by Ambrose Heron on 03/07/2008
A new interview series hosted by Elvis Mitchell is about to start airing on TCM in the US.
It is called Under the Influence and features Mitchell speaking to various luminaries from the film world about how classic film has influenced their lives.
Most notably it features the last interview Sydney Pollack gave before his untimely death [...]
by Ambrose Heron on 27/05/2008
Director and actor Sydney Pollack has died in Los Angeles aged 73.
The Associated Press report:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy “Tootsie” and the period drama “Out of Africa,” has died.
He was 73.
Pollack died of cancer Monday afternoon at [...]