Tony Kushner

Schenkkan, O'Brien win award honoring Sen. Kennedy

86 days ago

The prize was established by Kennedy's sister Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith in consultation with playwright Tony Kushner.

In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?

89 days ago

On the other hand, he says, he has so much admiration for Kushner's achievement in writing an exciting movie about 19th-century legislative history that he's inclined to overlook the alteration.

Final Sendak book a tribute to his brother

104 days ago

"I don't think Maurice really believed that," Kushner, the award-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer for "Lincoln," said during a recent telephone interview.

The Golden Globe show was a night of surprises

125 days ago

Day-Lewis had the most eloquent acceptance speech, telling Lincoln screenwriter Tony Kushner, "Every day I have to live without the wealth of your language.

The year in film: It was a very good year for drama at the multiplex

143 days ago

Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner's decision to winnow down the biography of our 16th president to the struggle over the passage of the 13th Amendment was a wise one.

NY Film Critics name 'Zero Dark Thirty' best film

167 days ago

"But the critics group also cast a loud vote for Seven Spielberg's "Lincoln," bestowing it with three awards: Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor, Sally Field for best supporting actress and Tony...

Touching Lincoln: 16th president spent most of his adult life in Springfield, Ill.

167 days ago

And for weeks, crowds have been flocking to see "Lincoln," the much-praised Steven Spielberg film starring Daniel Day-Lewis in a screenplay penned by Tony Kushner.