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TONY TODD, who has died of cancer aged 69, was a character actor who became a noted horror star as the mythical hook-handed killer in Candyman (1992), a much-praised adaptation […]

She helped make films like ''Sleepless in Seattle'' and ''Contact.'' She also wrote widely about the industry, for The Times and other publications. Lynda Obst, a New York journalist turned [...]

In films like ''Trash'' and ''Women in Revolt,'' he brought movement, character and something resembling a story line to the Warhol film aesthetic. Paul Morrissey, whose loose cinéma-vérité films made [...]

Byline: By, Zara Woodcock Cult filmmaker Paul Morrissey has died aged 86 after battling pneumonia. The star's archivist Michael Chaiken confirmed the sad news to The New York Times that [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Lynda Obst, a journalist turned producer who championed women in Hollywood while working on hit films including 'Sleepless in Seattle,' 'Contact' and 'Interstellar,' died Oct. 22 at [...]

Byline: Keith Potter In 1959, The Deluge, a cantata for soprano, contralto and instrumental ensemble to a text, derived from the writings of Leonardo da Vinci by the Soviet film [...]

A self-described ''reactionary individualist,'' he mentored Joan Didion and was credited with famously comparing Nixon to a used-car salesman. Noel E. Parmentel Jr., a splenetic polemicist and political apostate who [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Ofra Bikel, a documentary filmmaker whose work for PBS's 'Frontline' investigative series exposed frailties in the U.S. criminal justice system - the coercive use of plea bargains, [...]

For decades, he meticulously crafted short films and documentaries in relative obscurity. Then, in his 80s, he enjoyed a burst of productivity and acclaim. Manfred Kirchheimer, a filmmaker who was [...]

Her eye for talent (Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt) made her a force in a mostly male business. It was she who introduced Bob Dylan to the Band. Mary [...]

Byline: By, Ryan Paton Tributes have flooded in for Shelley Duvall after the Hollywood star died aged 75. The actor was renowned for her role as Wendy Torrance in The [...]

Her eye for talent (Leonard Cohen, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt) made her a force in a mostly male business. It was she who introduced Bob Dylan to the Band. Mary [...]

Byline: Ty Burr 'I want to write a movie for Jack.' 'What kind of movie?' 'A detective movie. Maybe Jane Fonda for the blonde.' 'What's it about?' 'Los Angeles. In [...]

Byline: Jayne Augoye The veteran actor was famous for his roles in Domitilla (1996) and The Curfew (2021). Nollywood veteran actor Emmanuel France, famous for his roles in Domitilla (1996) [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Jean-Charles Tacchella, the screenwriter and film director who has died aged 98, was best known outside his native France for Cousin Cousine (1975), a light comedy of [...]

Byline: Daniel Flick Indiana track and field head coach Ron Helmer meets with reporters Sept. 7, 2018, at Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington. Helmer passed away Thursday at the age of [...]

Oscar-nominated French actor Anouk Aimée has died aged 92. Aimée received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Claude Lelouch's A Man and a Woman, which was released in [...]