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When Harry Met Sally turns 36 on July 12, and beginning July 1, the film will be on a new (and free) streamer. The Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan romantic comedy hits Pluto TV next month, alongside two other Nora Ephron-penned films: You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle (which also coincidentally all star Meg Ryan). The Rob Reiner-directed film also stars Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. The film is considered a classic romantic comedy, on lists like "The 10 Best Fall-Themed Comfort Watch Movies, Ranked" and sports an identical 89% Audience and Critic's score on Rotten Tomatoes and is also Certified Fresh on the review aggregate website. The logline for When Harry Met Sally is as follows:

"In 1977, college graduates Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) share a contentious car ride from Chicago to New York, during which they argue about whether men and women can ever truly be strictly platonic friends.

“This Is Spinal Tap” is tapping into its cult fandom with a theatrical re-release for its 41st anniversary.

The iconic mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap” will get a long-awaited sequel, titled “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” September 12, with the original cast reprising their respective roles. To refresh before the sequel, why not venture back in time (and theaters) with the beloved first film?

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer comprise the fictional band that director Rob Reiner captures as character documentarian Martin “Marty” Dibergi. The concept for the film was co-created by all aforementioned stars; Reiner directs, with June Chadwick, Tony Hendra, and the late Bruno Kirby co-starring. Karen Murphy produces.

“This Is Spinal Tap” famously chronicled “England’s loudest and most punctual band on their disaster-filled U.S. tour.” That band, though, never existed. The 1984 film is now remastered and remixed for the re-release.

“The movie ‘Spinal Tap’ rocked my world,...

"I wanted to capture the sights, the sounds, the smells, of a hardworking rock band on the road." It's time for Spinal Tap to rock your face off – again! Bleecker Street has launched a trailer for the 41st Anniversary "Golden" celebration / re-release of the iconic rock classic This is Spinal Tap. For the uninitiated, This is Spinal Tap is Rob Reiner & Christopher Guest's badass mockumentary - it's an entirely fake film presented as a real documentary about a fake band. This Is Spinal Tap chronicles England's loudest and most punctual band on their disaster-filled U.S. tour. Experience the remastered, remixed, and definitive version of what can only be described as a mockumentary masterpiece. The original This is Spinal Tap debuted in 1984 as Reiner's very first feature. It's the film where "turn it up to 11" comes from. It also recently screened at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival before they...

When one thinks of City Slickers, they probably picture Billy Crystal’s hilarious midlife-crisis cowboy adventure. But what if the man behind Crystal’s saddle skills never got the credit he deserved? Yes, it was Jack Lilley, the Hollywood stunt legend who not only worked on classics like Little House on the Prairie but also played a crucial role in training Crystal for his most successful comedy.

Jack Lilley on ‘Little House on the Prairie’. Photo: Peacocktv

With City Slickers grossing $179 million, it’s safe to say Lilley’s expertise helped turn an ordinary city guy into a believable cowboy, and eventually a box office sensation.

The man behind Billy Crystal and his horse in City Slickers!

Billy Crystal’s City Slicker, the 1991 movie, was a massive box office success, bringing in around $179 million worldwide. But behind the scenes, much of its realness and authentic feel, and Crystal’s convincing cowboy transformation,...

Johnny Depp was once one of Hollywood's biggest and most versatile stars, appearing in both blockbusters and true-crime dramas. The American actor gained global superstardom for portraying the eccentric Captain Jack Sparrow in five Pirates of the Caribbean movies from 2006 to 2017, earning an Academy Award nomination for the first film, The Curse of the Black Pearl. In the following years, Depp earned additional nominations for Finding Neverland and Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Over his career, Depp has also appeared in an array of crime dramas, including 2001's Blow, playing a real American cocaine kingpin, George Jung, who was connected to Pablo Escobar. In 2009, Depp starred in Michael Mann's Public Enemies as the notorious bank robber John Dillinger, chronicling his final years. In 2015's Black Mass, Depp played American mobster Whitey Bulger. Most recently, he starred in 2018's City of Lies as a...

When Harry Met Sallystars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan took to the stage at the 2025 Oscars on Sunday night to present the night's top honor. The iconic rom-com duo clearly couldn't resist saying "yes, yes, yes" to the reunion at the 97th Academy Awards, as they both appeared in good spirits, exchanging some of their signature banter before presenting the award for Best Picture, which went to one of last year's most provocative films, Anora.

As reported by Entertainment Tonight, Crystal and Ryan, who starred together in the beloved 1989 Rob Reiner movie as Harry Burns and Sally Albright – two people who keep bumping into each other over ten years – had a surprise get-together at this year's Oscars, which took place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on Mar. 2. When Harry Met Sally's glittering big band score played in the background as the pair walked out on-stage hand-in-hand (as seen...

