Directors: Schumacher, Joel–Middlebrow, Unpretentious, Commercial Filmmaker?

“I’m not an intellectual, I’m not an artist, I’m a pop culture sponge,” Joel Schumacher said in a 1990 interview. And indeed, this surprisingly modest and personal credo pretty much summs up the most crucial–and enjoyable–elements of the best movies he has directed over the last two decades.

Movie Stars: Downey Jr., Robert, Hollywood’s Highest Paid Actor

For the second year in a row, “Iron Man” Robert Downey Jr. tops the Forbes annual list of highest earning actors with an estimated…..

Oscar Actors: Garner, James–Film and TV (Maverick, Rockford Files) Star Dies at 86 (Cumulative Advantage)

July 20, 2014–Amiable, Oscar-nominated actor James Garner, best known for popular TV series, Maverick and Rockford Files, dies at 86.

Directors: Mazursky, Paul–Humanist New York Director (“An Unmarried Woman”) Dies at 84

Mazursky, the colorful, quintessentially New York writer-director, who had helmed several significant and popular movies, including “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice” and “An Unmarried Woman,” has died at 84.

Death in Hollywood: Wallach, Eli–Method Actor (“Baby Doll,” “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”) Dies at 98

Tony- and Emmy-winning actor Eli Wallach, best known for his starring role in Kazan’s film “Baby Doll” and for his role as villain Tuco in the spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” died on Tuesday, at 98.