Philip Kaufman

Date of Birth

1936-10-23

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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The Revisited series takes a look back at the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, starring Donald Sutherland

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 2 years ago

The Revisited series takes a look back at the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, starring Donald Sutherland

Wesley Snipes says Sean Connery acted in his underwear for Rising Sun

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore Losers may always whine about their best, but no one is better than the late Sir Sean Connery. The legendary progenitor of 007 on the big screen passed away in the crap-tornado that was 2020, but his shadow still looms...

Chuck Yeager: Pilot & first person to break the sound barrier dies at 97

Posted 5 years ago

Theodore Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who was one of the subjects of Philip Kaufman's The Right Stuff and became the first person to fly faster than...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Annabelle, District 9, Ghostbusters

Posted 7 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: Scott Glenn

Posted 9 years ago

Chris Scott Glenn Scott Glenn has been in some pretty outstanding films. One of his earliest was Robert Altman’s NASHVILLE, and he also turned up in a small (but important) part in Francis Ford Coppola’s APOCALYPSE NOW, leading to his...

AMC brings The Right Stuff back to select theaters in honor of John Glenn

Posted 9 years ago

Given the recent loss of aviator/engineer/astronaut John Glenn, select AMC theaters in the US will be screening Philip Kaufman's space travel drama, THE RIGHT STUFF. The film follows the story of the original Mercury 7 astronauts and their seat-of-the-pants approach...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Alien Invasion Special

Posted 10 years ago

The Test of Time: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Posted 11 years ago

We all have movies we love. Movies we respect without question because of either tradition, childhood love, or because they’ve always been classics. However, as time keeps ticking, do those classics still hold up? So…the point of this here column...

Face-Off: The Right Stuff vs. Apollo 13

Posted 13 years ago

On the occasion of BREAKING BAD’s series finale, last week’s face-off featured a fight between legendary TV crimes bosses Tony Soprano and Walter White. It was a photo finish but in the end you all decided that “T” was just...