Obituaries
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Anna Karina obituary: the French New Wave in the flesh
The winking, weeping, vital co-conspirator on seven of Jean-Luc Godard’s trailblazing nouvelle vague classics, Danish-born Karina also worked with an eclectic array of other filmmakers in France and beyond, but rarely with such alchemy, writes Jonathan Romney.
Wednesday 18 December 2019 -
In memory of Nik Powell: tributes to a legendary character in British cinema
Industry colleagues Jane Giles, Sandra Hebron, Amanda Nevill and Josh Berger remember the charismatic late distributor and producer Nik Powell, from his headlong early days at the Scala Cinema to the energy and influence he brought to the National Film and Television School.
Monday 11 November 2019 -
Nik Powell obituary: a rolling stone in the British film world
The distributor and producer who shook up the stuffy world of 1980s British cinema latterly became a dynamic moderniser of the country’s leading film school.
Friday 8 November 2019 -
Richard Williams obituary: a half-hidden animation master
The Canadian-born animator brought us Roger Rabbit, the Cresta Bear and animation’s great lost film, writes Andrew Osmond.
Tuesday 20 August 2019 -
D.A. Pennebaker obituary: the documentary pioneer who wrote life’s drama in lightning
A poet of the mobile sync-sound camera, Pennebaker’s raw, quicksilver portraits of performers from JFK to Dylan showed us unscripted truths worth waiting for, as the veteran observational documentarian Roger Graef remembers.
Tuesday 20 August 2019 -
Rip Torn obituary: talent got trouble
The man whose arch grin in The Larry Sanders Show and Men in Black won audiences’ hearts had earlier razed a trail from Method player to Hollywood undesirable… and some of the most interesting curios of the 1970s American fringe, writes Paul Duane.
Tuesday 16 July 2019 -
Pierre Lhomme obituary: a DP and film lover, from the New Wave to Merchant Ivory
The maverick French cinematographer rose up with Chris Marker and the nouvelle vague, but expanded his horizons shooting for Jean-Pierre Melville, Robert Bresson, Jean Eustache and James Ivory, writes Geoffrey Macnab.
Monday 15 July 2019 -
Edith Scob obituary: an ethereal actress with a rich career in French art cinema
The refined star of cult films from Eyes Without a Face to Holy Motors made more than 100 movies as well as working in both avant-garde theatre and television, writes Ginette Vincendeau.
Wednesday 3 July 2019 -
Franco Zeffirelli obituary: a maestro of the opulent
The lavish director of some of the cinema’s most emotive Shakespeare adaptations certainly courted controversy in both his art and politics, though it may be his grandiose opera work that will most endure, says David Thompson.
Thursday 20 June 2019 -
Peter Whitehead obituary: an alternative legend
The counter-cultural documentarian, novelist and pop video director leaves behind a remarkable body of work including films that captured the late-60s zeitgeist in full swing, writes William Fowler.
Wednesday 19 June 2019
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