Articles related to "Robert Altman"

Robert Altman brings Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion to the big screen.

Poking fun at Hollywood and all of it's quirky ways, the Player is a film that contains a multitude of cameos and appearances

As a film setting Los Angeles has proven able to fulfill a variety of disparate tasks.

Review of the astonishing debut album by the iconic Canadian singer songwriter.

Heat is a film which encompasses ideas and thematic foundations rarely seen in Hollywood productions. It desires epic grandeur and achieves it as a result.

In a career spanning forty plus years, an Iranian director, by the name of Reza Badiyi has logged in more hours of directed television than any other individual.

Tatia Rosenthal's $9.99, based on Etgar Keret's short stories, is a stop-motion Robert Altman homage. 6/10.

There's much more to Cannes than merely a Film Festival. Wait for the movie stars to leave town, then explore its markets, museums, and the peaceful offshore islands.

Film Independent honored Juno, The Savages, and More at the 2008 Spirit Awards

Modern updating of Raymond Chandler's The Little Sister with James Garner starring as private eye Philip Marlowe investigating the blackmail of a TV star.

Nashville's Parthenon replica, first erected in 1897 for the state's centennial celebration, is one of Tennessee's most-visited sites.

France has picked Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis as its contender for the 2008 Oscars. Cue much gnashing of teeth from Tehran.

Looking new movie rental ideas? Try one of the top 10 classic westerns, as voted on by members of the American Film Institute.

No surprises with The Departed, Martin Scorsese, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker winning top honors.

The Searchers was named the number one Western movie of all time by the American Film Institute. Westerns are films set in the American West.

Arthur Miller - 60 years of "just people on a stage talking to each other".

This month offers an arresting group of comedies ranging from a classic collection of cops in the 1980's Police Academy movies to 2009's mall cop film Observe and Report.

David Roberts adds politics and intrigue to his 1930s murder mystery - but the results are disappointing.

Bret Easton Ellis wrote the screenplay for The Informers based on his 1994 book about the outwardly glamorous lives of a group of people in 1980s Los Angeles.

While many people recoil at the mention of a spin-off, not every case is cause for alarm. M*A*S*H is one exception, flourishing on TV after achieving greatness on film.

Paul Newman died on September 26, 2008 at age 83. He was one of Hollywood's most respected actors and during a remarkable long carer participated in more than 50 films.

Narrated by John Waters, 'Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea' is a fun historical documentary with plenty of bonus features now available on DVD.

Containing three of the year's best performances, Rachel Getting Married is Jonathan Demme's joyous return to intimate drama and a film with which to become infatuated.

Reviews of Paul Thomas Anderson's five films thus far- Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, and this year's Oscar hopeful, There Will Be Blood.

An astonishing thirty years have passed since stereotype-smashing action show, Wonder Woman ended, so what have the cast been up to?

Nothing on Saturday was half as impacting as Antichrist, however, Bronson represents one of the season's outstanding character performances.

Several fine directors in Academy Award history never received directing Oscars for their works. Here are a few of them. Some did receive other honors.

Annie Oakley lived and worked in a man's world as a sharpshooter and performer for circus acts and Wild West shows.

Avoid the crowds at MoMA and The Met: Three lesser-known art museums in New York City are just as inspiring.

One of the best novels of recent years, James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning lovingly weaves together stories of desperate living, plucked from the sprawling City of Angels.

What distinguishes the films of French New Wave cinema icons such as Truffaut, Godard and Chabrol? How have they influenced Tarantino, Scorsese and Jeunet?

Gran Torino may hold Clint Eastwood's final screen performance, and it is one of the most fitting farewells any artist could hope for.

Michael Keaton's recent 16mm indie Game 6 is, as cast and crew admit, a film fueled by love of the story.

With all of the modern technology there are many ways that messages can now be sent from email to text messages. Not all of these are recommended for sending condolence.

Stephen Fry is most famous as a television comic and presenter, finding success with such shows as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and A Bit of Fry and Laurie. But he has

Marsha Norman is a playwright and novelist. In 1983, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her play Night, Mother. She currently teaches playwrighting at Julliard.

The top 10 career defining roles of London born but US based actor Tim Roth who played Mr Orange, Vincent Van Gogh, grubby angel Skellig and many more

Text messages are one way routinely used by many to communicate with each other. However, experts feel that text messages should not be used for more serious topics.

Love connections made on movie sets don't often last, but famous actor couples like Woodward and Newman have played against type by staying together since at least 1988.

Playing poker in a live poker game holds a certain mystique. Hollywood's top poker movies offer the viewer a choice seat at the main table to watch the action up close.

Raymond Carver was a short-story writer and poet, heralded by many as a major driving force in the resurgence of the short story during the 1980s.