Jules Dassin, the American-born director, who spent most of life in exile due to blacklisting and directed such films as “Naked City,” “Rififi,” “Never on Sunday” and “Topkapi,” died Monday in Athens. He was 96.
Perelman, Vadim: Director Profile
April 10, 2008 by
Vadim Perelman is the director and producer of “The Life Before Her Eyes,” starring Uma Thurman and Evan Rachel Wood.
Movie Stars: Schneider, Romy–Austrian-French Star Celebrated in Film, Theater and TV Decades after Death
March 27, 2008 by
March 27, 2008–Romy Schneider, the Austrian star famous for the popular “Sissi” trilogy of the 1950s playing the 19th-century Bavarian princess who became empress of Austria, is the subject of two biopics, a big-screen feature and a TV production.
Oscar Actors: Widmark, Richard–Hollywood Iconic Actor (Kiss of Death) Dies at 93
March 26, 2008 by
March 26, 2008–Richard Widmark, who made a stunning debut as the giggling killer in “Kiss of Death,” for which he was Oscar-nominated, and became a Hollywood leading man in “Broken Lance,” “The Cobweb,” “Two Rode Together” and other films, has died after a long illness. He was 93.
Oscar Actors: Jenkins, Richard–Best Actor and Suporting Actor (The Shape of Water)
March 26, 2008 by
In Tom McCarthy's emotionally touching and politically timely drama, “The Visitor,” Richard Jenkins gives such an astonishing performance as the liberal and kind university professor Walter Vale that with some luck (and marketing help), his work will be remembered comes Oscar time.
