Why James Stewart “refused to play” three roles that won the Oscar for ‘Best Actor’
He had his reasons.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 10/2025
The one co-star Tom Cruise broke his cardinal rule for: “I ticked a box”
One of cinema’s rarest distinctions.
How a softcore porno convinced Paul Newman he really was a sex symbol: “The moment of my arrival”
That’s one way of realising it.
The movie Christopher Nolan was bullied into making: “Don’t be a chickenshit”
Sometimes, peer pressure works.
The “coarse” and “vulgar” movie that offended Orson Welles by existing: “That’s the bad picture”
He couldn’t hide his contempt.
John-Michael Powell: “I make movies about good people making bad decisions for the right reasons”
Violence only begets more violence.
