The maverick filmmaker worked with Jack Nicholson on 7 features, and his company produced The Last Picture Show.
Directors: Alex Van Warmerdam: King of Dutch Deadpan–DVD Collection
July 22, 2022 by
THE ALEX VAN WARMERDAM COLLECTION While the psychological thriller Borgman earned Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam a Palme d’Or nomination at Cannes in 2013, truly announcing him on the world stage, he had been one of the hardest-working auteurs in the Netherlands for years. The muti-hyphenate, who also writes and acts in most of […]
1 Hitchcock: Cinematographers
July 18, 2022 by
Burks photographed all of Hitchcock films in the 1950s, endowing them with an indelible look and impression of what a Hitchcock film is.
Oscar Actors: Manville, Lesley–Background, Career, Awards
July 17, 2022 by
In the 2017 period film Phantom Thread, Manville played Cyril Woodcock, the sister of the dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. For her role, she was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.
Directors: Prolific yet Obscure (or Undistinguished)–Edward F. Kline
July 17, 2022 by
One of the studio’s era most prolific directors, Kline helmed over 60 films, most forgotten or forgettable, between 1923 and 1947.
