Act Now Studio, NYC

08/16/2026

"Billy Liar", shot in 1963 and a gem of the British New Wave movement, launched the careers of Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie. My kid and I just caught a 4K update at Film Forum this Sunday, you should see it if you can, it's brilliant!

08/10/2026

Jonathan Demme rehearsing Anthony Hopkins on the set of "The Silence of the Lambs" in 1991. I met Jon some years later at a Wooster event, such a great director and such a great eye. Nobody said acting was easy.

07/27/2026

Debbie and Arliss swing into it and it looks like it could be a winner.

At 71, Debra Winger and Arliss Howard have aged into a married-couples acting tradition that Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn began.

07/20/2026

Mary Anderson and Hume Cronyn in Hitchcock's "Life Boat", 1944. Cronyn worked as an actor in multiple Hitchcock films and also doubled as a screenwriter on several others.

06/29/2026

Bob Fosse and Dustin Hoffman rehearsing a scene for "Lenny" in Miami, 1974. A real marriage of acting and directing genius!

06/22/2026

The 1947 Passport /ID of Rita Hayworth, the second Mrs Orson Welles.

06/22/2026

Orson Welles and Peter O'Toole discussing the various ways to play, or not to play "Hamlet". The sound quality of the film is not so good but the advice is.

Here you can find a version with better visual and audio quality: h...

06/18/2026

Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Pakula and Marty Balsam. Publicity shot for "All the President's Men", with screenplay by William Goldman. An important piece of American cinema for lots of reasons.

06/12/2026

Wally Shawn and Andre Gregory discussing film in the Criterion Library, it's enlightening, funny and a real gem! Especially the discussion about Godard, check it out!

At the Criterion offices to celebrate the release of A MASTER BUILD...

03/24/2026

Sounds like John Lithgow is tearing it up over the Music Box, grab a seat if you can!

In Mark Rosenblatt’s play, a powerful portrayal of the beloved children’s book author who almost gleefully exposes his bigotry.