It was sold as a love story. It was actually an argument about America — about politics, memory, and the terrible cost of choosing comfort over conviction. By Bergotte There is a moment near the end of The Way We Were, Sydney Pollack’s 1973 film, that has lodged itself in the cultural memory with aContinue reading “What We Lose When We Love: The Way We Were and the Myth of the Perfect Compromise”
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Robert Redford’s 15 Most Impactful Films: A Definitive Ranking
Robert Redford (1936–2025) was more than a movie star. He was an actor, director, producer, and activist who reshaped the cultural imagination of late 20th-century America. With his blond good looks and quiet charisma, he could have remained a conventional leading man, but instead he pursued roles and projects that interrogated politics, myth, nature, love,Continue reading “Robert Redford’s 15 Most Impactful Films: A Definitive Ranking”
Robert Redford, Screen Icon and Champion of Independent Film, Dies at 89
Robert Redford, whose magnetic presence on film and unwavering commitment to nurturing independent voices reshaped American cinema over six decades, died on September 16, 2025. He was 89. According to his publicist, Cindi Berger of Rogers & Cowan PMK, he passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in the mountains of Utah, surroundedContinue reading “Robert Redford, Screen Icon and Champion of Independent Film, Dies at 89”
My World of Interiors 