There are moments in American cinema when art catches history in its teeth — when the camera becomes a prophecy. Two films from the late 1970s do this. Hal Ashby’s “Being There” (1979) and Sidney ...
Howard Gottfried, a producer who was a crucial calming influence and an ardent defender of ornery screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, with whom he worked closely on the Academy Award-winning films “The ...
Peter Finch won an Oscar for his portrayal of mad-as-hell Howard Beale, one of the central characters in ‘Network.’ Peter Finch won an Oscar for his portrayal of mad-as-hell Howard Beale, one of the ...
“Network” saw the corporate media circus coming. Criterion Collection’s new 4K restoration proves the film was not satire. It was prophecy. Some movies age gracefully. Others age into prophecy.