Tag Archives: Robert Redford

Film review | The Conspirator – The spectre of Guantánamo haunts Robert Redford’s historical drama

Posted on 2 July 2011 by Jason Best

Robert Redford’s intriguing historical drama The Conspirator brings to light an overlooked episode from America’s past but clearly intends to shine a torch on the present-day US as well. The film’s setting is post-Civil War Washington in 1865 but could … Continue reading →

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Raging Bull – Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro’s boxing classic goes the distance on Blu-ray

Posted on 22 February 2011 by Jason Best

Thirty years ago at the 1981 Academy Awards, the greatest of all Oscar robberies took place when Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull lost out to Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, which pipped its rival to claim the Oscars for Best Film and … Continue reading →

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The Spy Next Door and other unlikely agents

Posted on 31 March 2010 by Jason Best

The sight of Jackie Chan as an undercover CIA agent in The Spy Next Door has got us thinking about cinema’s unlikely spies. The martial arts legend’s character, Bob Ho, isn’t your typical screen superspy  – he’s an agent who … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow’s nerve-shredding Iraq war movie blows away her macho rivals

Posted on 28 August 2009 by Jason Best

People often make a fuss about Kathryn Bigelow’s status as a female director of action movies as if it’s her gender that makes her special. Yet the remarkable thing about Bigelow isn’t that she’s an action director with breasts, it’s … Continue reading →

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Five things smart people know about The Graduate

Posted on 15 September 2008 by Jason Best

1. In Charles Webb’s book, the character of Benjamin Braddock is a six-foot tall, blue-eyed WASP and the film’s producers originally considered Robert Redford for the role. On the documentary that accompanies the newly reissued DVD of The Graduate, producer … Continue reading →

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