Warren Beatty’s ‘Reds’: ‘A Long, Long Movie About a Communist Who Died’
After the success of 1979’s Heaven Can Wait (nine Oscar noms and co-directed by Warren Beatty alongside Buck Henry, Beatty picking up a nomination for…
Jack Nicholson
‘Easy Rider’: A Revolutionary Road-Trip Film that Heralded a New Era of Filmmaking
Every period of American history and culture has at least one quintessential movie that represents everything about that specific zeitgeist. For the end of the…
‘The Last Detail’: Hal Ashby and Robert Towne’s Slice of the ’70s America
It was Robert Towne, one of the greatest script doctors that Hollywood has ever seen, that wrote the adaptation of Darryl Ponicsan’s 1970 novel called…
‘Carnal Knowledge’: Mike Nichols’ Expert Demystification of Sex and Relationships
When it hit the theaters in the early summer of 1971, Mike Nichols’ Carnal Knowledge by all means left a deep impression. The story of…
Bob Rafelson’s ‘Five Easy Pieces’ is the quintessential film of the so-called American New Wave
The film that turned Bob Rafelson into the leader of the so-called American New Wave, a demonstration of talent and power that established Jack Nicholson…
‘The Shining’: The Upside of Madness
One of the world’s greatest cinematic artists was Stanley Kubrick. A filmmaker both in control of the craft, Kubrick began his career (while still only…