Tony Curtis, the son of a Jewish Bronx tailor, who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such Oscar nominated and popular films as "Sweet Smell of Success," 'The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85.
Oscar Directors: Penn, Arthur, Bonnie and Clyde Director, Dies at 88
September 29, 2010 by
Arthur Penn, who directed the seminal "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Little Big Man," died Tuesday at his home in Manhattan of congestive heart failure, a day after his 88th birthday.
Review of Bonnie and Clyde
Oscar Actors: Lane, Diane–From Child (A Little Romance) Actor to Nominated Star
September 21, 2010 by
Diane Lane stars in Randall Wallace's "Secretariat," which surrounds the 1973 triple crown-winning horse. The film, which also stars John Malkovich, is being released by Disney on October 8.
Directors: Chabrol, Claude–Seminal French Filmmaker, Co-Founder of New Wave, Dies at 80
September 12, 2010 by
Seminal French director and one of the founders of the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Claude Chabrol, who delightedly with his droll Hitchockian thrillers and poignant satires of the pompous mores of the French bourgeoisie in films such as “The Cousins,” "An Unfaithful Wife" and "A Judgement in Stone", has died. He was 80.
Leigh, Mike: Writer/Director profile
August 29, 2010 by
Mike Leigh is the writer and director of "Another Year," starring Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville. The film, which which is an Official Selection at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival in September, is being released by Sony Pictures Classics on December 29.
