Category: Profiles

Back in Portland, the Latest Outsider Has a Skateboard
By BLAKE NELSON
Published: March 2, 2008
Gus Van Sant’s new film, “Paranoid Park,” again shows his fascination with the young, “the creators of the new.”

Martin Sheen at the Tate Lecture – Part One & Two

Part One – Discusses impact and influence of James Dean upon his childhood, filming Apocalypse Now and both working and personal relationship with Marlon Brando.

Part Two – Discusses relationship with son Charlie Sheen, personal political views and views on Acting (concluding with questions from audience members).

Roy Scheider, Actor in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 75
By DAVE KEHR
Published: February 11, 2008
Mr. Scheider was a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s.

Horror Auteur Is Unfinished With the Undead
By KATRINA ONSTAD
Published: February 10, 2008
Over five films and four decades the director George A. Romero’s slack-jawed undead have been our tour guides through a brainless, barbaric America.