How George Lucas and Francis Coppola helped the Japanese master create the greatest spectacle of his late career
Aug 27, 2009
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Reborn as a brash indie auteur at age 70, the "Godfather" director uncorks a loony, black-and-white tango fantasy
By Andrew O'Hehir
June 11, 2009
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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).
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 22, 2008
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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!
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 10, 2008
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Eleanor Coppola -- Francis Ford's wife and Sofia's mom -- talks about life in a famous Italian-American family and finding her artistic voice.
By Camille Peri
June 26, 2008
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Francis Ford Coppola's first movie in 10 years makes you wonder if the veteran director has completely lost his marbles.
By Stephanie Zacharek
December 14, 2007
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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."
By Brian Libby
September 23, 2003
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This debut film by Roman Coppola (son of Francis) is a frothy, sexy, '60s delight with a movie lover's heart.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 29, 2002
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A new version and 53 extra minutes of Francis Ford Coppola's often brilliant, maddeningly incoherent war horse only illuminate the film's shortcomings.
By Allen Barra
August 3, 2001
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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!
By Amy Reiter
June 25, 2001
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Coppola divulges the dream that informed his classic paranoid thriller.
By Stephanie Zacharek
February 6, 2001
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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
January 25, 2001
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This may not be the ultimate package, but at least Coppola sheds some light on the picture's spectacular and eerie nighttime blaze.
By Michael Sragow
July 24, 2000
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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.
By Amy Reiter
May 10, 2000
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How wizard Walter Murch created a soundtrack of horror for Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."
By Michael Sragow
April 27, 2000
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The monthly sweeps five National Magazine Award nominations, but its resurrection is still a work in progress.
By Sean Elder
March 16, 2000
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Francis Ford Coppola's online writers workshop is part literary utopia, part hair-raising free-for-all.
By Laura Denham
February 22, 2000
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Director Sofia Coppola talks about her film adaptation of "The Virgin Suicides," her proud father and Vincent Gallo's sex life (sort of).
By Mark Ebner
February 1, 2000
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Even drag queens are getting rich off dot-com mania, as RuPaul becomes the latest Internet celebrity spokesperson.
By Janelle Brown
December 8, 1999
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"With Nails" author Richard E. Grant on auteurs, actors and the importance of being overpaid in Hollywood.
By Michael Sragow
October 21, 1999
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At his best, his formidable creative energy has shaken up American
movies and reinvigorated cinema both as art and popular culture.
By Michael Sragow
October 19, 1999
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Alfred Hitchcock's first rule of directing was to treat actors like cattle -- and even in his own cameos, he was no sacred cow.
By Sarah Vowell
August 11, 1999
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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.
By Albert Mobilio
July 9, 1999
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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 ..."
By Amy Reiter
June 10, 1999
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The renowned filmmaker has tackled winemaking, television and publishing -- and he's always on the lookout for something new.
By Lynn Elber
June 9, 1999
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Coppola's unhinged dream world
Coppola, Spielberg, Hammer Films and you
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"Youth Without Youth"
The Coppola clan's best director?
"CQ"
Apocalypse forever
Glenn Greenwald
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