Despite releasing at the end of 2023, one of 2024's biggest sleeper hits at the box office was "Anyone But You," a romantic-comedy starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney as former lovers who cross paths at a destination wedding and pretend to be a couple in order to placate their respective families. Given the film's financial success, it shows a potential bright future for the rom-com genre, which in recent years has struggled to have the success it once had throughout the 2000s with hits like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and "Knocked Up."

Thanks to "Anyone But You," there are a lot of audiences with a renewed interest in satiating their desire for a raunchy, laugh-out-loud rom-com, especially ones with the hard-to-resist enemies-to-lovers trope, a disastrous wedding, or perhaps a reinterpretation a well-known story in the modern era. We've selected 15 of the best movies like "Anyone But You," including some superb romantic-comedies from recent history,...

Quick LinksThe True Story of 'Donnie Brasco'Michael Franzese's Connection to 'Donnie Brasco'The World's Fascination With the Mob

There's a plethora of mob movies in the film industry, from The Godfather to Casino and Black Mass to The Irishman. The gangster genre in films is exactly that, within cinema, which focuses on organized crime, usually involving the Mafia and criminal gangs. The gangster films are typically centered around Italian Americans with financial struggles, resulting in them breaking the law to ensure economic stability. The films, for the most part, are based on true stories with a few alterations for dramatic effect. They revolve around the most notorious crime organization in America. One that comes to mind is Donnie Brasco, starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in 1997.

The true story was based on Joseph Pistone (Depp), an undercover FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno family crime organization in the 1970s using the alias Donnie Brasco.

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal officially announce what appears to be a long-awaited When Harry Met Sally… (1989) reunion between the iconic romantic comedy’s stars. Ryan and Crystal posted a brand-new image of the rom-com’s two lead characters replicating the final scene of the film, in which Harry Burns (Crystal) and Sally Albright (Ryan) recount how they fell in love from the couch just like so many other married couples did throughout the course of the must-see motion picture. Ryan and Crystal broke the news on Instagram, and the announcement reads as follows:

It’s finally happening, we’re reuniting for something iconic. Can’t wait to show you all soon.

Neither Ryan nor Crystal specified how they were going to reunite, but there are a number of ways it could happen if a film sequel doesn’t turn out to be the answer. Perhaps, When Harry Met Sally…...

Movies based on true stories can be even more exciting than fiction, and there are dozens of classics which were inspired by real events. Some of the best movies ever made have taken their stories from real life, although there's still an incredible variety in these types of movies. Anything from war movies to biopics and sports movies can adapt true stories for the big-screen.

While it can be a surprise to find out that certain movies are based on true stories, this fact is often a key detail in a movie's marketing. People have a desire to see real-life stories, even well-known stories that they might know all about. In these cases, the appeal of the movie doesn't come from the twists and turns of the plot, but the way that the filmmaker recreates and reframes famous episodes from history. Some other movies based on true stories shine a...

From Michael Corleone to his complicated father Vito, The Godfather trilogy is filled with some of the most captivating characters ever to grace the big screen. A lot of these characters were already compelling on the page in Mario Puzo’s source material, but director Francis Ford Coppola picked the perfect actors to bring them to life in the film adaptation. The Godfather cast is rounded out by screen legends like Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, and Diane Keaton, who brought depth and nuance that these characters didn’t have in their original literary form.

There are some iconic characters who grew and developed over the course of all three movies, like Kay, Connie, and of course, the Godfather himself, Michael. But there are just as many characters who made a lasting impression with a major appearance in just one movie, like Sonny (who only reappears for a brief flashback in...

Gangster movies have long been one of the most successful and beloved corners of cinema, from classics like Get Carter to modern hits like The Irishman. From real criminals like Al Capone to fictionalized characters like the thieves in Reservoir Dogs, the genre covers a range of topics, from personal drama to detective work. At every step, audiences are shown the inner workings of crime families and how they operate, but are often led to identify with a gangster.

Gangster movies typically serve as something of a morality play, exploring the effects of a life of crime on people, from criminals themselves to innocent people and police officers. By the time these stories end, audiences are left to either root for or against key figures, and some films end with justice. A good gangster movie doesn't have to end on a happy note, and they're often at their best when...

This Is Spinal Tap might just be the funniest mockumentary ever made, but no one said it was going to be easy. In fact, Michael McKean told People, “It was such a struggle to get it done.”

Part of the problem, McKean says, is that the comedy was breaking new ground. “There weren’t a lot of features like it at the time,” he noted. “What we had was 20 hours of film, and we got it down to 85 minutes. It was a long, long chore.”

Before it got to its final running time, there were several iterations as the film was whittled down from its initial 20 hours. A four-hour workprint has leaked online from time to time, revealing what amounts to the original times two and then some. Deciding what to remove must have been painful, especially for comic actors like Billy Crystal and Bruno Kirby whose best work ended up on the cutting-room floor.

