Obituaries
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John Hurt obituary: a pure and unswerving trouper
A confirmed thespian from his school days onwards, John Hurt acted in over 200 films and television dramas across 55 years, leaving his mark in roles from Jesus to Caligula, Quentin Crisp to The Elephant Man. Philip Kemp records the career of a screen champion.
Monday 30 January 2017 -
Emmanuelle Riva obituary: an actor formidable in love and loss
Bookending her career with unforgettable, implacable performances as the post-atomic lover of Hiroshima Mon Amour and the Alzheimer’s-afflicted partner of Amour, Emmanuelle Riva projected a sharp intelligence and will that made her a rare proto-feminist on the early 1960s French screen, writes Ginette Vincendeau.
Monday 30 January 2017 -
John Hurt: an indelible British treasure
From his charismatically gruff, genial presence in an endlessly varying procession of screen roles to his torch-bearing for the art of British cinema, John Hurt, who has died aged 77, richly deserves his place in the annals of British film and television. Nick James offers an insight into what made Hurt great.
Saturday 28 January 2017 -
Mark Fisher obituary: a thrillingly creative critic
Challenging his readers to see the world in entirely new terms, Mark Fisher wrote exceptional criticism rooted in his scrutiny of high and low culture, his anti-capitalist politics and his dream of popular modernism. Sam Davies pays tribute to his late colleague.
Tuesday 24 January 2017 -
From the Magazine
The departed: the filmmakers we lost in 2016
Our full roll call of film figures who passed away in 2016, compiled by Bob Mastrangelo, with a graphic evocation in 12 panels by Naiel Ibarrola and Ehsan Khoshbakht, inspired by Kiarostami’s Where Is the Friend’s Home?
Friday 20 January 2017 -
From the Magazine
Debbie Reynolds obituary: the indelibly sunny face of Singin’ in the Rain (and other musicals)
Debbie Reynolds had the colourful biography customary of Hollywood royalty – but she’ll be forever venerated for her on-screen high-water mark, says Nick James.
Thursday 19 January 2017 -
From the Magazine
Pierre Etaix obituary: the clown we nearly forgot
After a run of near-silent comic marvels worthy of comparison with his heroes Keaton, Linder and Tati through the 1960s, Etaix lost his mojo, his film rights and his reputation – but mercifully lived to see it resurrected by public demand. By Pamela Hutchinson.
Thursday 19 January 2017 -
From the Magazine
Vilmos Zsigmond obituary: the DP who made 1970s Hollywood golden
The expat Hungarian cinematographer was celebrated for the subdued lighting and muted colours he brought to the New American Cinema, a look he attributed to the pre-electric kerosene-lit villages of his childhood. By Philip Kemp.
Thursday 19 January 2017 -
Mithat Alam obituary: Turkey’s greatest cinephile?
Kaya Genç recalls a film connoisseur and benefactor who instilled his passion for cinema in generations of film students, both in person and through Istanbul’s vital Mithat Alam Film Centre.
Tuesday 17 January 2017 -
Bruce Lacey obituary: an independent artist, visionary and showman
The absurdist visions and quietly confrontational ritualist movies of this unique filmmaker are a testament to his irreverent, defiant creativity, writes William Fowler.
Tuesday 17 January 2017
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