Francis Ford Coppola

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  • Coppola's unhinged dream world

    Reborn as a brash indie auteur at age 70, the "Godfather" director uncorks a loony, black-and-white tango fantasy
  • Coppola, Spielberg, Hammer Films and you

    News roundup: I'm back, and so is New York's oh-so-cultured fall fest. Plus: Coppola's controversial "restoration," Hammer Films reborn, and 12 movies you haven't seen (but should have).
  • Gone fishin'! Back soon -- here's what awaits

    Alan Ball, the Coens, a re-release of the greatest film of the '70s and a tribute to Britain's most important filmmaker -- and I'm on vacation!
  • Don't call her Mrs. Corleone

    Eleanor Coppola -- Francis Ford's wife and Sofia's mom -- talks about life in a famous Italian-American family and finding her artistic voice.
  • "Youth Without Youth"

    Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years makes you wonder if the veteran director has completely lost his marbles.
  • The Coppola clan's best director?

    Sofia Coppola talks about her crazy childhood, the "Dolce Vita" energy of Tokyo, and casting Bill Murray as a romantic lead in "Lost in Translation."
  • "CQ"

    This debut film by Roman Coppola (son of Francis) is a frothy, sexy, '60s delight with a movie lover's heart.
  • Apocalypse forever

    A new version and 53 extra minutes of Francis Ford Coppola's often brilliant, maddeningly incoherent war horse only illuminate the film's shortcomings.
  • Seinfeld considers crawling back

    Another season isn't out of the question; Dylan's made a stone saint. Plus: Crudup and Pitt to be Coppola's Beat boys, and Danny Bonaduce wrecks his boat and hits his head!
  • "The Conversation"

    Coppola divulges the dream that informed his classic paranoid thriller.
  • We three kings

    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.
  • "Apocalypse Now"

    This may not be the ultimate package, but at least Coppola sheds some light on the picture's spectacular and eerie nighttime blaze.
  • Skywalk this way

    Anakin cast! 19-year-old Canadian Hayden Christensen snags Jedi role; and what's that pacifier doing in Elizabeth Hurley's mouth? Plus: Not a good week for stalkers.
  • The sound of Vietnam

    How wizard Walter Murch created a soundtrack of horror for Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."
  • Esquire redux

    The monthly sweeps five National Magazine Award nominations, but its resurrection is still a work in progress.
  • Hissy fit now

    Francis Ford Coppola's online writers workshop is part literary utopia, part hair-raising free-for-all.
  • Like a "Virgin"

    Director Sofia Coppola talks about her film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides," her proud father and Vincent Gallo's sex life (sort of).
  • Viva Net glam!

    Even drag queens are getting rich off dot-com mania, as RuPaul becomes the latest Internet celebrity spokesperson.
  • Kith and Tell

    "With Nails" author Richard E. Grant on auteurs, actors and the importance of being overpaid in Hollywood.
  • Francis Ford Coppola

    At his best, his formidable creative energy has shaken up American movies and reinvigorated cinema both as art and popular culture.
  • Lights, cameo, action!

    Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow.
  • Mario Puzo

    His saga of a Mafia family is one of the most familiar stories in American culture, and Don Vito Corleone surely keeps company with Huck Finn and Jay Gatsby as one of the most indelible icons of American fiction.
  • Baring it all for the Bard

    C'mon over, baby, whole lotta Shakespeare going on! Plus: The case of the exceedingly unpleasant cream puff; and Stone and DeGeneres slated to sing, "She's havin' my baby ..."
  • Coppola's many passions

    The renowned filmmaker has tackled winemaking, television and publishing -- and he's always on the lookout for something new.
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