The Chinese fest is marking the 100th birthday of Altman with "the largest retrospective of his works ever held in China" and of Peckinpah, "unique for his violent aesthetics," with 'The Wild Bunch.' ...

The Sam Peckinpah film series, which began in October and continues on Thursdays through December 16, is now at the halfway point. The presentation has been a revelation because it has provided the ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American filmmaker and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of ...

Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time and a groundbreaking Western classic, the 1969 big-screen extravaganza The Wild Bunch features a slew of Hollywood's finest, including William ...

Kate Bosworth and James Marsden as Amy and David Sumner in ‘Straw Dogs.’ The Sumners have a run in with Amy’s ex, Charlie, played by Alexander Skarsgard. What was Sam Peckinpah? Although many theories ...

When Arnold Schwarzenegger played game show contestant Ben Richards in the 1987 version of Stephen King’s dystopian novel “The Running Man,” his adventures took place in a relatively confined ...

Sam Peckinpah’s cut of his last major western (1973) runs 15 minutes longer than the release version and is structured differently. Filmed in ‘Scope and originally scripted by Rudy Wurlitzer (though ...

L.Q. Jones, a veteran character actor whose career spanned seven decades, died Saturday of natural causes at his home in the Hollywood Hills. He was 94 years old. Jones’ death was confirmed by his ...