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BOOK REVIEW: What the ‘New Hollywood’ Won — and Lost — as it Reinvented Movies

July 8, 2026

If there is anything that has proven even more enduring than New Hollywood movies, surely it is the cottage industry of books about New Hollywood movies.

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Radical Thinking: How the Post Team Armed up for ‘One Battle After Another’

March 4, 2026

Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob Ferguson, a long-haired, amiable, long-retired radical whose past participation in the revolutionary group the French 75 has led him to adopt an underground lifestyle.

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Another Look: ‘A Star is Born’ Has Proven to be Relevant Across Generations. A New Book Examines Why.

March 4, 2026

“A Star Is Born” is something of a best-in-class example of how a strong property can stand up to multiple remakes that span generations.

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How Former Assistant Charlie Greene Moved up to the Big Chair with ‘Is This Thing On?’

February 11, 2026

“I wanted the movie to feel like New York in the late ‘90s.”

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In Memoriam: Don Zimmerman: June 15, 1944 – July 24, 2025

February 11, 2026

Picture editor Don Zimmerman, ACE, had an abundant sense of humor. He had to. Over the course of a career […]

Fun Junk: How Billy Wilder and Gloria Swanson Made a Showbiz Classic With ‘Sunset Boulevard’

February 10, 2026

“‘Sunset Boulevard’ is what my wife would call, and I would agree with her, fun junk,” Woody Allen once said. “You know, it’s great fun, but it’s a junky and silly movie.”

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Articles by Peter Tonguette

BOOK REVIEW: What the ‘New Hollywood’ Won — and Lost — as it Reinvented Movies

Radical Thinking: How the Post Team Armed up for ‘One Battle After Another’

Another Look: ‘A Star is Born’ Has Proven to be Relevant Across Generations. A New Book Examines Why.

How Former Assistant Charlie Greene Moved up to the Big Chair with ‘Is This Thing On?’

In Memoriam: Don Zimmerman: June 15, 1944 – July 24, 2025

Fun Junk: How Billy Wilder and Gloria Swanson Made a Showbiz Classic With ‘Sunset Boulevard’

BOOK REVIEW: A New View of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’

‘Superman’: Editors William Hoy and Craig Alpert Talk About Helping Reinvent the Quintessential Man of Steel

The ‘Deli’: How the Editors Behind Hulu’s Cross-Cultural Series Broke Into the ‘Crimedy’ Genre

In Memoriam: William Steinkamp, Ace: June 9, 1953 – March 25, 2025