonda’s return to Broadway after 46 years: “It’s a…
Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, based on a novel by Muriel Spark. ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ author Muriel Spark dead at 88 Scottish-born writer…