Robert Altman
Movies about movies – ranked!
Odes to cinema from Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle will jostle for Oscar glory next year – until then, here are 20 of the best films about film-making well worth dimming the lights for
Anne Billson
15, Sep, 2022 @12:05 PM
Fred Ward obituary
Actor who played ‘second lead’ to perfection and brought comic relief to the cult horror thriller Tremors
Michael Carlson
17, May, 2022 @4:07 PM
Veteran actor Fred Ward, star of The Right Stuff and Tremors, dies aged 79
The character actor was part of the ensemble casts of Robert Altman’s films Short Cuts and The Player, and had a career in film and television that spanned five decades
Andrew Pulver
13, May, 2022 @3:59 PM
‘The enemy is the audience’: Robert Altman’s The Player at 30
The director’s razor-sharp Hollywood satire offered up a horribly prescient look at an industry turning away from creativity and toward commercialism
Noah Gittell
10, Apr, 2022 @6:07 AM
What connects Drive My Car to Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood?
From Haruki Murakami to Paul Thomas Anderson via The Big Sleep, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film inspires a trip down the rabbit hole
Larry Ryan
20, Nov, 2021 @1:00 PM
‘Odd, free and uninhibited’: Karen Black, Hollywood’s great singer-actor
She worked with Jack Nicholson, Robert Altman and more – and had a sideline in spectral, beautiful songwriting. As her lost songs are released, those close to Karen Black remember her
Andrew Male
19, Jul, 2021 @11:43 AM
Nashville review – Robert Altman’s country classic still sings
With its constant soundtrack of country music and political commentary, Altman’s sprawling state-of-the-nation epic reverberates with the troubled zeitgeist of the 70s
Peter Bradshaw
25, Jun, 2021 @8:00 AM
Robert Altman’s 20 best films – ranked!
From The Long Goodbye to Short Cuts, Altman’s innovative movies have influenced a generation of film-makers. With the re-release of Nashville and a BFI tribute, we rank the work of one of America’s greatest directors
Ryan Gilbey
17, Jun, 2021 @11:00 AM
George Segal: a defining face of 1970s Hollywood with a late-career resurgence
The romcom player appeared opposite everyone from Barbra Streisand to Glenda Jackson before almost disappearing from screens. But a late-career turn on TV brought new admirers
Peter Bradshaw
24, Mar, 2021 @12:43 PM
My streaming gem: why you should watch Images
The latest in our series of writers highlighting underappreciated films sees a recommendation for Robert Altman’s dreamlike 70s horror
Steve Rose
06, Apr, 2020 @7:35 AM
M*A*S*H at 50: the Robert Altman comedy that revels in cruel misogyny
The anti-war film – regarded as one of the greatest comedies of all time – has a problem with women
Noah Gittell
22, Jan, 2020 @7:15 AM
Alan Rudolph: 'People just don't surrender to my movies, ever'
The former protege of Robert Altman has made a string of quietly appreciated films that have struggled to break out and after a 16 year hiatus, he’s back with another unlikely project
John Patterson
30, Apr, 2018 @8:00 AM
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