Ty Burr '80

America’s First Civil War

David Schmidt ’09 codirects Ken Burns’ new documentary, bringing the American Revolution back to life in all its brutal complexity.

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A Man of His Times

Film critic Vincent Canby ’45 wielded the kind of power that today's influencers can only dream about.

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The Buckaroo Effect

How a zany cult movie by director W.D. Richter ’68 reverberates 40 years later

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Kitchen Socrates

In an unlikely classroom of the 1970s, steaks had to be cooked rare but the lessons were always well done.

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The Rebel

Moviemaker Bob Rafelson ’54 shook up Hollywood and gave us some of its greatest stars—not to mention a band called The Monkees.

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In a League of His Own

Best known as Deputy Sheriff Clem on Bonanza, character actor Bing Russell ’47, Tu’48, became notorious in his real-life role as owner of a team of minor league misfits.

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Drama King

A look back at the singular, turbulent life of twice-expelled Walter Wanger (rhymes with “danger”), class of 1915, who became one of Hollywood’s most prolific, if not law-abiding, producers.