Robert Altman

1925-2006

"...of thing. But when it comes to the director Robert Altman, who died at 81 on Monday, Nov. 20,..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Altman Speaks!

The ultimate indie director shoots straight about breaking into the business, staying there, and loving it.

"...Carol & Ted & Alice. Last year's honorees included Robert Altman, who kept the audience at the Paramount spellbound..."

Oct. 6, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Andie Macdowell, Bruce Davison, Julianne Moore, Matthew..."

Oct. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

A Prairie Home Companion

It's been a very long time since any Robert Altman film has been as enjoyable as A Prairie Home Companion.

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Garrison Keillor, Woody..."

June 9, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Gingerbread Man

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Downey Jr.,..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cookie's Fortune

This honeysuckle-flavored comedy scripted by Anne Rapp is as sweet and refreshing as anything Altman's ever done.

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Glenn Close, Charles S. Dutton, Patricia Neal,..."

April 16, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kansas City

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte,..."

Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Anne Rapp's Fortune

The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.

"...commissioned, but also produced and directed by cinema legend Robert Altman? Rapp's screenplay was Cookie's Fortune, the critically well-received..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Chain of Desire

"...to Alma. Lopez's direction is reminiscent of several of Robert Altman's films in that he is able to marshall..."

July 30, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Article Ninety-Nine

"...Lea Thompson, John C. McGinley and John Mahoney. Like Robert Altman's M*A*S*H, Article 99 aspires to be another anti-establishment..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Monsoon Wedding

The father of the bride is broke; the bride is having an affair with a married man; the caretaker uncle is just a little too familiar with the bride's pre-adolescent sister; and the bride and the groom have never met each other. Despite what these foreboding elements might portend, Monsoon Wedding is a joyous celebration of family.

"...the screen in a while. Taking her cue from Robert Altman, Nair introduces the film's numerous characters at a..."

March 15, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Sugar Town

"...Larry Klein, Rosanna Arquette and Ally Sheedy. Cross some Robert Altman with a little bit of All About Eve..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Playing by Heart

"...the Angelenos in Alan Rudolph's Welcome to L.A. and Robert Altman's Short Cuts who intersect at various points in..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The New Age

"...his adaptation of his novel The Player for director Robert Altman. Some may see this lack of punch as..."

Dec. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Ready to Wear (Pret-A-porter)

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Danny Aiello, Anouk Aimée, Lauren Bacall, Kim..."

Dec. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dr. T & the Women

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gosford Park

The servants know all in this Altman mystery set in a British countryside estate in the Thirties.

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Bob..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Player

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Whoopi Goldberg, Fred..."

May 1, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Company

Robert Altman sidles up to Chicago's Joffrey Ballet and finds lots of glorious footwork but missteps when it comes to storytelling.

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Neve Campbell, Malcolm McDowell and James Franco...."

Jan. 30, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup

After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?

"...movies and shows, with new films from Olivia Wilde, Robert Rodriguez, Christopher Morris, and more...."

Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

The Long Shadow of Bud Cort

From Ashby to Altman and emo boys everywhere

"...wide-eyed Pvt. Lorenzo Boone, both courtesy of the missed Robert Altman...."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Toronto International Film Festival

A first-timer's diary

"...Times film critic Elvis Mitchell and industry legend Elliot Roberts, Neil Young's manager. We are planning on seeing Young's..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Popeye

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, Ray Walston, Paul..."

Nov. 25, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

3 Women

It came to Robert Altman in a dream, and that much is clear

"...He discovered Olive Oyl at a party in Houston. Robert Altman says it was Shelley Duvall's simple naiveté that..."

June 11, 2004 Screens Review by Courtney Fitzgerald

California Split

"...Directed by: Robert Altman. Starring: Ann Prentiss, George Segal, Elliott Gould and..."

July 16, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Big Picture

Fall Movie Preview

"...sweet Cookie with their well-regarded first collaboration, veteran director Robert Altman and new screenwriter Anne Rapp hope audiences will..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

Last thoughts on Altman, courtesy of collaborator Stephen Harrigan; plus, incentives and local interest

"...Altman at the end A fictional take on S.R. Bindler's..."

Dec. 1, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Museum of Television and Radio Program II

"...Once Upon a Savage Night D: Robert Altman (1964); with Phillip Abbott, Ted Knight, Robert Ridgley.A..."

Oct. 22, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Scanlines

Living in Oblivion

"...D: Robert Altman (1992) with Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward,..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Feature

Page Two: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident

Free speech: Do we have to spell it out for you? Plus, a farewell to a great American filmmaker.

"...awakened by a phone call that informed me that Robert Altman had died. Altman was a true giant of..."

Nov. 24, 2006 Column by Louis Black

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