His films still make money, but is this the mind that gave us Jaws and E.T.?
Why Mark Rylance left Shakespeare for Roald Dahl
Because of ‘Duddy Kravitz’ Dreyfuss did ‘Jaws’—but he couldn’t get a berth on Spielberg’s yacht in Cannes
Spielberg may be heading the festival’s jury, but the A-list stars, and the action, are very far from L.A.
After ‘Duddy,’ he feared he’d never work again, and begged Spielberg for the role
Cannes is casting a come-hither look at Hollywood this year. First it was announced that Steven Spielberg would head the jury of the Cannes Film Festival (May 15- 26). Then came news that Cannes will open with a Hollywood premiere, The Great Gatsby. Now the official poster has been unveiled, bearing a vintage photograph of actor/director Paul Newman and actress Joanne Woodward—the model Hollywood couple whose marriage lasted five decades, until Newman’s death in 2008. The picture was taken during the shoot of A New Kind of Love (1963). For the poster, it was enhanced with a Vertigo-like pop art swirl.
Brian D. Johnson on what to expect from a Spielberg jury
Director Steven Spielberg has been named as president of the jury at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Preston Manning on the new Spielberg film, ‘Lincoln’—and what Obama could learn from it
The hat, the whip, the scar: What does it all mean?
The producer tackles a comic-book hero and his dog in ‘Tintin’, and a heroic equine in ‘War Horse’
‘The Tree of Life’ is essential viewing, and not just because Brad Pitt does his best work since ‘Thelma and Louise’