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He was always the consummate performer, that actor's actor who did not have particular ambitions beyond acting because he was so competent at it to begin with. Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 December 1942) was an Englishman who could play your average working stiff with gusto, adding just the right amount of idiosyncrasy, reserve and mystery, even, to the roles he took on.

But what makes a great actor, among other things, is versatility.

Thanks to our friend Sandy at Ecran Large in Paris [...]

This episode, which follows chronologically “Return of the Jedi,” is [...]

So you want to be a filmmaker. Here’s something to keep etched away in your mind, courtesy of writer-director-producer Gabriel Cowan: ‘Just do something’ and ‘make it work.’

Those phrases have kept Gabriel Cowan going for years. He probably felt thus gratified, then, when passing on this advice to an aspiring filmmaker at a recent Q&A here at the Tribeca Festival.

As part of my ongoing series on Women Filmmakers I got to meet Gillian Greene after the screening of her feature-length debut “Murder of a Cat." She proved to be as charming as her film was compelling and humorous.

Greene is the the wife of director Sam Raimi and the daughter of legendary actor Lorne Greene, so her connection to show-business is deep. But although she expresses some pride about it, she's clearly emerged as

Things could be going just a little better for Gwyneth [...]