Oct 31st, 2008 · Clint Eastwood's film recounts the based-on-a-true-story tale of a Los Angeles woman's struggle to find her missing son — after police return the wrong child to her. David Edelstein has a review.
Oct 24th, 2008 · Films out this week include Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie and directed by Clint Eastwood; High School Musical 3: Senior Year and Synecdoche, the directing debut of noted screenwriter Charlie Kaufman.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · Once best known as a star of action and Western films, actor (and former mayor of Carmel, California) Clint Eastwood is also acclaimed for his work behind the camera. His latest directorial effort is Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie.
Jun 18th, 2008 · Film director Spike Lee has publicly criticized director Clint Eastwood for not in including African-Americans in his World War II movies "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima." Thomas McPhatter, an African-American veteran of World War II who served at Iwo Jima, explains why he share's Lee's frustration.
Dec 20th, 2006 · Clint Eastwood continues to astonish. His latest film, Letters from Iwo Jima parallels his recent Flags of Our Fathers, but it takes audiences to a place that would seem unimaginable for an American director. It's a feat of empathetic cross-cultural connection that Eastwood, more or less, willed into existence.
Dec 8th, 2006 · The Kansas City pianist-vocalist-bandleader died yesterday at the age of 90. Saxophonist Charlie Parker played with McShann's orchestra (where he earned the nickname "Bird") and made his recording debut on McShann's Hootie Blues in 1941. McShann was the subject of the 1978 film Hootie Blues, and was featured in Clint Eastwood's documentary Piano Blues. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1987, and received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Rhythm & Blues Foundation in 1996. This interview originally aired on Oct. 8, 1987.
Oct 20th, 2006 · At 76, actor and director Clint Eastwood is enjoying a Hollywood winning streak. He's helmed a string of accomplished, critically acclaimed movies in the last several years. In his latest film, opening in theaters Friday, he focuses his director's lens on one of the most famous moments of World War II: the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. Steve Inskeep talks to Eastwood about Flags of Our Fathers.
Oct 19th, 2006 · Flags Of Our Fathers is Clint Eastwood's look at the World War II battle of Iwo Jima, which was symbolized around the country by the photo of six faceless Marines raising the flag over Mount Suribachi. In making the film, Eastwood paired reenactments of the battle with the U.S. War Bonds tour embarked upon by the three soldiers in the photo who survived the battle. NPR's Bob Mondello reviews