Obits

When you're the in-house obit writer, every now and then you run into a challenging tribute assignment. As well-versed as...

For many people (if not most), Sean Connery's legacy is clear: he was the definitive James Bond. Oh sure, there...

Michael Chapman last made a movie in 2007 with the coming of age film, Bridge to Terabithia. Like Allen Daviau...

Diana Rigg may be known mostly for playing Emma Peel on The Avengers, but her career touched on an astounding...

In 1976, Linda Manz was cast by Terrence Malick at the age of 15 to play the sister of Richard...

There's really no benefit in trying to make sense of the directorial career of Alan Parker. Over more than a...

Hollywood execs never quite figured out what to do with Kelly Preston, did they? The impossibly beautiful blonde was seldom...

Where does one even begin when attempting to contextualize the career of Ennio Morricone? I'm not sure if Morricone is...

Carl Reiner may not have been the last of his kind, but you would be forgiven for thinking so. Over...

Director/screenwriter Lewis John Carlino's career was not all that prolific, but it was punctuated by a handful of very significant...

If ever there was a director who had a strange career, surely Joel Schumacher would be among the first in...

Long before Ian Holm first registered to me on film as the malevolent android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's 1979 classic,...

The thing I will always remember most about Larry Kramer is that he was angry. Righteously and unapologetically angry. Most...

Lynn Shelton directed nine films that, if we are being honest, not many people saw. She worked with major talent...

In a career that dates back more than 50 years and holds more than 300(!) credits, the thing that I...

Jerry Stiller had a career in comedy that lasted over 60 years. He married Anne Meara and the two developed...

Waking up to the death of Little Richard is not how I wanted to start my day. I know he...

I have to confess to being a bit embarrassed over my previous lack of knowledge about the esteemed career of...

In 1996, a friend of mine told me about a wonderful interviewer on Bravo who apparently got some of the...

Where does one begin? How do you even start talking about Kirk Douglas? A man who was, for the better...