“What we’ve got here, is failure to communicate.” One of the great movie lines from one of Paul Newman’s most iconic roles. Set in the backwoods of Florida after the war hero (It’s not clear if it’s World War II…
Accompanied by special ‘for adults only’ notices when it opened in 1962, Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth had been cleaned up considerably for the big screen. Though much of the ugliness of the stage version has been excised by…
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Adapted from Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize winning play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a character driven drama that gives its actors a real chance to shine. Released in 1958, the film was a big hit; audiences flocked to…
Directed by Martin Ritt, (Hud, Norma Rae) Hombre is essentially the story of man forced by changing times to enter a world that never truly accepts or respects his beliefs. Though based on the Elmore Leonard novel of the same…
During the late 1960’s, Paul Newman was one of sizable group of Hollywood celebrities with a growing concern over the rising social and political unrest across America. Fresh off a string of successes, including Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy…
Rarely available in its full form since 1970 Ely Landau’s King: A Filmed Record is one of the most important documents of the American civil rights movement. Told without traditional narration, this 181-minute documentary follows the last thirteen years of…
Sometimes a Great Notion—the second of five films directed by Paul Newman in his career and based on a novel by Ken Kesey—is both impressive and exasperating. It’s Impressive, because cinematographer Richard Moore (The Life and Times of Judge Roy…