Superstar Billy Crystal isnt ruling out the possibility of City Slickers 3. However, the When Harry Met Sally actor told ComicBook that it would only happen if the Western could be a standalone movie and not a sequel.

While promoting his new Apple TV+ series Before, Crystal, who played Mitch Robbins in both City Slickers (1991) and City Slickers II: The Legend of Curlys Gold (1994), was asked about another movie in the City Slickers franchise.

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Yeah, I mean, I dont know how serious a talk is but theres a little bit of discussion about it, what it would be, you know, for me that it would have to feel like it was not a sequel, but a movie that could stand on its own, Crystal said.

...it would have to...

This article contains references to war crimes.

The 1980s witnessed the debuts of some of the most celebrated and influential war movies of all time. Following in the footsteps of acclaimed productions from the 1970s such as Apocalypse Now, Cross of Iron, and The Deer Hunter, the decade played host to several standout entries, moving viewers with their authentic depictions of war, explorations of the intricate social impact of armed conflict, and evocative narratives.

While the desolating landscape of WWII serves as the backdrop for several of the decade's most acclaimed genre offerings, many of the 1980s war movies focus on the more recent Vietnam War. The heavy human cost of the conflict meant that many films from the 1980s chose to cultivate anti-war rhetoric, highlighting the devastating social ramifications of war while simultaneously paying tribute to the heroics and personal sacrifices of those involved in the fighting.

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Al Pacino is known for his gangster roles in films such as The Godfather trilogy, but the actor played against type in the film Donnie Brasco. Co-starring with Johnny Depp in the titular role, Pacino starred as Lefty Ruggiero, a mafia enforcer of a crime family in New York, and garnered universal acclaim.

While the lead cast had two legends, the supporting roles too were played by stalwart actors. Michael Madsen, who was known for his role as Mr. Blonde in Reservoir Dogs, played Sonny Black in the film. He reportedly refused to audition for the role and only went for it after meeting Al Pacino.

Michael Madsen Refused To Audition For Al Pacino’s Donnie Brasco Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco | Credits: Sony Pictures

Based on the non-fiction book Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, the film Donnie Brasco is a tale of betrayal,...

Today, Homicide: Life on the Street officially gave up its title as the Best TV Show You Can’t Stream. All 122 episodes of the Nineties cop drama are now on Peacock, along with Homicide: The Movie, a 2000 telefilm featuring the entire cast — even the ones whose characters died at some point in the previous seven seasons.

Here are 10 episodes to sample if you want to see what all the fuss is about.

“Gone for Goode” (Season 1, Episode 1)

The Homicide pilot introduces the show’s large, impressive ensemble in a shaggy...

John Aprea, whose acting career landed him roles on “Godfather Part II” and “Full House,” died on Aug. 5 of natural causes in Los Angeles. He was 83.

His death was confirmed by Will Levine, Aprea’s manager.

Born in 1941 to Italian immigrants in Englewood, N.J., Aprea spent part of his early years in Italy before his family resettled back in the States. In the early 1960s, he set out to pursue his passion, acting, enrolling in Joshua Shelley’s acting classes (who also taught Mia Farrow and Jon Voight) in New York. Eventually, he would land a role in the 1968 Steve McQueen classic film Bullitt, playing Killer.

After his splashy debut, Aprea found acting work on sets for the 1970s TV series “Mannix,” the 1970s film “The Grasshopper,” and Jonathan Demme’s 1974 feature, “Caged Heat.”

John’s career took off when he was cast as the young Tessio in Francis Ford Coppola...

Some people think Leonardo DiCaprio became a star when he acted in James Cameron’s Titanic. Others believe his stardom predated that movie when he starred opposite Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. However, the movie that made him an up-and-comer is a film that seems to have been all but erased from his filmography: the 1995 drama The Basketball Diaries, a movie that teamed him with a young Mark Wahlberg, earned good reviews and became a VHS cult hit among teens of the nineties. Yet, it’s a tough film to find unless you’re willing to shell out big bucks for the long, out-of-print Blu-ray (never released in the U.S) or an old-school DVD. You won’t find it on streaming, and it remains an oddly obscure film considering how popular it was in the nineties. What gives?

The Basketball Diaries is based on the life of Jim Carroll,...

While some romantic movies are unexpected, such as cheesy rom-coms like Sweet Home Alabama, others like The Notebook and Titanic are staples that every fan is familiar with. Whether from a cute rom-com or a groundbreaking romance, the most romantic quotes in these movies express unwavering love, romantic gestures, and heartfelt realizations.

Some of the newest additions to the romance genre are cute rom-coms like Netflix's You People and Universal's Ticket to Paradise. These aren't exceptionally unique films within the genre, but they add to the collection of movies with some of the most beloved tropes. On the other hand, far more famous romantic films are out there, and romantic quotes sometimes come from the most unexpected places. From Harry Potter to My Best Friend's Wedding, not every outstanding romantic quote comes from a rom-com.

