Raymond Chandler by way of Dante and Busby Berkeley may begin to describe the sensibility of "The Singing Detective," Keith Gordon's ambitious, ultimately superfluous adaptation of Dennis Potter's ...

Robert Downey Jr. is a terrific actor but not enough people know it. His best work has been in movies few people saw. The sad part about his much-publicized drug problem wasn't just that it almost ...

It's good to see Robert Downey Jr. back onscreen in a big starring role after his well-publicized stumble into drug-related troubles. It would have been even better to see him in a better film.

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

If it does nothing else, “The Singing Detective” reaffirms that Robert Downey Jr. – as sadly troubled as he is – is one of the best actors of his generation. As Dan Dark, a pulp noir novelist bed ...

Paramount Classics has acquired North American rights to “The Singing Detective” and international rights for Latin America and Japan. Pic, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, stars Robert ...

Less a remake than a reinvention of the landmark 1986 BBC miniseries, Keith Gordon’s vibrant, hyperstylized feature is based on a script completed by Dennis Potter shortly before his death in 1994.

Dan Dark is rotting. Quarter-sized holes on his face and torso and discolored skin pulling apart from his body in big strips instantly reveal to us that something terrible is going on in Dark’s body.