Throughout his long career in Hollywood, Paul Newman appeared in some of his generation's greatest films. He's best known for "The Color of Money," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "The Sting," ...

I don t know how I managed to have this cinematic blind spot for so many years, but I finally saw the movie, "Cool Hand Luke." “Cool Hand Luke” is one of those films that whenever I said I hadn’t seen ...

The late 1960s were a radical time for the world, and therefore a radical time for cinema. The Civil Rights Act was passed, student movements raged in the US and Europe, leaders such as Martin Luther ...

Cool Hand Luke, according to press notes, "is the hard-hitting story of a World War II veteran turned convict and rebel, whose unquenchable spirit and refusal to be broken by the system becomes part ...

But when the Captain (Strother Martin), the prison camp warden in Cool Hand Luke, tosses it at you, it’s not trying to put a comically sophisticated spin on a chaotic situation. In fact, anything but ...

For his Treat, Helgeland plainly states that 1967’s Cool Hand Luke ranks among the best of Western civilization's artistic achievements. He argues Paul Newman’s portrayal of Lucas “Luke” Jackson, a ...

Happy Easter and Passover week to those who celebrate! Every year, “Ben-Hur” (1959) and “The Ten Commandments” (1956) are TV traditions. However, there are some undercover Christ allegories that you ...

I wanted to get post-debate commentary the minute I woke up. I turned on the computer and learned first that Paul Newman died. This interrupted my news feed and made me think. Paul Newman was a true ...

Paul Newman, in an image from 1967's 'Cool Hand Luke.' Newman was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in the film. (TP | Nola.com archive) What the New Orleans Film Society has here is a ...