Updated on May 26, 2024, by Andrea Sandoval: Romance is one of the most important tropes in movies.

Before we can even get on the record, before that most familiar robot warning of “This meeting is being recorded,” Frederick Elmes is swapping stories about Albert Brooks. After greeting me by name, he mentions a news piece I had written––a blurb about the recent Brooks documentary Defending My Life. He worked with Brooks some, he says, as a camera operator, goes on to speak generously and thoughtfully about the atmosphere the director cultivated and maintained on set, what that meant in turn to his work as a cinematographer, to the cast and crew more generally. I am sitting and grinning like an idiot, not unlike an ancillary Brooks character––maybe Bruno Kirby in Modern Romance. It strikes me that this moment represents Elmes’ approach to tending the moving image: careful research, a focus on listening, the sharing of ideas stemming from observation, and an immediate instinct for collaborative thinking.

Netflix is continuing to roll out its celebration of iconic films, this time turning the page to 1984.

As part of the streaming platform’s “Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection,” Netflix has unveiled the 1984 films celebrating their 40-year anniversary in 2024 with classics like “Footloose” and “Sixteen Candles” alongside Oscar contenders “Amadeus” and “Iceman.”

The Milestone Movies hail from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Sony — the distributors that license content to Netflix.

Starting today, April 1, 2024, Netflix subscribers can revisit Brian de Palma’s erotic noir “Body Double” and Kevin Bacon’s breakout performance in “Footloose.” How about a double feature? There’s also “Repo Man” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” streaming just in time for franchise reboot “Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F” out this summer.

In addition to the cinematic celebrations in your Netflix queue, in-person special screenings of select films will continue at the Paris Theater in New York and Los Angeles...

It’s time to crank the amps up to 11. Or, is it 12?

“This is Spın̈al Tap” (with a dotless i and umlauts on the n), Rob Reiner’s legendary spoof film starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and a slew of guests like Paul Shaffer (“kick my ass!”), Fran Drescher, Bruno Kirby (“if Frank Sinatra says it’s okay!”), and Billy Crystal (“mime is money!”) was way ahead of its time as both a mockumentary and in satirizing the rock lifestyle. The film is beloved by fans, and especially musicians, and it certainly seems like there’s been a sequel already. The gang has reunited for television specials, album releases (“Break Like the Wind”), made an appearance on “The Simpsons,” and, of course, the three actors have done several similar improv-style satires, including “A Mighty Wind,” which skewers folk musicians. But there actually hasn’t been a sequel...

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Winning an Oscar by making us laugh. What a way to make a living!

What makes a performance “Oscar-worthy”? Many often leap to sustained emotional investment or comprehensively immersive transformations as the benchmark for success at the Academy Awards. But if the Oscars celebrate the performances that elicit the strongest emotional responses then why do show-stopping comedic performances so often receive the cold-shoulder? There is a relatively easy answer to this question found within the progression of American film across the past half-century. Cinema throughout the 1930s, 40s, and 50s saw the proliferation of genre filmmaking, with behemoths like the musical, western, epic, and comedy reigning supreme. During these decades, all of these styles saw success both popularly as cherished classics amongst the general public, and prestigiously as consistent award show champions.

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The ending of When Harry Met Sally was not how it was initially conceived, and director Rob Reiner is opening up about what changed his mind.

In a new interview for Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, Reiner revealed that the 1989 romantic comedy had a “tearjerking ending.”

“The original ending of the film that we had was that Harry and Sally didn’t get together,” Reiner said on the CNN show.

The film’s ending has Billy Crystal’s Harry see Meg Ryan’s Sally at a New Year’s Eve party, where he declares his love for her. After sharing a kiss, it’s revealed that they go on and get married three months later.

Reiner said he changed the ending after meeting his wife, Michele Singer, who he met during filming. The director that if it hadn’t been for him finding love in real life, Harry and Sally...

Director Rob Reiner originally planned for Harry and Sally not to end up together, inspired by his own romantic struggles. Meeting his wife during the film's production changed Reiner's mind, leading to the iconic romantic ending in When Harry Met Sally... Stars Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, along with Reiner, reflect on the film's timeless depiction of love and relationships, which resonates with fans to this day.

Harry and Sally don’t get together at the New Year's Eve party? Let that simmer for a second because it very nearly happened! The classic rom-com When Harry Met Sally... almost ended without the lead characters falling in love. That’s the way director Rob Reiner originally envisioned Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s characters: without one another romantically. Fortunately, Reiner thought better of that disastrous notion when he met his wife, Michele Singer, whom he married in 1989. Reiner said in...

