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Natalie Portman’s ‘Lady in the Lake’ Is a Soggy, Pretentious Failure
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoBoldness is often a storytelling virtue… except when it’s not, as is the case with Lady in the...
Oscar-winning 'Chinatown' screenwriter Robert Towne dies at 89
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoAcademy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne, 89, died at his Los Angeles home Monday while...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoNEW YORK (AP) — Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail"...
Robert Towne, Oscar-winning screenwriting icon behind 'Chinatown,' dies at 89
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoRobert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for "Chinatown," has died. He was 89....
Robert Towne Dead at 89: Legendary ‘Chinatown’ Screenwriter Was One of Hollywood’s Great Scribes
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 4 weeks agoA motion picture screenplay is by nature imperfectible, and time, tide, and taste will have their...
Kinky Friedman, singer, satirist and political candidate, dies at 79
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 1 month agoA rabble rousing man of letters with a penchant for self-mythology and a deep love of animals, whose...
Book Review: In 'Farewell Amethystine,' a private eye hunts for a beautiful woman’s ex-husband
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoIt’s 1970 in Los Angeles, and Easy Rawlins has come a long way since Walter Mosley launched his...
George R.R. Martin Says Literary Adaptations Are Never Better Than the Book
Indiewire via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoGeorge R.R. Martin, whose “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels were very successfully turned into HBO’s...
George R.R. Martin Criticizes Screen Adaptations of Books: 'They Never Make It Better'
People via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe author’s fantasy novels were adapted into the acclaimed HBO series ‘Game of Thrones’ Jason...
George RR Martin slams Hollywood screenwriters for making adaptations worse
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoGame of Thrones creator George RR Martin has complained that most film and television adaptations...