His knowledge of the ways cameras and media create narratives helped him redirect those stories in service of larger causes like environmentalism.
Category: Actors and Actresses
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Robert Redford: 15 Memorable Movies to Stream
His roles brought him to the screen as a Depression-era con man, a governor’s son and the journalist Bob Woodward. He also took to the director’s chair. Here are some of Redford’s career highlights.
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Robert Redford: A Life in Photos
The Oscar-winning director, who preferred life away from Hollywood, was once a sex symbol and later an activist who used his celebrity to draw attention to the environment.
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Robert Redford: A Life in Photos
The Oscar-winning director, who preferred life away from Hollywood, was once a sex symbol and later an activist who used his celebrity to draw attention to the environment.
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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.
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I Finally Solved My Ethan Hawke Problem
A star since he was teenager, Hawke left our critic cold for several movies. But as he grew as an actor, his performances won her over.
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Jennifer Lopez’s Life Is Her Greatest Art. These 7 Roles Explain Why.
Her casting in the forthcoming “Kiss of the Spider Woman” underscores how her best onscreen work has always been informed by what’s happening offscreen.
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What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.
The writer-director made hit after hit movie, until he didn’t. But he doesn’t let it get him down.
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In ‘Hedda,’ Tessa Thompson Puts a Sexy, Messy Spin on the ‘Female Hamlet’
Have you ever seen Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” set in the 1950s with a biracial star in a lesbian love triangle? In this new film adaptation, you will.
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June Wilkinson, Pinup Star and Screen Siren, Is Dead at 85
Christened “the Bosom” by Playboy magazine, she rode her voluptuous figure to fame and became known as “the most photographed nude in America.”