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Director John Ford Is Focus of Next TCM ‘Plot Thickens’ Podcast
John Ford, the iconic director known for such films as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, The Searchers and much more, will be the subject of the next edition of the TCM podcast The Plot Thickens, it was announced Wednesday. “Decoding John Ford,” hosted by Ben Mankiewicz, premieres June 6. The fifth season […]
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Ron Thompson, Actor in ‘No Place to Be Somebody’ and ‘American Pop,’ Dies at 83
Ron Thompson, the unheralded actor who starred on Broadway for Charles Gordone in the Pulitzer Prize-winning No Place to Be Somebody and played father and son musicians for Ralph Bakshi in the animated cult classic American Pop, has died. He was 83. Filmmaker Joe Black told The Hollywood Reporter that he found Thompson in his […]
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Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96
Lawrence Turman, the principled Oscar-nominated producer of The Graduate who was behind other films including The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X and the last movie Judy Garland ever made, has died. He was 96. Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced. A former agent, he […]
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Ron Faber, Busy New York Stage Actor, Dies at 90
Ron Faber, who appeared on Broadway in the 1970s alongside Henry Fonda in First Monday in October and with Irene Papas in Medea, died March 26 in New York after a two-month battle with lung cancer, a publicist announced. He was 90. Faber shaved his head and received Obie and Drama Desk awards in 1972 […]
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Critic’s Picks: A January To-Do List for Film Buffs in L.A.
Among options for SoCal cinephiles this month are a new digital restoration of an early Fellini classic, a series of films featuring Oscar-winning performances, classics from Scorsese and Miyazaki and more.
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Peter Fonda, Hugh Hudson to Get Tributes at Guadalajara Film Fest
Actor-writer Peter Fonda and British director Hugh Hudson will receive career achievement awards in March at the Guadalajara International Film Festival, one of Mexico's top cinema showcases.
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Critic’s Picks: A May To-Do List for Film Buffs in L.A.
Los Angeles cinephiles can treat their Cannes envy this month with a variety of options, including James Dean classics, a tribute to late German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, and works by Jonathan Demme and Maren Ade.
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‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast — Jane Fonda (‘Grace and Frankie’)
The 78-year-old legend opens up about her Netflix comedy ("the second season is way better than the first"), her upcoming reunion with Robert Redford and "what really happened in Hanoi" 44 years ago.
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Maureen O’Hara, ‘The Queen of Technicolor,’ Dies at 95
The beautiful and brash Irish actress starred in such films as 'How Green Was My Valley,' 'Miracle on 34th Street' and 'The Quiet Man,' that one with her favorite leading man, John Wayne.
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’12 Citizens’: Shanghai Review
Xu Ang's film plays like Sidney Lumet’s jury drama "12 Angry Men" with a Chinese flavor.
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A To-Do List for Film Buffs in Los Angeles Right Now
Not in the mood for dinosaurs, robots, foul-mouthed teddy bears or a cappella? Check out these vintage gems screening in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.
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‘By Sidney Lumet’: Cannes Review
The director of such 1970s American classics as 'Dog Day Afternoon,' 'Serpico' and 'Network' casts a dispassionate eye over his life and career in Nancy Buirski's film for 'American Masters' on PBS.
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