The brilliant cinematographer Gordon Willis, whose imagery for “The Godfather” trilogy and Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” and “Manhattan” helped define the look of 1970s cinema, has died. He was 82.

Kim Stanley is miscast as a sex symbol in John Cromwell’s fable-like tale of a neglected girl (Patty Duke) who becomes a movie star, only to be deluded by Hollywood as a dream factory. Elements of the cliché script are based on the lives of Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth, and Jean Harlow.   Oscar Nominations: […]

Robert Florey’s screen adaptation of the best-selling book by Colonel Robert Lee Scott re-creates the story of the 34-year-old Georgia flyer, who refused to accept the Army’s dictum that he was too old for aerial warfare. As a result of his fight,  he became a hero with General Claire Chenault’s “Flying Tigers.”

Robert Florey’s screen adaptation of the best-selling book by Colonel Robert Lee Scott re-creates the story of the 34-year-old Georgia flyer, who refused to accept the Army’s dictum that he was too old for aerial warfare. As a result of his fight,  he became a hero with General Claire Chenault’s “Flying Tigers.”

This crime thriller, written and directed by John Cassavetes, centers on a former gangster’s moll, who goes on the run with a young boy hunted by the mob for information he might have. Rowlands was nominated for her second Best Actress Oscar, and the film won the Golden Lion Award  at the Venice Film Fest, in a […]