Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi, who co-wrote and directed three Oscar-nominated foreign-language films in the 1970s, including the winning Madame Rosa, starring Simone Signoret, has died. He was 86.
Mizrahi, Moshe: Israeli Filmmaker and Oscar Winner (Madame Rosa, with Simone Signoret) Dies at 86
August 5, 2018 by
Oscar Directors: Foreign Filmmaker in Hollywood–August, Bille (The House of the Spirits) (Strangers in Paradise)
August 3, 2018 by
“The House of the Spirits,” his first American feature, was both a critical and commercial failure, thus qualifying him to my category of “Exiles in Hollywood,” or “Strangers in Paradise.”
Women in Film: Caro, Niki–Whale Rider, Memory and Desire
July 24, 2018 by
Niki Caro’s Career Niki Caro is one of the most inventive filmmakers to emerge from New Zealand in recent years. Her first feature, Memory and Desire, was selected for Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998. It was voted Best Film in the 1999 New Zealand Film Awards, also winning a Special Jury […]
Ray, Anthony: Nicholas Ray’s Son and Gloria Grahame’s Former Husband Dies at 80
July 20, 2018 by
Anthony Ray, son of director Nicholas Ray who appeared in John Cassavetes’ Shadows and earned an Oscar nomination for producing An Unmarried Woman, has died. He was 80.
Movie Stars: Hunter, Tab–Double Life as Handsome Blond? Closeted All-American Hearthtrob? Gay Icon? Dies at 86
July 9, 2018 by
Tab Hunter, the popular good-looking actor of the 1950s and openly gay icon of the last two decades, dies at 86.
