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Mike Nichols

  1. book excerpt
    Mike Nichols’s HeartburnAfter directing Nora Ephron’s divorce movie, his own breakup — and breakdown — turned out to be around the corner.
    By Mark Harris
  2. hunter’s line readings
    This One Line From Closer Plays on a Loop in My HeadI wish I could say such a thing, so sexy, so faux clever! It sets all my synapses ablaze.
    By Hunter Harris
  3. Elaine May Will Direct the PBS ‘American Masters’ Documentary on Mike […]Get ready to revisit the work of comedy duo Nichols and May early next year. According to Entertainment Weekly, PBS announced today that the […]
    By Megh Wright
  4. The Comedy Legends We Lost in 2014We lost several funny people of note in 2014, but the year was a real doozy for comedy legends in particular, including writer/directors, TV […]
    By Erica Lies
  5. Remembering Mike Nichols the Performer As you no doubt already heard, yesterday marked the passing of a man the media has aptly named an “entertainment icon” by the name of Mike […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  6. Direction and Misdirection: An Appreciation of Mike Nichols, 1931–2014“Two countries, three names, four wives, innumerable lives.”
    By Jesse Green
  7. obit
    Frank Rich Remembers Mike NicholsLooking back on a career like few others.
    By Frank Rich
  8. vulture lists
    8 Great Mike Nichols Movies (and 4 Wonderful Comedy Sketches)A career long and wide.
    By Nick Schager
  9. r.i.p.
    Film, Theater, and Comedy Legend Mike Nichols Dead at 83Director of The Graduate and EGOT winner.
    By Jesse David Fox
  10. Bill Hader Cried When He Met Mike Nichols Here’s the latest episode of Conan’s web series Starstruck, in which famous people tell stories about times they met other famous people and […]
    By Bradford Evans
  11. theater
    Photos: Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig RehearsingThey will star in a Mike Nichols production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal.
    By Gilbert Cruz
  12. The Lost Roles of ‘The Graduate’ “Lost Roles” is a weekly column looking at “what might have been” in movie and TV comedy, exploring alternate casting possibilities that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  13. Watch Judd Apatow Ask Mike Nichols for Advice Judd Apatow sat down last month at the Museum of Moden Art for a public chat with beloved filmmaker Mike Nichols (The Graduate, The Birdcage), […]
    By Bradford Evans
  14. theater review
    Mike Nichols’s Staggering New Death of a Salesman Goes Back to the SourceStarring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield.
    By Scott Brown
  15. psh
    Philip Seymour Hoffman to Do Salesman on BroadwayHe’ll reprise the role he played in high school.
    By Lane Brown
  16. exclusive
    Gandolfini, Streep in Therapy With Seymour Hoffman?With Mike Nichols directing.
    By Claude Brodesser-Akner and Kyle Buchanan
  17. the industry
    Industry, Bacon, Footloose, Patton OswaltPlus: Chris Rock takes on Kurosawa for his next remake.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. the industry
    Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, and Jonah Hill to Fight Crime, Each OtherPlus: Finally, a ‘White Chicks’ sequel.
    By Amos Barshad
  19. the industry
    Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Favreau Are Going to Be So Sick of Each OtherPlus: Yep, they’re doing a new ‘Melrose Place.’
    By Adam Raymond
  20. the take
    Will ‘The Country Girl’ Be a Hit or a Flop? Either Way, Michael Riedel’s CoveredRiedel, happily for the rest of us, is one of the few entertainment writers who just puts into print the stuff everyone is talking about.
  21. kudos
    Oscar Futures: Does ‘Into the Wild’ Have a Shot?A handful of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations make Sean Penn’s film a player again.
  22. kudos
    Oscar Futures: Does ‘Into the Wild’ Have a Shot?A handful of Screen Actors Guild Award nominations make Sean Penn’s film a player again.
  23. the industry
    Leonardo DiCaprio and Jake Gyllenhaal Chase the Same RolePlus industry news on Will Smith, Michael Mann, and Captain Kirk.
  24. the industry
    Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, Reunited and It Feels So GoodPlus industry news on Natalie Portman, Mike Nichols, and that racist bastard Tintin.
  25. vulture lists
    15 Most Dynamic Duos in Pop Culture HistoryWho are the best buddies of all time — in movies, literature, TV, and music?