Robert Altman

  • Goodbye, Mr. Altman

    A great director, a poet, Robert Altman changed the landscape of filmmaking, and never stopped shooting. It's almost impossible to believe he's gone.
    By Stephanie Zacharek November 22, 2006

  • Beyond the Multiplex

    An international hit about a steamy Brazilian three-way. How John Ashcroft tortured Tommy Chong. And Altman's dirty joke!
    By Andrew O'Hehir June 15, 2006

  • "A Prairie Home Companion"

    Garrison Keillor and Robert Altman gather an all-star cast to sing an ode to the good old days and an anthem for the future.
    By Stephanie Zacharek June 9, 2006

  • When Keillor met Altman

    Two greats join forces for "A Prairie Home Companion" the film -- with a little help from Streep, Tomlin, Reilly and an enthusiastic Texas crowd.
    By Andrew O'Hehir March 12, 2006

  • Peeking under the tutu

    Director Robert Altman discusses getting attacked by the far right, working outside of Hollywood, and exposing the naked virtues of ballet in "The Company."
    By Amy Reiter January 6, 2004

  • "The Company"

    Robert Altman's surpassingly beautiful ballet movie feels lighter than air -- but in fact it's the great director's most tender and memorable film in years.
    By Charles Taylor December 25, 2003

  • The ghosts of "Gosford Park"

    Robert Altman doesn't just enliven the corpse of the manor-house murder mystery -- he reunites it with its vital literary forebears.
    By Steven Johnson January 24, 2002

  • "Gosford Park"

    Robert Altman delivers a heavily populated, slyly made romantic (and murderous) romp for the holidays.
    By Stephanie Zacharek December 26, 2001

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh

    One of America's best actors discusses her directorial debut, "The Anniversary Party," and the joy of working.
    By Stephen Lemons June 26, 2001

  • I take it back

    After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal.
    By Carina Chocano January 25, 2001

  • "Nashville"

    On this long-awaited DVD, director Robert Altman talks about the making of an American classic.
    By Bill Wyman January 3, 2001

  • Remembering Dec. 8, 1980

    Robert Altman, Lucianne Goldberg, Roger Ebert, Larry Flynt, T.C. Boyle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and others recall how they felt when they heard the news of John Lennon's death.
    By Stephen Lemons December 8, 2000

  • Don't forget the actors

    Michael Sragow reminds us that directors aren't the only ones to praise when a movie is good.
    Read by Michael Sragow October 30, 2000

  • "Dr. T & the Women"

    Robert Altman's newest film is a madcap sprawl about the women who love the men who love them.
    By Stephanie Zacharek October 13, 2000

  • 10 celebrity candidates for exile if Bush wins

    Showbiz luminaries are threatening to leave the U.S. if the Republican candidate is elected. Here's one writer's passenger list for the first flight out.
    By Carina Chocano September 20, 2000

  • Regis, Kathie Lee and sexual tension

    So what's this about Philbin and his doctor? The A-word's comin' back, big time! Robert Altman uses it to describe Letterman; "Gods and Monsters" director wants Tom Hanks for new movie: "'The Right Stuff' meets SEX." Plus: One toke over the line -- Cheech & Chong are back!
    By Amy Reiter September 14, 2000

  • Robert Altman

    Hollywood's ultimate outsider is at long last the Big Daddy of American cinema.
    By Stephen Lemons August 15, 2000

  • A movie called "Nashville"

    By Ray Sawhill
    By July 5, 2000

  • A movie called "Nashville"

    Twenty-five years ago, it looked like Robert Altman's freewheeling cinematic tapestry would change movies forever. What happened?
    By Ray Sawhill June 27, 2000

  • Warren Beatty

    The ambitious and radical star -- actor, producer, director -- crafted a remarkable and uncompromising slate of mainstream movies.
    By Stephanie Zacharek March 20, 2000

  • The Negro Problem

    Yes, there is life outside the L.A. music biz; two self-made troubadours tell how (and why) they live it.
    By Cintra Wilson March 16, 2000

  • Cher

    Locked forever in Teflon celebrity, the woman with the world's most beautiful armpits always gets the last laugh ... or so she says.
    By Cintra Wilson February 22, 2000

  • Kith and Tell

    "With Nails" author Richard E. Grant on auteurs, actors and the importance of being overpaid in Hollywood.
    By Michael Sragow October 21, 1999

  • Bud Cort

    A quirky black comedy called "Harold and Maude" made him the poster boy of midnight movies. Thirty years later he said,"I've had moments where I wished I'd never done it."
    By Erika Milvy September 4, 1999

  • "The Muse"

    Albert Brooks proves all too effective at playing a screenwriter who's lost the golden touch.
    By Stephanie Zacharek August 27, 1999
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