Since the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and the heyday of hardboiled detective movies like The Maltese ...

Along with "Chinatown," (1974) which starred Jack Nicholson as a private eye hired by Faye Dunaway to investigate her husband, Towne also wrote "Shampoo" (1975) starring Warren Beatty and "The ...

Thus spake screenwriter Robert Towne to his then-girlfriend, Julie Payne, one night in 1970. And therein lies the seeds not only of “Chinatown” (1974), one of the greatest dark fables America ...

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the script for 1974 classic Chinatown, has died at the age of 89.

Chinatown Paramount, of course, which distributed the film in 1974, would like to have its cake and eat it too.

America’s ‘Chinatown’ Politics As in the 1974 movie, common sense is being suppressed, and chaos reigns. By Andy Kessler Feb. 25, 2024 1:14 pm ET ...

As if you needed another reason to be impressed by Goldsmith’s jazz score for “Chinatown,” the ultimate neo-noir, consider Goldsmith had to compose it in just 10 days after the ...

Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home ...

Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home ...