This coming month, the free streamer Tubi is adding dozens of new titles to its library, from Academy Award-nominated genre-bending thrillers like 2019’s “The Lighthouse” to rom-coms that have dominated culture for decades, such as Nora Ephron’s quintessential “When Harry Met Sally.”

Check out The Streamable’s picks for the best of Tubi’s February additions, and find out everything coming to the platform this month!

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Barry Jenkins follows up his Oscar-winning “Moonlight” with another Oscar nominee in this adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel of the same name. KiKi Layne and Stephan James lead the cast as Tish and Fonny a devoted couple who have been friends since childhood who dream of a future together but whose plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested...

What Happens Later is a romantic drama film directed by the star Meg Ryan, from a screenplay by Steven Dietz and Kirk Lynn. The film revolves around two exes who bump into each other at an airport because of delayed airplanes. Both of them spend the night at the airport while reminiscing about their past. What Happens Later also stars David Duchovny. So, if you loved the film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Rob Reiner’s romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan as the title pair. The film opens with the two strangers, both newly graduated from the University of Chicago, share a car trip from Chicago to New York, where they are both going to make their way. During the trip, they discuss aspects of their characters and their lives,...

The effect of The Simpsons on pop culture can’t be overstated. In the early nineties, the show tapped into the cultural zeitgeist in a way few others had before. Indeed, no other cartoon show could reasonably emulate it- but Hollywood couldn’t help but try. Capitol Critters, Family Dog, and Fish Police were just a few of the shows that tried to be “the new Simpsons.” Still, the only one that really came close was ABC’s The Critic, starring the voice of Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman, perhaps the world’s least-loved film critic and the subject of this Gone But Not Forgotten episode.

Unlike other wannabe animated hits, The Critic could boast a legit connection to The Simpsons, with it also being a production of James L. Brooks’ Gracie Films. At the same time, creators Al Jean and Mike Reiss had been showrunners on The Simpsons during...

Let's face it: For the most part, basketball movies are bad. It's such a beautiful game, filled with such balletic human athleticism, that it seems like a natural fit for cinema. And yet, there are only a handful of great basketball films, and only one real masterpiece.

The reason for the relatively low quality, even compared to football films, seems to be that most serious directors aren't big fans of the game. Spike Lee is the only notable exception. Basketball is otherwise largely a backdrop for mediocre comedies, like Billy Crystal's "Forget Paris," or Whoopi Goldberg's even more forgettable "Eddie." Even Will Ferrell couldn't make the game all that amusing in his ode to the funky pre-nba-merger era, "Semi-Pro."

The best basketball films understand the inherent drama of the most competitive sport on Earth. True basketball talent is worth more money than any other athletic skill, and most...

Prolific actor, director, and producer Adam Arkin directs four episodes of The Offer on Paramount+, including the upcoming penultimate episode and the finale.

We had a chance to chat with him about his work on The Offer and his other work just before he began shooting a series in Vancouver.

Catch his latest work with the final two episodes of The Offer Season 1 on June 9 and June 16 on Paramount+.

You have directed, starred in, and produced some of the best shows on TV over the decades. How have you managed to keep such a vibrant career going in so many different directions?

Oh, well, first of all, thank you. I wish that I could list some kind of divine plan that I came up with about doing any of it. I've generally tended to put one foot in front of the other and act on those opportunities that were opening...

Prolific actor and director Adam Arkin was uniquely suited to direct episode four of “The Offer,” about the making of 1972’s “The Godfather.” In that hour, streaming now on Paramount+, filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (Dan Fogler) and producer Albert S. Ruddy (Miles Teller) finally meet with Marlon Brando (Justin Chambers), who auditions to play Don Corleone on the spot – and leaves the filmmakers almost speechless. It fell to Arkin to recreate that iconic and oft-discussed moment, but he knew where to start. After all, the three-time Emmy nominee as an actor who has directed episodes of some of the most acclaimed television shows in the last decade, including “Fargo” and “Succession,” had heard stories about what “The Godfather” star was like from his father Alan Arkin.

“Brando asked my father if he would come over and have dinner, just before he was going to do the film ‘The Freshman’ because...

Today marks the 60th birthday of one of the finest and most underrated actors working: the great Jennifer Jason Leigh. Aside from a brief dalliance with the mainstream in the early 90s, her 40+ year career has been spent largely in independent cinema, from her beginnings elevating schlock like Eyes of a Stranger to her most recent role in Lena Dunham’s Sundance 2022 entry, Sharp Stick.

Leigh has never shown any interest in airing any part of her life offscreen in public. This is likely one of the reasons she has gone under the radar throughout her career. She has amassed huge respect in the industry, but her lack of interest in trophy chasing has meant she has just one Oscar nomination to her name and her pursuit of privacy and choice of roles that she’s never been a huge star. I get the feeling that’s exactly how she wants it.

