The Latest Breaking News from Roman Polanski

Polish musician remembered as ‘one of the most outstanding contemporary performers of Chopin’s music’

Including from some of the best films ever made.

Laurent Bouzereau spoke to Salon about his "truthful" picture of an artist who never lived "Mommie Dearest" down

American screenwriter and director best known for the hit films Chinatown, The Last Detail and Shampoo

Writer, who died in his Los Angeles home, also worked without credit on The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other films whose script for "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, has died

Roman Polanski's bleak 1974 masterpiece Chinatown set new standards for the film noir genre. And half a century later, it hasn't been topped.

The 1974 noir boasts standout acting from Jack Nicholson and director Roman Polanski at peak form but it’s Robert Towne’s deft, intelligent script that takes breath away

As commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings take place in Normandy, film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us about her favorite D-Day classics – from star-studded extravaganza "The Longest Day" to Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan". Plus, Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard star in "Memory", a harsh tale…