http://dir.salon.com/topics/directors/?source=rss&aim=directors en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT Andrew O'Hehir Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/03/18/minghella/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/03/18/minghella/index.html?source=rss Oscar-winning director of "English Patient" and other high-class literary adaptations dies suddenly in London. By Cary Tennis Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/13/rejection/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/08/13/rejection/index.html?source=rss I know it's part of the game, but it's beginning to defeat me. By Stephen Lemons Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/04/19/bogdanovich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/04/19/bogdanovich/index.html?source=rss The director of "The Cat's Meow" discusses the truth about "Citizen Kane," the philanderings of Charlie Chaplin and the lies Hollywood tells us about death and dying. By Nick Poppy Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/01/30/wiseman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2002/01/30/wiseman/index.html?source=rss The grandfather of cinéma vérité talks about domestic violence, "Domestic Violence" and the reality behind reality films. By Brian Libby Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/06/lynch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/11/06/lynch/index.html?source=rss The pleasant, bizarre filmmaker who gave us the Lynchian world insists that now, more than ever, we must face the darkness. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/06/19/brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/bc/2001/06/19/brooks/index.html?source=rss The comedy impresario currently steamrolling Broadway owes "Blazing Saddles," fart humor and his dancing Hitler to a red rubber ball. By Stephan Cox Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/28/ullmann/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/28/ullmann/index.html?source=rss The renowned actress and director of "Faithless" talks about quick flings in Paris, her pal Ingmar Bergman and how scared we all are. By Stephen Lemons Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/19/annaud/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/19/annaud/index.html?source=rss The renowned French director of "Quest for Fire," "The Lover" and "Seven Years in Tibet" provokes a firestorm over his breathtaking new war film, "Enemy at the Gates." By Stephen Lemons Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/02/joffe/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/03/02/joffe/index.html?source=rss The creator of "The Mission" and "The Killing Fields" describes his latest cinematic feast, "Vatel," and explains why a cook and a director have more in common than you'd think. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/25/2001/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/25/2001/index.html?source=rss The great works of Stanley Kubrick, Francis Ford Coppola and F.W. Murnau make today's movies look like bags of tricks or boxes of soap. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/18/bromell_zemeckis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/18/bromell_zemeckis/index.html?source=rss "Panic" filmmaker Henry Bromell talks about low-budget independence, while Robert Zemeckis of "Cast Away" chimes in on big-studio clout. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/12/hanks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/12/hanks/index.html?source=rss Tom Hanks says that until crisis strikes, you always know what you're going to get. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/04/robards/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2001/01/04/robards/index.html?source=rss Jason Robards became the most urban of characters, but I'll remember him for his saloon-bred hoarseness and his frontier purpose. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/14/xmas_movies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/14/xmas_movies/index.html?source=rss Everything you need to know about the great yuletide standards, from "It's a Wonderful Life" to "A Christmas Story." By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/07/hard_days_night/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/12/07/hard_days_night/index.html?source=rss Producer Walter Shenson tells how he gave director Richard Lester a ticket to ride. (The band just acted naturally.) By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/30/rush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/30/rush/index.html?source=rss Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush talks about "Quills," playing a great pervert and what's so funny about sadism. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/16/mcg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/16/mcg/index.html?source=rss Director McG on why his "Charlie's Angels" is a kung fu "The Breakfast Club" with one part "Grease," some "Singin' in the Rain" and a bit of "Rocky." Or something like that. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/02/ramis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/11/02/ramis/index.html?source=rss Harold Ramis explains how he distills meaning while kicking comic ass in films from "Groundhog Day" and "Analyze This" to "Bedazzled." By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/26/spike_lee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/26/spike_lee/index.html?source=rss In a wide-ranging interview, our most audacious filmmaker blasts gangsta rap, hails the Original Kings of Comedy and talks about his scorching blackface farce, "Bamboozled." By T. Wright Townsend Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/23/gray/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/10/23/gray/index.html?source=rss James Gray, director of "The Yards," returns to Queens for some poking around, an ice cream shutout and a moment of "pretentious prick" anxiety. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/19/billy_elliot/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/19/billy_elliot/index.html?source=rss Movies are a dream world for stage wizard Stephen Daldry. And for actor Jamie Bell, "Billy Elliot" is a dream movie. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/12/altman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/12/altman/index.html?source=rss Robert Altman and screenwriter Anne Rapp talk about Dallas, sex, chivalry and their new movie, "Dr. T & the Women." By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/05/girlfight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/10/05/girlfight/index.html?source=rss "Girlfight" director Karyn Kusama pulls no punches when it comes to cinema. By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/28/ohara/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/28/ohara/index.html?source=rss Catherine O'Hara roars back to the top of the heap in "Best in Show." By Michael Sragow Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/21/kurosawa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/2000/09/21/kurosawa/index.html?source=rss Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" remains a bloody and spectacular depiction of doomsday karma -- and the trickle-down theory of anarchy.