David Lynch’s 1980 classic was almost derailed by a lawsuit—and the director’s own attempts to make a prosthetic suit for ...

Mega location shoots, animal cruelty and transphobia – these pictures wouldn’t be made today. But is that right?

The best Western of the 1980s was only possible because John Wayne passed on the original screenplay years before, as he didn ...

Despite its realistic elements, Year of the Dragon faced criticism for perpetuating Asian-American stereotypes and its impact ...

As its subtitle suggests, Cimino is weighted hugely toward The Deer Hunter and Heaven’s Gate, and whether that is a byproduct of a comparative lack of historical material or the author’s own ...

When Michael Cimino died in 2016, I expressed an ardent wish to read a well-researched and sympathetic biography of him. Here it is: Charles Elton’s “Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate ...

Cimino had one small box in which there were two drafts of The Deer Hunter script, one draft of Heaven’s Gate, and a couple of letters. That was it.

Cimino’s success — best director and best picture Oscar wins for 1978’s Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter — was short-lived when the disastrous release of his 1980 Western Heaven’s Gate turned him ...

The book is out today. Michael Cimino’s epic Western, “Heaven’s Gate,” his first film since the Oscar-winning “The Deer Hunter,” was shown to the New York press on November 19, 1980.

Cimino’s success — best director and best picture Oscar wins for 1978’s Vietnam War drama The Deer Hunter — was short-lived when the disastrous release of his 1980 Western Heaven’s Gate ...

Initially, Cimino wanted nothing to do with the film that had brought him so much grief. "I said, Joanna, I don't want to revisit Heaven's Gate. I've had enough rejection for 33 years.