On June 11, 1975, director Robert Altman introduced American audiences to the world of country and gospel music in a series of overlapping plots with 24 main characters and over an hour of musical ...

There are two movies veteran television director Paris Barclay watches every year. One is Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which he tends to see on Christmas Eve. The other is Robert Altman’s ...

Starts with a crash, ends with a bang. In between, Robert Altman’s “Nashville” makes nearly every conceivable noise about living in an America where paranoia and hope commingle in an inseparable swirl ...

As a film critic, the question I get asked more than any other is, “What’s your favorite movie?” For decades, I’ve given the same answer. But in the last 10 years or so, when I say, “My favorite movie ...

The actors gunned down a singer at Nashville's Parthenon, cheered for a stripper in a honky tonk, smashed up cars on the Interstate, sang (at times) off-key at the Grand Ole Opry and watched a country ...

As noted in a 2015 Scene cover story celebrating the film's 40th anniversary, Robert Altman’s masterwork Nashville is both a rich tapestry and a biting piece of satire exploring county music moguls ...

Robert Altman's 1975 film "Nashville" features an ensemble cast and an abundance of social commentary. It deals with the end of 60s social idealism, the erosion of the Leave it to Beaver nuclear ...

Robert Altman burst into the cinema scene in the early 1970s with the iconic war satire MASH starring Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould. Altman made a name for himself with his use of dark humor and ...

1975 musical comedy-drama. Directed by Robert Altman. Starring Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Geraldine Chaplin, Henry Gibson, Michael Murphy, Lily Tomlin. Songs by Ronee ...

Robert Altman, one of cinema's great democratic spirits whose wry appreciation of the idiosyncrasies of human nature suffused such films as "MASH," "McCabe and Mrs. Miller," "Nashville" and "The ...