Bruce Kirby, the longtime character actor whose many TV roles included regular turns on Columbo and L.A. Law, died Sunday in Los Angeles. Kirby, the father of late actor Bruno Kirby, was 95.

His son, acting coach John Kirby, announced the death in a Facebook post. A cause of death was not specified, but John Kirby noted that his father “passed away peacefully” at Cedars in Los Angeles.

Beginning his acting career in the 1950s with appearances in Golden Age anthology programs such as Omnibus and Goodyear Playhouse, Kirby became a familiar presence on episodic TV in the 1960s, with roles on Car 54, Where Are You?, The Patty Duke Show, I Dream of Jeannie and The Defenders.

His TV career continued through the 1970s and ’80s with roles on sitcoms and dramas, specializing in playing cops and detectives on such series as Medical Center, Toma, Kojak, Shannon, Lou Grant, Hunter and In The Heat Of The Night.

Kirby played several roles in the long-running Peter Falk series Columbo, most notably his run as the show’s Sgt. Kramer. From 1986 to 1991, Kirby recurred on L.A. Law as D.A. Bruce Rogoff, and in the early 1980s he was cast as Officer Schmidt in the San Francisco-based crime drama Shannon.

Other TV credits include The Rockford Files, Matlock, Hill Street Blues, The Golden Girls, Chicago Hope and, in the 2000s, The Sopranos, The West Wing and, in two of his final appearances, Numb3rs and Scrubs.

Though TV roles dominated his career, Kirby also made appearances in such feature films as the 1971 Don Knotts vehicle How To Frame A Figg, the 1985 Patsy Cline biopic Sweet Dreams (in which he played TV personality Arthur Godfrey), 1986’s Stand By Me and, in 1993, the Matt Dillon comedy Mr. Wonderful.

In 2004, Kirby reteamed with Dillon for one of his most memorable big-screen roles, playing the father of Dillon’s shady cop in the Oscar-winning Crash.

On Broadway, Kirby was featured in the replacement cast of 1984’s Death of a Salesman starring Dustin Hoffman. Kirby played the role of Uncle Ben.

Bruno Kirby, who died of leukemia in 2006 at age 57, followed his father into acting, with roles in The Godfather: Part II, When Harry Me Sally…, City Slickers, The Larry Sanders Show, This Is Spinal Tap, Good Morning Vietnam and many others. Like his father, he made appearances on Mash, Columbo, Kojak, Room 222 and Hill St. Blues.

On his Facebook tribute, John Kirby wrote, “My father loved acting and aside from his extraordinary professional career in television, film & theater, he never stopped working on it from his early years in New York on scholarship with Lee Strasberg for 9 years, LA’s Theatre East & The Actors Studio. It was very painful for him when he no longer could perform. I am so glad his wonderful work will live on…

“He was a great father who loved Bruno and me and as a family he made it his business for us to tour in these professional Summer Stock packages, something we would all look forward to every summer…I’m glad you’re up there with Bruno and so many of our loved ones.”

In addition to son John, Kirby is survived by wife Rosalyn.

Bruce Kirby, a character actor best known for his roles in “Columbo” and “Stand by Me,” died in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 95.

Kirby’s son, John Kirby, announced the news on Facebook on Monday.

“Thank you Dad for everything you taught me about acting and how to have such a strong work ethic while sharing your love for the arts and the craft of it all,” John wrote. “I will miss you & love you always. I’m glad you’re up there with Bruno and so many of our loved ones.”

Kirby, born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, began his career at the Actor’s Studio in New York and studied under the famed acting coach Lee Strasberg. He debuted on stage in the 1950s and then launched a steady career in television primarily playing smaller roles as unimposing law enforcement figures.

He played the gullible Sergeant George Kramer from the detective series “Columbo.

Bruce Kirby, the prolific character actor known for playing Sgt. George Kramer on NBC’s “Columbo” and the father of Matt Dillon’s cop in the 2005 Oscar winner “Crash,” has died at the age of 95.

Kirby’s son, acting coach John Kirby, announced the news of his father’s death on Facebook on Monday. “My dear brilliant dad Bruce Kirby passed away peacefully last night at Cedars in Los Angeles at the age of 95,” he wrote. “My heart is heavy but grateful for all the extra blessed years together.”

Kirby’s other son, Bruno Kirby, was a character actor who appeared in films such as “When Harry Met Sally…” and “The Godfather Part II” before his death in 2006 at age 57 due to complications related to leukemia in 2006.

Born in 1925, Bruce Kirby worked as an actor for nearly six decades, with credits reaching as far back as an appearance on “Goodyear...

Bruce Kirby, the veteran character actor perhaps best known for portraying the gullible Sgt. George Kramer on the long-running NBC series Columbo, has died. He was 95.

