Directors

Actors Directors Remembrance 

Penny Marshall, 1943-2018

December 18, 2018December 18, 2018 Ken Kurson 0 Comments A League of Their Own, Beverly Donofrio, Fran Lebowitz, Laverne DeFazio, Lorraine Bracco, Penny Marshall, Riding in Cars With Boys, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Ron Perelman, The Odd Couple, Tom Hanks

Director to Some, Laverne to Many, Beloved by All

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Directors DOCUMENTARY Remembrance 

Documentary Filmmaker Bill Siegel Has Died

December 13, 2018December 12, 2018 Rick Rizzo 0 Comments Bill Siegel, documentary filmmaker, Eleventh Dream Day, Great Books, Harrison Bergeron, Hoop Dreams, Kartemquin, Paul Kahan, The Trials of Muhammad Ali, The Weather Underground

Director of The Trials of Muhammad Ali Lovingly Remembered by Chicago Pal

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CLASSICS CREATORS Directors FILM 

Stepin Fetchit Goes To War

December 6, 2018December 6, 2018 Ben Schwartz 0 Comments Birth Of A Nation, Cavalcade, John Ford, Reginald Berkeley, Stepin Fetchit, The World Moves On

In 1934, Director John Ford Reluctantly Confronted Jim Crow

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CREATORS Directors FILM 

The Producer: One Dreamer’s Attempt to Make a Movie

September 4, 2018September 7, 2018 Jon Hart 0 Comments Anthony Michael Hall, John Stamos, Ross Brown, Scott Baio, Todd Bridges

Filmmaker’s skill can’t match his enthusiasm as ‘Die Cool’ dies on the vine

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CREATORS Directors Writers 

Susan Sontag as Metaphor

December 6, 2014July 30, 2018 Rebecca Kurson 0 Comments David Rieff, Illness as Metaphor, Joseph Brodsky, Nancy Kates, Patricia Clarkson, Susan Sontag, University of Chicago

A new film about the writer’s life

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Actors CREATORS Directors FILM 

Robert Redford Premieres The Company You Keep

April 2, 2013July 19, 2018 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Brit Marling, Robert Redford, Shia LaBeouf, Sony Pictures, Stanley Tucci, Zosia Mamet

Radical chic in full bloom at MOMA

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