Sam Peckinpah names his favourite western movies: “They’re always too long but they’re fun to watch”
Top marks from the maverick.
Author: Scott Campbell Archives: 07/2024
How Minnie Riperton helped Denzel Washington find himself: “I’m touched by her music”
A turning point for a future legend.
Decoding Ingmar Bergman’s hesitation to making a Hollywood movie: “It could be very difficult”
A collection of the all-time greats.
Billy Wilder reveals the scene that took Marilyn Monroe 80 takes: “She couldn’t get it”
Marilyn Monroe made dozens of movies during her career, but few would argue that Billy Wilder managed to get more out of the star than…
The directors who inspired Robert Duvall: “That kind of stops them in their tracks”
There’s been plenty to choose from.
Why John Wayne felt “betrayed” by Kirk Douglas: “How can you play a part like that?”
Acting is all make-believe at the end of the day.
“I just wanted to hit him”: Why was Burt Reynolds so angry with his own revival?
Furious at the idea of stardom.
The TV show Jack Nicholson would have “loved” to star in: “They wanted to get on a series”
Sadly, he never got his wish.
The movie adaptation that moved Stephen King to tears: “It had the emotional gradient”
A winner in his book.
The filmmaker who showed Martin Scorsese how to be a director: “I was too young to understand”
He’s been on a learning curve ever since.