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False Start: Robert Altman and The James Dean Story

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:07:02 -0400

When is a Robert Altman movie not a Robert Altman movie?

Feature: My Favorite Movie Year: 1974

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:01:31 -0500

In the first of a five-part series, The A.V. Club's film writers offer their picks for cinema's best-ever years.

DVD review: Three masters of noir

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:28:50 -0400

Three newly released noir DVDS—by Anthony Mann, Fritz Lang, and Nicholas Ray—reveal how master directors made the most out of limited resources.

My Year Of Flops Case File 54 O.C. And Stiggs

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:21:45 -0400

Is the famous Robert Altman failure really that much of a failure?

Film review: Jindabyne

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:20:33 -0400

A Raymond Carver short story about a fishing trip gone awry was one of several used in Short Cuts, but it gets a feature-length revision in this Australian drama.

DVD review: Thieves Like Us

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:01:25 -0400

Amid his greatest creative winning streak, director Robert Altman made this underrated masterpiece about outlaws in Depression-era Mississippi.

Interview: Robert Altman

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:00:21 -0400

In the mid-'60s, after Robert Altman quit renting his directorial skills to TV series like Bonanza and Hawaiian Eye, he held...

DVD review: Cookie's Fortune

Wed, 24 Apr 2002 01:00:00 -0400

It would be fair to give director Robert Altman credit for capturing the unique cadences and eccentricities of the Deep South in his new film...

Interview: Robert Altman

Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:00:00 -0400

For more than 30 years, Robert Altman has been one of America's leading directors, working at a near-constant pace that has produced, on average,...