Raymond Chandler by way of Dante and Busby Berkeley may begin to describe the sensibility of "The Singing Detective," Keith Gordon's ambitious, ultimately superfluous adaptation of Dennis Potter's ...
Less a remake than a reinvention of the landmark 1986 BBC miniseries, Keith Gordon’s vibrant, hyperstylized feature is based on a script completed by Dennis Potter shortly before his death in 1994.
Proving he has always had great taste in TV shows, Jackman revealed this innovative noir musical was formative for him as an ...
Alison Steadman looks back at Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective, hailed as one of the most important and influential TV dramas ever made, and once described by Stephen King as ‘television’s ...
It’s probably just a coincidence that the two great films of the 1980s were both TV series. Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Decalogue” (1988) found modern ethical equivalents for the Commandments in 10 ...
THE LOWDOWN: Film adaptation of a critically acclaimed British miniseries about a mystery writer's relationship to women, the past and his own body. How's this for a thankless task: take a beloved, ...
Meet the full cast and crew of The Singing Detective including actors, directors, producers, and more.
Actor Sir Michael Gambon has died peacefully in hospital aged 82, his family said. Sir Michael’s extensive career on stage and screen dates back to 1965 but he was perhaps best known to modern ...
Sir Michael Gambon, the actor known for playing writers, wizards, and everything in between, has died aged 82. The legendary star of stage and screen, who received three Olivier Awards, two Screen ...
Robert Downey Jr. is a terrific actor but not enough people know it. His best work has been in movies few people saw. The sad part about his much-publicized drug problem wasn't just that it almost ...