Topic: Robert Altman

Michael Phillips: Readers open to ambiguity

Endings are never easy, and open-ended endings - fantastic paradox! - remind us of the art involved with movie endings that tantalize without...

Midnight in Paris vs. The Moderns

One of this year's key award-season memes is an undercurrent of hazy, happily unchallenged nostalgia for times past, notably present in The Artist...

Rave on with Manish Arora

Iridescent silver body cladding in psychedelic swirled patterns, riotous shots of fluo pink and green: India's Manish Arora gave the Paris fashion crowd a rainbow-coloured shot in the arm on Thursday.The Indian designer, who next week unveils his first collection ...

TV noir

0 . The fall TV season has begun, and there are retro shows - "Pan Am," "The Playboy Club" - and groundbreaking noirish shows - "Breaking Bad,"...

Film review: The Smurfs (1.5 stars)

In 1970, Robert Altman shocked audiences by dropping the f-bomb into his war satire M*A*S*H. It wasn't the first time the word had been used in a...
Luxembourg-based Delux Productions (Merchant of Venice; Girl With a Pearl Earring) has concluded an agreement with U.S. distributor Matson Films...

Short Takes: 'Hello Lonesome'

HELLO LONESOME" -- 3 STARS Dramedy about several alienated strangers. At the Cinema Village (1:30). NR: language, mature themes.. The parts are ...

Oliver Stone to be honored at S.F. Film Festival

0 View Larger Image . Oliver Stone, director of such notable films as "Wall Street" and "JFK" and Academy Award winner for "Platoon," "Born on the...

Ask Mick LaSalle: Judge Altman by hits, not misses

0 View Larger Image . Dear Mr. LaSalle: I've seen a cross section of Robert Altman's films, and though I like a few of them, I keep coming back to...
File this under “Keeping It Real,” Third Richest Man in The World style.. . Asked how their trip to Toronto was, here at a bonanza held the other...