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Scenes From The Departed 2701days

The Maysles had a front-row seat for one of the darkest moments in rock history with Gimme Shelter

The brothers captured the collapse of a counterculture with their harrowing Rolling Stones doc.

by Nathan Rabin
  • Leonard Nimoy played the villain to chilling effect in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

    Scenes From The Departed 2715days

    Leonard Nimoy played the villain to chilling effect in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

    Nimoy tweaked his Spock image as part of another alien encounter in Philip Kaufman’s remake of the science-fiction classic.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Scenes From The Departed 2729days

    David Carr in Page One

    The New York Times documentary owes amost everything to the late journalist’s presence at its center.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Scenes From The Departed 2763days

    Taylor Negron in The Last Boy Scout

    The stand-up comedian and writer spent most of his career playing offbeat or villainous characters.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Scenes From The Departed 2773days

    Edward Herrmann in The Cat’s Meow

    The late character actor found one of his richest roles as media titan William Randolph Hearst.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Scenes From The Departed 2818days

    Scenes From The Departed: Mike Nichols’ Postcards From The Edge

    In this lovely 1990 sleeper, the director brought his understanding of and reverence for human nature to a realm he knew well: Show business.

    by Nathan Rabin
  • Scenes From The Departed 2833days

    Scenes From The Departed: Marcia Strassman could play anyone’s wife, even a possessed robot

    The likable late actress spent most of her career playing wives and mothers, and this 1991 oddity is no exception.

    by Nathan Rabin
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    Scenes From The Departed: L.M. Kit Carson captured Dennis Hopper at the height of his charismatic insanity

    Carson’s eclectic film career included a sole directorial credit, a documentary that reveals an icon of 1970s New Hollywood as a sex-crazed force of nature.

    by Nathan Rabin
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    Scenes From The Departed: Richard Kiel in Moonraker

    Remembering what made the actor behind one of James Bond's most outrageous villains so appealing.

    by Nathan Rabin
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    Scenes From The Departed: Joan Rivers in Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work

    A 2010 documentary changed the image of the veteran comedienne.

    by Nathan Rabin
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