Director Elia Kazan was not equivocal when asked about the meaning of his film “On the Waterfront.” Kazan had been a left-wing activist in his youth, and, in April 1952, he was called to testify ...

Director Elia Kazan and his friend, playwright Arthur Miller, lived and worked at the busiest intersection imaginable of art, commerce and politics. Throw in sex in the person of their mutual mistress ...

Will director Elia Kazan's testimony against members of the film industry during the McCarthy era continue to tarnish the man and his work? During the Academy Awards show March 21, Hollywood is going ...

I am the daughter of actor Stanley J. Waxman (deceased), whom Kenneth Turan has never heard of, because my father’s fledgling career ended the minute he refused to cooperate with the House Un-American ...

One day while still a young actor, Elia Kazan was standing on a street corner with his good friend, Martin One day while still a young actor, Elia Kazan was standing on a street corner with his good ...

This article was updated at 8:29 p.m. Stage and film director Elia Kazan, one of the most honored and influential helmers in the history of American drama, died Sunday at his Manhattan home. He was 94 ...

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to give Kazan (1909–2003) an honorary Oscar in 1999, it rekindled the lingering resentment over his testimony before the House Un-American ...

You want a monument? Well, here’s one: the tombstone-sized autobiography of one of the major American cultural figures of the mid-20th century, an epic life of 94 years featuring a Herculean set of ...