James Earl Jones on “Field of Dreams”
May 6, 1989 | In Shoeless Joe, the 1982 novel on which Field of Dreams is based, the hero of the piece is Ray Kinsella, an Ohio farmer who heeds…
Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell on Life with Father: Alfred Hitchcock
March 11, 1993 | There’s at least one brightly charming story in The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock, Donald Spoto’s controversial 1983 biography of The Master of Suspense,…
Clint Eastwood on “Unforgiven”
August 6, 1992 | Now is the summer of Clint Eastwood’s reassessment. It is the best of times for the 62-year-old superstar, as he greets a seemingly endless series of…
Hail to Queen Latifah
January 8, 2006 | In an era when movies, music videos and other mass media constantly reinforce the notion that women can never be too thin – that skinny is…
Ned Beatty on “Hear My Song”
February 16, 1992 | For Britishers of a certain age, the onstage performances and offstage misadventures of tenor Josef Locke are the stuff of legend. For director Peter Chelsom and co-screenwriter…
Sidney Poitier
February 7, 1988 | Sidney Poitier seems remarkably composed, even serene, for a man who has little more than an hour to catch a plane. His limousine is threading slowly, ever…
Jon Voight on “Runaway Train”
January 22, 1986 | In Runaway Train, a thriller now on view at local moviehouses, Jon Voight is cast as a hard-boiled, quick-tempered convict who breaks out of a maximum…
Kenneth Branagh
December 14, 1989 | Not the face of a matinee idol, not at all, and certainly not the grave majesty of a king. Relaxing in his Houston hotel suite, Kenneth…
Ben Gazzara
June 7, 1989 | “That’s a sweet smile, isn't it? A real cutie. Now I ask you: Who could hate a guy like this?” Ben Gazzara was heartily amused by the…
James Carville on “The War Room”
March 3, 1994| Never mind the nifty reviews and the Oscar nomination. As far as campaign strategist James Carville is concerned, the most amazing thing about The War Room is, people…