Sometimes the oral biography format delivers big time. Such is the case with Mitchell Zuckoff’s marvelous, epic, tapestry-like life-scape of Robert Altman. The book itself resembles any number of ...

On the surface, Robert Altman was a filmmaker of rare eclecticism. Few could equal his range in attending to seemingly every major cinematic genre. Over the course of his career, Altman dabbled in ...

Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in director Robert Altman's 1970 film "M*A*S*H." (Courtesy Brattle Theatre) Other directors tell stories. Robert Altman explored ecosystems. No filmmaker more ...

Robert Altman's movies are so unique, you kind of just have to watch a lot of them to see what you like. I find them to be polarizing, and when I force friends to watch them, I feel like everyone ...

Starts with a crash, ends with a bang. In between, Robert Altman’s “Nashville” makes nearly every conceivable noise about living in an America where paranoia and hope commingle in an inseparable swirl ...

Luc Haasbroek is a writer and videographer from Durban, South Africa. He has been writing professionally about pop culture for eight years. Luc's areas of interest are broad: he's just as passionate ...

Since the play is set in a recording studio in the 1970s, your mind may wander to the great films of that decade directed by Robert Altman. There’s the same overlapping dialogue, the same absence of ...

Shelley Duvall, best known for her roles in "The Shining" and several acclaimed Robert Altman films, has died, according to reports, citing a family spokesperson and her longtime partner. She was 75.