At the 1979 Oscars, Michael Cimino (right) shared the spotlight with Jon Voight and Jane Fonda, who won acting Oscars for their competing Vietnam movie Coming Home. Courtesy Everett Collection.

It is impossible to mourn the death Saturday of Michael Cimino without confronting the loss of what he and his New Hollywood ilk represented: an audacious, ecstatic, sensuous, deranged and ...

Michael Cimino remained a mystery in death as he was in life. He died July 2 at his L.A. home at 77, but as of this writing, no cause of death has been released. At the risk of being struck down ...

Artist Profile: Michael Cimino on “Until Dawn,” New Music, and Latino Leadership in TV and Film. Michael Cimino is known for his roles in "Love, Victor" and "Motorheads." ...

When Michael Cimino died in 2016, I expressed an ardent wish to read a well-researched and sympathetic biography of him. Here it is: Charles Elton’s “Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate ...

Michael Cimino, an Oscar-winning director whose film “The Deer Hunter” became one of the great triumphs of Hollywood’s 1970s heyday and whose disastrous “Heaven’s Gate” helped bring ...

From the moment Michael Cimino heard about “Motorheads,” a new coming-of-age drama set in a small town against the backdrop of street racing, he knew he had to be a part of it. The young actor ...

In all the obits on Michael Cimino, who died Saturday at age 77, most talked about his career trajectory from boom - 1978 Best Picture and Director Oscar winner The Deer Hunter - to bust - 1980 ...