AU REVOIR, BERTRAND TAVERNIER
The world has lost a brilliant filmmaker, historian, and champion, and I have lost a cherished friend, Bertrand Tavernier.…
REMEMBERING ROBERT FORSTER
I’ve never met anyone quite like Robert Forster. He was uncommonly kind and generous to me and my family;…
ALBERT FINNEY: THE CHAMELEON…
I remember a publicist who was working on the Academy Award campaign for Erin Brockovich complaining that Albert Finney could have…
FAREWELL TO VITAPHONE CHAMPION…
In It’s a Wonderful Life, James Stewart’s George Bailey required an angel to show him how much his life mattered to…
REMEMBERING MY FRIEND JIMMY…
Several years ago I got a phone call no one ever wants to receive: it appeared that Jimmy Karen…
REMEMBERING BURT REYNOLDS—TRUTHFULLY
“I’d love to slug ya but there are ladies present.” That’s how Burt Reynolds greeted me the first time…
