Jeff Bridges Deserves An Oscar For “Crazy Heart”
The main difference between movie stars and actors is that, too often, movie stars make the characters they play fit into their own persona. True actors do the opposite by going under the skin of the characters they inhabit on the silver screen. Great actors, such as Jeff Bridges, make this intense psychological challenge of […]
Polanski’s Arrest Sparks An International Outrage
Roman Polanski was arrested yesterday in Switzerland on a 1978 US arrest warrant for unlawful sex with a minor. Polanski came to receive a prize for his life’s work at the Zurich Film Festival, but instead was arrested when he landed at Zurich airport. The arrest was carried out on instructions from the Swiss Federal […]
Iconic French Photographer Willy Ronis Dies At 99
Willy Ronis was one of the giant of press photography, and was especially famous for his images of Paris in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Although he was depending on a wheel chair to get around, Willy Ronis was still active up until the very end. Ronis was a contemporary of two other masters of photography; […]
