Jonathan Demme is fond of using the phrase "dream concert" when talking about "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" (see review on Page 31), but it's not always clear whether the director is referring to his ...

How long does it take to convincingly depict two people falling in love on screen? In director Jonathan Demme‘s 1988 comedy “Married to the Mob,” it happens in less than two minutes, as Demme utilizes ...

Thomas Butt is a senior writer. An avid film connoisseur, Thomas actively logs his film consumption on Letterboxd and vows to connect with many more cinephiles through the platform. He is immensely ...

Before he set his sights on Hollywood, Jonathan Demme studied to become a vet. Movies may have mesmerized him since childhood, but animals were his “parallel obsession,” writes film journalist David M ...

“If the story’s worth telling, I’ll tell it. And, arguably, everybody’s story is worth telling.” That was Jonathan Demme speaking during an interview 10 years ago, as he prepared to be honored at the ...

It is very sad news to report that great filmmaker Jonathan Demme has died from complications of esophageal cancer. He was 73. David Byrne posted a tribute to Demme on his website that recalls the ...

The main reason Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs gets its hooks in you — and leaves you feeling vaguely distracted and discomfited long after it's over — isn't ...

Jonathan Demme began his career in movies as a publicist, and one key to his greatness is that he has never entirely relinquished that role. Forty years later, he is the artist as promoter, the artist ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the subject matter and scale may vary, the point of view and core preoccupations remained consistent over Demme’s 31-year ...