Arthur Penn News

September 30, 2010
Arthur Penn: 1922-2010
Director Arthur Penn, whose Bonnie and Clyde energized the counterculture and kick-started the era of the "Movie Brats," died Tuesday in New York of congestive heart failure. He was 88. Penn's first major feature was 1958's The Left Handed Gun, starring Paul Newman as Billy the Kid. His breakout effort was in 1962, with the twice-Oscar nominated The Miracle Worker, a dramatic retelling of Helen Keller's formative experiences. However, he moved into more artistic territory with 1965's offbeat Mickey One, starring Warren Beatty. In 1967, Penn and Beatty took the cinematic world by storm with the violent, incendiary Bonnie and Clyde, a tale of two outlaws on the run that became a sensation with the public and initiated what film historians refer to as the New Hollywood. More...

August 27, 2008
Certified Fresh Picks from the WB Vault
It's the third-oldest American movie studio: the company that brought us Rin Tin Tin, convinced the world that the talkies were here to stay, and eventually grew into one of the largest conglomerates in the world. Yes, we're talking about Warner Bros. -- and for good reason: the WB is turning 85 this year, and they've decided to celebrate their birthday by giving away some gifts. Eighty-five gifts, to be precise -- they're opening their vaults and making a great big stack of their finest films available via iTunes. More...

March 24, 2008
RT on DVD: Kite Runner, Stephen King's The Mist Enter Your Homes!
Ample scares abound this week with Frank Darabont's latest adaptation of a Stephen King tome, The Mist, the bestseller adaptation The Kite Runner, the black romantic comedy Wristcutters: A Love Story, Jonathan Demme's celebrated documentary Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and more. More...