Frederick Forsyth

DAKAR, Senegal — The plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea in 2004 was so improbable that it sounded like something out of a tale from the tropics, too outlandish even for novelist Graham Greene. It was, as outlined in a series of...

If springtime in Paris isn't going to work for you this year, rent a movie and pretend -- until you can book a flight and go. Here are my Top 10 picks for films that best show off the French capital. For scenes from these memorable films, go to latimes....

'The Day of the Jackal' 7 p.m., TCM Still one of movie history's smoothest blends of fact and fiction, veteran director Fred Zinnemann's wonderfully European-flavored 1973 version of the Frederick Forsyth best seller casts British actor Edward Fox as...

D. Taylor is anxious, pacing irritably as the rabble-rousing continues. About 150 workers have gathered at the Culinary Union headquarters here to rally and make signs for a Friday night caravan. Their plan is to clog traffic outside the big casinos to...

He's not dressed for the West this time, but Sam Elliott is still playing a lone ranger of sorts. A veteran of numerous cowboy roles, the rugged, distinctively deep-voiced actor goes contemporary as an international troubleshooter in TNT's new movie...

Friday September 24, 1999      Claude Berri's "Lucie Aubrac" has it all: a tender romance, acute suspense, terrific acting, and a camera style and and score that are beautiful yet understated. Most important, it has an impeccable sense of period and...