Obituaries
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Michel Legrand obituary: an exceptional film composer with an ear for a hit
From the French New Wave to Hollywood classics, Legrand’s scores combined sophistication and the experimental ambition of jazz, creating some of the most memorable music in the movies, including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Thomas Crown Affair, writes Neil Brand.
Saturday 2 February 2019 -
Dusan Makavejev obituary: the revolutionary ringmaster of Yugoslav film
Renowned for provocations like W.R. – Mysteries of the Organism and Sweet Movie made on both sides of the Iron Curtain, the Yugoslav master of the irreverent montage finally became himself a totem of a vanished era, writes Jonathan Owen.
Saturday 2 February 2019 -
From the Magazine
The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2018
Our roll call of film figures who passed away in 2018, compiled by Bob Mastrangelo, with links to individual obituaries.
Thursday 24 January 2019 -
From the Magazine
William Goldman obituary: beloved master Hollywood screenwriter
Tom Charity recalls the popular writer of hit films including Butch Cassidy and The Princess Bride who also shared his movie wisdom in bestselling books.
Thursday 24 January 2019 -
From the Magazine
Penny Marshall obituary: sitcom star turned trailblazing director
From creating laughs on the small screen with Laverne & Shirley to directing A-listers in big-budget Hollywood movies, Marshall’s work was characterised by humanity and humour, writes Kate Stables.
Thursday 24 January 2019 -
Mrinal Sen obituary: Bengali director who found the human in the radical
Shruti Narayanswamy pays tribute to a bold director who was a pioneer of the Indian New Wave while below, Mark Cousins counts the reasons why we should explore his work.
Thursday 24 January 2019 -
From the Magazine
Nelson Pereira dos Santos obituary: Brazilian master of modernity
From his early neorealist-influenced period, to his later counter-cinema work, this director’s career was unrivalled in ambition, writes Gabe Klinger.
Thursday 24 January 2019 -
Nick Roddick obituary: a journalist with a passion for the art and business of film
The British writer and academic was a doyen of international film festivals where his presence as both an original critic and an industry expert made him indispensable, as well as sparkling company, writes Geoffrey Macnab.
Tuesday 8 January 2019 -
Bernardo Bertolucci obituary: an extraordinary director of visually outstanding cinema
The Italian filmmaker who inspired a generation with The Conformist went on to create many more beautiful movies about sex and politics, including 1900, Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor, writes Philip Concannon.
Wednesday 28 November 2018 -
Nicolas Roeg obituary: one of British cinema’s greatest visionaries
From a waning Venice to Australia’s hazy outback, a subterranean Mick Jagger to an alien David Bowie, Nicolas Roeg put his prismatic, associative, discomposing stamp on some of the most indelible forays to the movies’ outer limits, writes David Thompson.
Sunday 25 November 2018
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