One of my two favorite Alan Arkin performances is from a film I don’t even like all that much. Even...
Read moreIt may seem like a silly way to start off a career retrospective by focusing upon your subject’s coif, but...
Read moreThe first word that comes to my mind when I think of Frederic Forrest is agita. That’s not to say...
Read moreGlenda Jackson effectively led at least two lives. One as an artist and one as an advocate. It may be...
Read moreI suppose talking about Treat Williams’ hair may be an odd way to begin an appreciation of his commendable career,...
Read moreIn the long history of women escaping abusive men, few stories are more well known than that of Tina Turner’s...
Read moreIt was never hard to pick Ray Stevenson out in a scene. All you had to do was look for...
Read moreAs an athlete, to my mind, Jim Brown had only one comparable: Wilt Chamberlain. While they may have played two...
Read moreBefore I knew him as an actor and activist, Harry Belafonte was a sound to me. That voice letting out...
Read moreIt’s a strange thing to find out that David Finfer, the Oscar-nominated editor of The Fugitive was your wife’s godfather,...
Read moreTo most, I suspect the great Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s most notable success was for his work (along with David...
Read moreThe thing I always loved about Lance Reddick may not be what first comes to mind for most. I just...
Read moreAnd I thought writing about Tom Sizemore was hard. For all his misdeeds (and his police blotter looked like a...
Read moreI don’t know when exactly Tom Sizemore’s demons took over his life and destroyed what was fast becoming a remarkable...
Read moreBefore Richard Belzer became John Munch on the landmark crime drama Homicide: Life on the Streets, he made his bones...
Read moreI never thought of Raquel Welch as an actor, I thought of her as a force of nature. In fact,...
Read moreTom Luddy has died, just before the 50th anniversary of the Telluride Film Festival. He leaves behind an enormous legacy...
Read moreAs the cliché goes, timing is everything in life. Just three days ago, as I was scrolling through all my...
Read moreSometimes you get ahead with laughter. Actually, I’m willing to bet a lot of the time we all do. It’s...
Read moreTo state it plainly, when it comes to matters of spirituality and politics, I agreed with Kirstie Alley on almost...
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