Samuel Fuller

When Lisa Dombrowski was an undergraduate at Wesleyan University in 1992, she took a class in film noir and arranged a screening of the Samuel Fuller classic "Shock Corridor." By the time the film was over, Dombrowski was so tense she was sitting in a...

April 17, 2008 For the last several years, Richard Schickel has been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, writing primarily about books on film. His new book, "Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies," is a collection of many of...

This article contains corrected material One movie star's death has a way of eclipsing another's. Such was the case last weekend when Charlton Heston—Mt. Heston, a biblical epic unto himself—died at 84. The media treated his passing as a big...

Richard Widmark began his career as the quintessential film noir villain in 1947's seminal "Kiss of Death." And though he is best known for his villainous roles, he also excelled at westerns ("Broken Lance," "Cheyenne Autumn"), dramas ("Time Limit,"...

Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, died at his home in Roxbury after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark's wife,...

Richard Widmark, who made a sensational film debut as the giggling killer in "Kiss of Death" and became a Hollywood leading man in "Broken Lance," "Two Rode Together" and 40 other films, has died after a long illness. He was 93. Widmark's wife, Susan...

In terms of home entertainment, viewers had an embarrassment of riches to choose from this year. Among 2007's best releases were restored old favorites and newly discovered rarities, television classics past and present, and at the top of the heap, the...

PICK OF THE WEEK: THE LOOKOUT Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Matthew Goode in "The Lookout" (Allen Fraser/Miramax) Unquestionably the most successful movie to hit DVD this week is "Wild Hogs," the comedy that proved John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, Tim...

Jean-Luc Godard's films have always reflected the times in which they were made with their acute, even startling ability to evoke self-recognition, yet so rich and far-ranging are their concerns that it is hardly surprising they seem timeless. Such is the...

Ebrahim Golestan's "The Brick and the Mirror," a little-known Iranian film from 1965, is one of those rare top-level cinematic works that sometimes, despite its high quality and importance, almost slips through the cracks of film history. Unseen for...