“All Americans born between 1890 and 1945 wanted to be movie stars,” wrote Gore Vidal. Robert Redford was an exception. He was an aspiring painter who made a truce with his professional destiny. His ...

In the parlance of America’s pastime, Robert Redford and “The Natural” keyed a two-out rally for baseball movies. The 1980s were a golden era for baseball cinema: “Bull Durham,” “Field of Dreams,” ...

Mr. Chandor wrote and directed “All Is Lost,” which starred Robert Redford. I had known this day was coming. I dreaded it, quite frankly. As a writer, I had taken some glee as I typed out the passages ...