Robert Altman

...Vault, KC Central Library. </p><p><strong>“SHORT CUTS” </strong>The lives of a dozen Los Angelinos intersect in this Robert Altman opus. 6:30 p.m. Monday, Film Vault, KC Central Library. </p><p><strong>“BEHIND LOCKED...

In this article: Richard Carlson, Kurbaan, Guinea pig, Death Eaters, Harry Potter, and Behind Locked Doors

...collaborators for directors who were also engineering breakthroughs, notably Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Rafelson, Robert Altman, Brian DePalma and Martin Scorsese. Academy Award nominations never did catch up with Kovacs,...

In this article: Gordon Willis, Laszlo Kovacs, Vilmos Zsigmond, Oscar, Cinematographer Style, Easy Rider, Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, and Public Broadcasting Service

...(816-701-3407) </p><p><strong>MITCHELL ZUCKOFF: </strong>Author will discuss his new book, “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography”; Kathryn Reed Altman, the movie director’s widow, and screenwriter Frank Barhydt also will take...

In this article: Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Denny Matthews, Overland Park, and Washington University

Mitchell Zuckoff, author of the newly published “Robert Altman: The Oral Biography,” will discuss the life and career of the Kansas City-born film director in a free presentation Monday. </p><p>For the book, Zuckoff interviewed...

In this article: Mitchell Zuckoff, Kansas City, Boston University, The Player, and Short Cuts

Read More: Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Nashville, Robert Altman, Sebastien Gutierrez, Women In Trouble Movie Review, Entertainment News Robert Altman's Nashville has had many imitators over the years: films...

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Although some early flashes of color suggest that Mr. Gutierrez is headed for Almodovar country, he soon settles into discount Robert Altman: a character mosaic with a smattering of different if fundamentally homogenous Los Angeles women...

In this article: Robyn Hitchcock, Carla Gugino, Josh Brolin, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Pedro Almodovar, and Snakes on a Plane

...with those-but with the same metaphors and analogies. The biggest problem with Mitchell Zuckoff's Robert Altman: The Oral Biography is that many Altman fans will have read just about everything in it before. Between Altman's usual...

In this article: DVD, Shelley Duvall, and Hollywood

<strong><span class="subhead">ALTMAN MONTH</span></strong></p><p>The films of Robert Altman will be featured at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays in November in the Film Vault of the KC Central Library. Admission is free. </p><p>The...

In this article: Elliott Gould, Philip Marlowe, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Julie Christie, George Segal, and Warren Beatty

...they unfold. Now, here's Rudolph's letter in defense of Altman: Dear Editor, Obviously your reviewer waited safely in his lair until Robert Altman moved on, then bravely said what's been eating at the traditionalist core of his film...

In this article: Alan Rudolph, MASH, The Long Goodbye, Los Angeles Times, Choose Me, Welcome to L.A, and Afterglow

...them again. The oral-history-style format makes it easy to surf if your attention starts lagging. The Altman portrayed in "Robert Altman" reminded me of a moment in "Nashville," the 1975 movie that many consider his masterpiece. When...

In this article: Nashville, Elliott Gould, Michael Murphy, Keith Carradine, I'm Easy, Netflix, Paul Newman, and Cher