Kirby, who excelled at playing authority figures during his more than five decades in show business, died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son, John, reported.

His older son, actor Bruno Kirby (The Godfather: Part II, When Harry Met Sally …, City Slickers), died in August 2006 from leukemia at age 57.

The elder Kirby also portrayed District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on NBC’s L.A. Law, and early in his career he was one of the goofy ...

Bruce Kirby, the veteran character actor perhaps best known for portraying the gullible Sgt. George Kramer on the long-running NBC series Columbo, has died. He was 95.

Kirby, who excelled at playing authority figures during his more than five decades in show business, died Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his son, John, reported.

His older son, actor Bruno Kirby (The Godfather: Part II, When Harry Met Sally …, City Slickers), died in August 2006 from leukemia at age 57.

The elder Kirby also portrayed District Attorney Bruce Rogoff on NBC’s L.A. Law, and early in his career he was one of the goofy ...

The star and co-writer of the new film Banana Split walks us through some of her favorite comedies.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Banana Split (2020)

Big (1988)

West Side Story (2020)

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

The ’Burbs (1989)

Back To The Future (1985)

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Cape Fear (1991)

The Foot Fist Way (2006)

Best In Show (2000)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The Hours (2002)

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

Black Mass (2015)

The Irishman (2019)

Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Zoolander (2001)

Knocked Up (2007)

Armageddon (1998)

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

The Room (2003)

The Disaster Artist (2017)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery (1997)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Bruce Almighty (2003)

Liar Liar (1997)

The Ten Commandments (1956)

Obvious Child (2014)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

Harold And Maude (1971)

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“I’ll have what she’s having!”

It’s “the rom-com that forever changed the nature of rom-coms” (says The Av Club) and no less than “the greatest rom-com of all time” (according to the BBC) — and 30 years after it first charmed audiences, When Harry Met Sally … is coming back to movie theaters as part of the TCM Big Screen Classics series from Fathom Events.

You can win a pair of passes to see When Harry Met Sally free December 1st or 3rd. We Are Movie Geeks has Five pairs to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us your favorite movie that stars Billy Crystal. (mine’s City Slickers!). It’s so easy!

Can a man and a woman just be friends? The question existed long before When Harry Met Sally…, but director Rob Reiner and screenwriter Nora Ephron turned the debate into...

Between The Lines (1977) will be screening at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E Lockwood Ave) on Thursday, Nov 14 at 7:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Harper Barnes, former film critic of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&a. This is a Free event.

In Between The Lines at the offices of a Boston alternative newspaper, the staff members enjoy a positive and open-minded work environment. Music critic Max (Jeff Goldblum) uses his influence to score dates, while news reporter Harry (John Heard) is involved with the lovely Abbie (Lindsay Crouse), the publication’s lead photographer. However, it seems as though their relatively carefree days are numbered when the owner of a major publishing company buys the paper, leading to more money but even more changes. The film’s astonishingly deep cast also includes Bruno Kirby, Gwen Welles,...

“They say that Rock & Roll are here to stay. But where? Certainly not at my place, it’s too small.”

Between The Lines (1977) will be screening at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E Lockwood Ave)on Thursday, Nov 14 at 7:30pm as part of this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival. Harper Barnes, former film critic of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&a. Look for an interview with Harper Barnes tomorrow night here at We Are Movie Geeks. This is a Free event.

In Between The Lines at the offices of a Boston alternative newspaper, the staff members enjoy a positive and open-minded work environment. Music critic Max (Jeff Goldblum) uses his influence to score dates, while news reporter Harry (John Heard) is involved with the lovely Abbie (Lindsay Crouse), the publication’s lead photographer. However, it seems as though their relatively...

It’s unlike any other reunion!

Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, and Rob Reiner all came together on Thursday night for a When Harry Met Sally… reunion in honor of the film’s 30th anniversary.

Ryan, 57, and Crystal, 71 were joined by director Reiner, 72, at the Hollywood event presented by the 10th annual Turner Classic Movies Festival to watch a special screening of the beloved rom-com.

The film was a surprise hit when it was released in 1989, grossing over $90 million at the U.S. box office, securing an Oscar nomination for the late Nora Ephron’s screenplay and making deli sandwiches romantic.

After its 1989 release, “When Harry Met Sally …” set the bar for all future romantic comedies. It turns 30 this year and yet the film still feels so relevant. But that’s the hallmark of a classic film.

Director Rob Reiner can’t quite believe it. “It’s ridiculous, isn’t it? ‘Spinal Tap’ is turning 35,” he says, referring to another classic he directed. “‘Harry Met Sally’ is 30. All it means is that I’m old. That’s all it means.”

Prior to a special screening of the film April 11 at the TCM Classic Film Festival, Ben Mankiewicz will moderate a panel with Reiner and stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. The TCM primetime anchor and festival host has another theory about the film’s popularity. “It endures because it is largely a perfectly crafted picture with a wonderful script enhanced by perfect performances,” Mankiewicz says, comparing it to such classics as...

