No one interested in the elusive alchemy of how a great film achieves its final form will want to miss ”Apocalypse Now Redux,” Francis Ford Coppola’s special, expanded edition of his 1979 ...

Remember that time columnist Maureen Dowd went to Colorado, holed up in her hotel room, ate some pot candy, and freaked out because she ate way too much? And remember how everybody was making fun of ...

APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX: War epic. Starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by John Milius and Coppola. (Rated R. 196 minutes. At the Metreon.) ...

Forgive the ponderous title. As a veteran reviewer, I do recognize the limits of my role. Ordinarily, I would try to find a mildly entertaining way to remind readers that Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse ...

APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX. With Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Running time: 197 mins. Rated R: Graphic violence, language, ...

There are many things that excite a film buff like me — new movies in the theaters every Friday, channels on TV like Starz!, Sundance and the Independent Film Channel, and re-releases of old films. It ...

Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 classic Apocalypse Now is one of my all time favorite movies. It is one of the most powerful films ever made, and is also one of the best films ever to be set during the ...

Of all the re-edits and "special editions" of films that we've had in recent years – ranging from the Star Wars trilogy to last year's expanded cut of The Exorcist – none has been quite as anticipated ...

The hallucinogenic chuk-chuk-chuk of an unseen gunship's rotors is the first sound you hear in Coppola's masterpiece. For filmgoers of a certain age it's a thrilling, heart-quickening sound; no other ...

If Apocalypse Now was a fascinating mess at its original 1979 release time of two-and-a-half hours, then is it going to seem deeper and richer and more coherent with nearly 50 minutes of additional, ...

What is Apocalypse Now? Until this year, answering that question involved sifting through the inspired vagaries of Francis Ford Coppola's phantasmagoric Vietnam War epic, an exploratory journey filled ...