Ray of Light... and Dark

"...This month, Katharine Hepburn is featured, as is director Nicholas Ray...."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

We Can't Go Home Again

Piecing through Nicholas Ray's archive at the HRC

"...handwritten scrawl of names and numbers in one of Nicholas Ray's many personal phone books picked up at random..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rebel Without a Cause

If you haven't ever seen this Nicholas Ray/James Dean classic in widescreen … trust me, you've never really seen it. It's been 40 years since James Dean essayed his quintessential role in as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence whose potency extends into the present. Ray, who told stories that were "bigger than life" and pulsing with "hot blood," was one of the most dynamic directors of the American screen and his capacity to tell a widescreen story was as articulate as his ability to pinpoint an individual stuck "in a lonely place."

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and..."

July 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'In a Lonely Place,' but Found a Good Home

Harry Ransom Center acquires Nicholas Ray's archives

"...In consecutive years, filmmaker Nicholas Ray hit his commercial peak with 1955's Rebel Without..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Writing Rebel

Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern remembers writing Rebel Without a Cause:"I was caught up in the same kind of fervency and speed that the characters were."

"...had been terrifyingly empty for the whole day. Director Nicholas Ray called that night and asked, "How's it going?"..."

June 16, 2000 Screens Feature by Chale Nafus

Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Director

Film scholar Patrick McGilligan explores an auteur's troubled life and career

"...Nicholas Ray: The Glorious Failure of an American Directorby Patrick..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Rembitika

Blues ain't just Greek to Johnny Nicholas

"...Johnny Nicholas has it sweet...."

July 20, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Bigger Than Life

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: James Mason, Walter Matthau, Barbara Rush and..."

June 24, 2002 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Annette Bening soars in the last days of starlet Gloria Grahame

"...marriage was to her In a Lonely Place director Nicholas Ray, the fourth to his son). The script, by..."

Feb. 2, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In a Lonely Place

"...Directed by: Nicholas Ray. Starring: Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame. A romantic,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Movie Review by Louis Black

What's in a Name?

Cinema Club screens Bigger Than Life

"...When the credits rolled, they read "Nicholas Ray" – and in fact, he was born Raymond Nicholas..."

March 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Funeral

"...the secular and profane. The Tempio brothers -- eldest Ray (Walken), middle brother Chez (Penn), and youngest Johnny (Gallo)..."

Nov. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Horse Whisperer

"...golden statuette wafting in the breeze. Redford's adaptation of Nicholas Evans' bestselling novel is a countrified, monolithic thing of..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Style! Cine! Swashbuckling!

Sampling the latest DVD has to offer

"...Hopper is teamed with Rebel Without a Cause director Nicholas Ray, who would die two years after the film..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Lucky One

This latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks bestseller is timelessly shopworn.

"...like "chick flick," but The Lucky One, adapted from Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel, is the chickiest flick you're likely..."

April 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

"...also be a screening of a restored print of Nicholas Ray's last film, accompanied by a doc made by..."

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Carmen Jones

"...Preminger's Carmen Jones is one of the most uncompromising portrayalsof black America in the cinema S The film first..."

July 29, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

El Cid

"...the maestros of the movie spectacular, also responsible for Nicholas Ray's King of Kings and 55 Days in Peking..."

Sept. 10, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

That Old Revival Spirit

Testifying About Movies

"...best performances, distinguished by its steely, terrifying control. Malick's portrayal of the South Dakota Badlands imbues the stark terrain..."

June 13, 1997 Screens Feature

The Gospel According to Hollywood

Easter is a time for resurrectiing Hollywood's biblical epics.

"...hypocritical than spending (and earning) heaps of money to portray Jesus, who pleaded for his adherents to give all..."

April 13, 2001 Column by Michael Ventura

Critics' Picks

Recommended at AFF

"...In 1976, the maverick film director Nicholas Ray was teaching at Harpur College of Arts and..."

Oct. 21, 2011 Screens Feature

Seven SXSW Conference Speakers You Just Can't Miss

Ray Kurzweil, Melinda Gates, and other brilliant minds come to town

"...Ray KurzweilTuesday, March 13, 3:30pm Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

From the Vaults: Stewart Stern on Writing Rebel Without a Cause

In a story we ran in 2000, the screenwriter tells Chale Nafus all about it

"...in the Chronicle, Stern recalls first meeting Rebel's director Nicholas Ray "at one of Gene Kelly's Sunday soirees …..."

Feb. 10, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Death Becomes Her

Kier-La Janisse unleashes CineMuerte on poor, innocent Austin.

"..."Very disturbing short film about a despondent housewife (Nica Ray, daughter of Nicholas Ray) who performs the ultimate sacrifice..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Scanlines

The Game

"...and a labyrinthine all-too-realistic game of murder, deceit, and betrayal begins. Set in San Francisco, I find this city..."

March 27, 1998 Screens Feature

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...Mailer), film legends (David O. Selznick, Robert De Niro, Nicholas Ray), stage giants (Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Tennessee Williams,..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Starring Joan Crawford as John Wayne

"...I am trly amazed that you forgot to mention Nicholas Ray's' Johnny Guitar with Joan Crawford essentially as John..."

May 6, 2012 Postmarks

To Preserve and Project

Moving image archivists in action

"...with a screening of We Can't Go Home Again, Nicholas Ray's experimental last film (see "We Can't Go Home..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

In Memory of Dennis Hopper

'A walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction'

"...He appeared in both Rebel Without a Cause (D: Nicholas Ray; 1955) and Giant (D: George Stevens; 1956), where..."

June 4, 2010 Screens Feature by Louis Black

New Year, Old Films

Mid-20th-century must-sees: Part I

"...brilliant. Howard Hawks' direction is crisp though supposedly even Raymond Chandler, who wrote the screenplay based on his novel,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Screens Feature by Louis Black

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