Lady Diahann by David Phillips October 13, 2019 1 ADTV Things happen when you are away and in a country with bad WIFI. I was in Rome when the news... Read more
Valerie and Rhoda by David Phillips August 30, 2019 1 ADTV While Valerie Harper’s lengthy career touched seven different decades, it’s fair to say she was best known for one particular... Read more
Peter Fonda’s Gold by David Phillips August 17, 2019 1 Obits Peter Fonda may have been the least accomplished of the Fonda film power trio (no shame in that, the bar... Read more
D.A. Pennebaker: The Other Legend in the Room by David Phillips August 4, 2019 1 News D.A. Pennebaker was a wildly productive documentarian with 60 credits amassed over a 50-plus year career. His greatest gift was... Read more
Rutger Hauer Off the Shoulder of Orion by David Phillips July 24, 2019 3 Obits Rutger Hauer's career peak in America was relatively brief, but my, did it ever burn bright. The strapping, remarkably handsome... Read more
Defending Rip Torn’s Life by David Phillips July 11, 2019 3 Obits In a career that spanned 60 years, character actor Rip Torn was perhaps best known for bringing a crusty edge... Read more
Franco Zeffirelli: Master of Language and Emotion by David Phillips June 15, 2019 3 Obits Franco Zeffirelli’s career encompassed nearly 60 years of directing features, television movies, operas, and shorts. While the Italian-born filmmaker met... Read more
Sylvia Miles Made the Most of Every Moment by David Phillips June 12, 2019 2 Obits Sylvia Miles was nearly 45 years old when she got her big break. Cast as an aristocratic woman who picks... Read more
Tim Conway: Born To Befuddle by David Phillips May 15, 2019 1 Obits Tim Conway’s career began in earnest with his hilarious performance on McHale’s Navy way back in 1962. Conway was the... Read more
Doris Day’s Sentimental Journey by David Phillips May 15, 2019 16 Obits Doris Day was the Julia Roberts of her time…only bigger. For two decades, she was America’s Sweetheart. If the term... Read more
The Mysterious Allure of Peggy Lipton by David Phillips May 12, 2019 2 News It goes without saying, yet it must be said Peggy Lipton was impossibly beautiful. I’m always amazed by the fact... Read more
The Extraordinary Alvin Sargent by David Phillips May 12, 2019 0 News Alvin Sargent cut his teeth 'til they were razor sharp writing for early 1960s television programs , like Naked City,... Read more
Hollywood Remembers Agnès Varda – Godmother of French New Wave Film by Jazz Tangcay March 29, 2019 4 News Hollywood is mourning the death of Agnès Varda. The French filmmaker passed away earlier today. Varda was known as the... Read more
Sondra Locke And Eastwood’s Shadow by David Phillips December 14, 2018 54 News It’s hard to calculate how much Sondra Locke’s career was helped and hurt by her long-running personal and professional relationship... Read more
Bernardo Bertolucci and Separating the Art From the Artist by David Phillips November 30, 2018 10 featured The death of legendary film director Bernardo Bertolucci on November 26, 2018 brings into tight focus the challenge of assessing... Read more
Nicolas Roeg Falls From Earth by David Phillips November 25, 2018 3 featured It can be easy to overlook the spectacular hot streak that began Nicolas Roeg’s directorial career. Not many filmmakers start... Read more
Saying Goodbye to William Goldman, Who Might as Well Take All of Hollywood With Him by Sasha Stone November 16, 2018 12 featured Where to even start with William Goldman. I'll start here. When I first began my site the tagline was "Nobody... Read more
Stan Lee Excelsior by David Phillips November 12, 2018 1 News Stan Lee was a creator of worlds. Ones that sad kids and sometimes sad adults could enter into and feel... Read more
Arnold Kopelson Gave Us Stone And Fincher by David Phillips October 10, 2018 0 featured Arnold Kopelson is not a name that trips off the tongue of the average cinefile, let alone the regular moviegoer.... Read more
The Complicated Legacy Of Burt Reynolds by David Phillips September 6, 2018 8 featured “I’ve made about 90 movies and 4 of them are worth a damn.” Read more
