TV amp; Movies

Does 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Get Caught in Its Own Celebrity Web?

There have been odder page-to-stage, stage-to-screen, screen-to-song-and-dance-extravaganza case studies than Kiss of the Spider Woman, which began life as Argentine writer Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel about sex, fantasy, and betrayal in prison. Several theatrical productions were mounted before filmmaker Hector Babenco turned the story into an Oscar-winning film starring Raul …

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Diane Keaton Was Nobody's Fool

When we think of American cinema in the 1970s — that heralded period known as the New Hollywood, when studios were taking risks and adventurous young filmmakers were breaking all the rules — different actors spring to mind as emblems of the era. Jack Nicholson. Al Pacino. Gene Hackman. Warren …

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