From the Archives: Vivien Leigh, 'Gone With the Wind' Star, Dies at 53
Vivien Leigh, the tiny, frail actress from the Himalaya Mountains who won enduring fame for her fiery film performance as Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind,” died Saturday in London. The 53-year-old two-time Academy Award winner was found...
Continue ReadingFrom the Archives: Spencer Tracy, 67, Dies After Screen Career of 37 Years
Spencer Tracy, one of Hollywood’s great actors, died here Saturday of a heart attack. He was 67. Mr. Tracy, whose...
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Films like Anora prove you don't need $200,000,000 to make an Oscar-worthy movie
The front-runners for the 2025 Oscars – and during this year’s awards season – all have something intriguing in...
Read MoreAs the Oscars return, it's time we faced the real truth about prizes
If you run with the pack, you need not bark but wag your tail you must. Russian proverb. For 23 years, I was literary...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: Films' Buster Keaton Dies of Cancer at 70
Comedian Buster Keaton, 70, Hollywood immortal whose trade-mark was the dead pan and who felt last year that “I might...
Read MoreFrom the Archives: The Times' original 1966 review of 'Batman'
If the aim had been satire, Batman would be hanging by its feet as a critical flop. But producer William Dozier wisely...
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Mel Brooks thought there was ‘no reason’ to make The Producers into a musical
US actor and writer Mel Brooks has said he thought there was “no reason” to make his 1967 hit film The Producers...
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Inside Anjelica Huston's life from famous parents to iconic roles
Tonight (March 2) sees the release of the BBC's much-anticipated adaption of Agatha Christie's Towards Zero. Set in the...
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The New York Drama Critics’ Circle Goes Metal
The group, which has long awarded playwrights with paper scrolls printed out at Kinko’s, is switching back to ornate...
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From the Archives: Film Comic Stan Laurel Dies at 74
Stan Laurel, the skinny and bewildered half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team, died Tuesday of a heart attack....
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