The Big Picture
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July 2, 2008
Television
‘Behind the Candelabra’: Forgive me, Richard LaGravenese
May 24, 2013
Show Tracker
May 3, 2012
In my recent review of the HBO film “Behind the Candelabra,” I was so busy deconstructing the big flap over casting as an ironic example of image trumping reality that I proceeded to perpetuate the same crime.
Movies
Here’s a challenge: Translate Robert James Waller’s best-selling treaclefest, “The Bridges of Madison County,” into a screen drama.
May 30, 1995
Movie review: ‘Living Out Loud’ is a bright, unpredictable comedy that successfully pairs Holly Hunter and Danny DeVito.
Oct. 30, 1998
Books
As the screenwriter of “The Fisher King” and adaptations of “The Horse Whisperer” and “Beloved,” Richard LaGravenese has given great material to such directing talents as Terry Gilliam, Robert Redford and Jonathan Demme.
Oct. 25, 1998
Siskel isn’t an extraordinarily common name.
March 13, 1994
“Freedom Writers” writer-director Richard LaGravenese tied with “Venus” writer Hanif Kureishi for the $25,000 feature film Humanitas prize, one of 12 announced at a lunch on Tuesday.
June 27, 2007
Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep and Richard LaGravenese have pooled their resources and turned “The Bridges of Madison County,” a literary sow’s ear if ever there was one, into a surprisingly serviceable cotton purse.
June 2, 1995