Player, The (1992): Alrman’s Satire in the Context of his Career

Then in 1992, the maverick surprised Hollywood yet again with The Player, a black comedy about a movie executive who kills a screenwriter, his first major commercial and critical success since Nashville in 1975.

Short Cuts (1993): Critical Status of Altman’s Adaptation of Raymond Carver

Short Cuts (1993) Short Cuts, based on short stories by Raymond Carver, was a lengthy, complex film that interweaves the lives of two dozen characters in creating a portrait of contemporary Los Angeles. The movie’s faithfulness to the source material was disputed, but it caught the hazy, slippery looseness of L.A., specifically the casual violence […]

Bullitt: Release in U.K.–Censorship, Ratings

The 1970 version was the same but the age limit for a child to see an An rated film without an adult was reduced from 12 to 8.

Screen Types: Latin Lovers

Hollywood Screen Types: Latin Lovers–Rosanno Brazzi (Italian)

Leave It to Beaver: Star Tony Dow, in Hospice Despite Reps Announcing Death

His death was erroneously reported on Facebook by one of his managers.