Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Around Town: Salutes to Bunuel and the hero of 'Hugo,' Melies

2012-01-19 16:37:41

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Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79; legendary actress

2011-03-23 21:05:00

Elizabeth Taylor, the glamorous queen of American movie stardom, whose achievements as an actress were often overshadowed by her rapturous looks and real-life dramas, has died. She was 79. Hospitalized six weeks ago for congestive heart failure, Taylor...

'Looking Glass Wars' takes Alice to a very different Wonderland

2009-11-04 16:33:14

Tom Mankiewicz dies at 68; screenwriter for James Bond, Superman films

2010-08-03 00:00:00

Tom Mankiewicz, a screenwriter and premier script doctor who made his reputation working on such James Bond films as "Diamonds Are Forever," "Live and Let Die" and "The Man With the Golden Gun," has died. He was 68. Mankiewicz, who received a...

'Bad Penny,' 'Suddenly Last Summer,' 'Desert Sunrise' and 'Just Like White People'

2008-08-08 00:00:00

"A bad penny always turns up" is a platitude that packs an unexpected existential punch, at least in the sardonic world of New York playwright Mac Wellman. In Wellman's Obie Award-winning short play, the titular "Bad Penny" opens a portal to the...

Paris, with popcorn

2005-01-30 00:00:00

Nobody writes songs about January in Paris. It's cold and bleak, and the impenetrable rain clouds make 8 a.m. as dark as midnight. It's perfect weather for going to the movies, which is what I do. But I also go to the movies in Paris in April, May and...

‘Forbidden Planet’ plays Kennedy Space Center

2012-10-11 16:40:12

Angelina Jolie podría dar vida a Cleopatra

2010-06-11 00:00:00

Pinter's the Clue to the Riddle of 'Sleuth's' Return

2007-10-19 00:00:00

Remaking "Sleuth" seems unnecessary, really. Anthony Shaffer's endlessly circulated stage thriller was filmed in 1972 by Joseph L. Mankiewicz in a prestige project featuring Laurence Olivier as the mystery writer and Michael Caine as the hairdresser who...

Writers Guild Dubs 'Casablanca' Top Screenplay

2006-04-07 00:00:00

Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch's "Casablanca" script, adapted from the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison, has been saluted as the greatest screenplay ever by the members of the Writers Guild of America. The...

The 101 Greatest Screenplays

2006-04-09 07:22:20

What do you think of the WGA list? ++++++++++++++++++++ || 1. || CASABLANCA Screenplay by Julius J. & Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch. Based on the play "Everybody Comes to Rick's" by Murray Burnett and Joan Alison || || 2. || THE GODFATHER...

Law, Caine Team Up for 'Sleuth' Remake

2007-01-08 00:00:00

Jude Law, who starred in the "Alfie" remake, will take on another of Michael Caine's previous film roles, this time teamed with Caine himself. The British actors have signed on to star in Kenneth Branagh's remake of the 1970s thriller "Sleuth." The...

The 1995 Paul Verhoeven cult classic "Showgirls" starred Gina Gershon as Cristal, the star of a Las Vegas casino's topless show, and Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi, a new-in-town stripper trying to become a showgirl.

2012-06-27 14:37:54

Actor Richard Widmark, March 24 Richard Widmark, who made an indelible screen debut in 1947 as a giggling sadistic killer and later brought a sense of urban cynicism and unpredictability to his roles as a leading man, died on Monday, March 24, 2008, at his home in Roxbury, Conn.

2008-03-27 00:00:00