“Have I ever missed a deadline?” “Constantly.” Over forty years after making its debut, Joan Micklin Silver’s sophomore feature — following her low-budget 1975 historical drama “Hester Street” — “Between the Lines” is more timely than ever. The zippy, lived-in dramedy chronicles the intersecting lives of a pack of staffers at a Boston alt-weekly that’s already full of drama before it kicks into its central plot: what happens when the paper seems destined to fall prey to a corporate takeover.

As the staff grapples with the possibility that their lives (and livelihoods) are about to be forever changed, the film digs into plenty of still-intriguing ideas about the responsibility of the press, what it means to grow up, and how to hold on to your youthful zest when real-life responsibilities won’t stop calling.

The film features Jeff Goldblum in one of his earliest roles — after “Next Stop, Greenwich Village,” before...

In celebration of the film's 30th anniversary, Shout Select has released the seminal romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... in a collector's edition Blu-ray set on January 8th, 2019 (today!). This release features a new transfer restored from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and comes packed with bonus features, including new interviews with Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal.

Acclaimed director Rob Reiner, screenwriter Nora Ephron, and stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan take you on a journey of love and friendship like no other in When Harry Met Sally..., the magnificently witty love story that has been deservedly hailed as one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time.

Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) debate while sharing a drive from Chicago to New York. Eleven years of friendship later, they're...

In celebration of the film's 30th anniversary, Shout Select has released the seminal romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally... in a collector's edition Blu-ray set on January 8th, 2019 (today!). This release features a new transfer restored from a 4K scan of the original camera negative, and comes packed with bonus features, including new interviews with Rob Reiner and Billy Crystal.

Acclaimed director Rob Reiner, screenwriter Nora Ephron, and stars Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan take you on a journey of love and friendship like no other in When Harry Met Sally..., the magnificently witty love story that has been deservedly hailed as one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time.

Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? That's what Harry Burns (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright (Meg Ryan) debate while sharing a drive from Chicago to New York. Eleven years of friendship later, they're...

Saddle up! On October 16th, the all-time comedy classic about cowboys, careers and mid-life crises is colliding with an absolutely loaded City Slickers Blu-ray edition. Comic geniuses Billy Crystal, Bruno Kirby, Daniel Stern and Oscar-winner Jack Palance star in this uproarious 1991 buddy comedy, reissued by Shout Select on a treasure-laden Blu-ray featuring a new 4K scan, audio commentary from director Rob Underwood, Crystal and Stern, featurettes and more.

Consumers who order direct from shoutfactory.com will receive a free 18x24 rolled poster featuring brand new artwork! Here is what Shout Factory had to say about the release.

This October, Shout! Factory invites home audiences to saddle up for comedy gold with City Slicker's Collector's Edition. Riding into retail on a treasure-laden Blu-ray release, this all-time comedy classic receives special Shout Select treatment with an all-new 4K HD scan, and extras that include exclusive audio commentaries, specially-created featurettes including "Back...

A real peach of a ’70s New Hollywood picture, Mark Rydell and Darryl Ponicsan’s story of a sailor on extended leave is sentimental neorealism — a tough street story, but with the pessimism removed. Poolroom hustler Marsha Mason and sailor-adrift James Caan are a beautiful couple in the making — although the whole world seems against them.

Cinderella Liberty

Blu-ray

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1973 / Color / 2:35 anamorphic widescreen / 117 min. / Street Date July 17, 2018 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95

Starring: James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach, Burt Young, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dabney Coleman, Sally Kirkland, Bruno Kirby.

Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond

Film Editor: Patrick Kennedy

Production Design: Leon Ericksen

Original Music: John Williams

Written by Darryl Ponicsan from his novel

Produced and Directed by Mark Rydell

Mark Rydell’s satisfying tough-love romance is yet more evidence why the early 1970s is still considered one of the most creative times in Hollywood. The...

Simon Brew Jun 7, 2019

1991's City Slickers was an Oscar-winning comedy success. It wasn't an easy production.

This article comes from Den of Geek UK.

Sandwiched between the two big tentpole blockbuster hits of summer 1991 was a genuine sleeper surprise. While it had long been pre-ordained that the Arnold Schwarzenegger-headlined Terminator 2: Judgment Day would rule the summer season with the Kevin Costner-starring Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, what few saw coming was a film called City Slickers.

It came from the pen of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, the comedy-writing team who scripted 1989’s brilliant Parenthood. They co-wrote the film with Billy Crystal (uncredited), who also conceived the idea for the film. And as with most unlikely successes, it had a bit of a history to it.

Crystal came to the idea in the aftermath of his success in When Harry Met Sally, which led to some of...