For years–no, make that a decade–most critics have complained that Richard Pryor has been a huge talent looking for a role his size, a role to compare favorably with his hilarious concert films and ...

“Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling” is a breakthrough film for Richard Pryor. Next to “Hannah And Her Sisters,” it’s the best movie I’ve seen this year. “Jo Jo Dancer” is funny, sad, uplifting, ...

There are a lot of landmark anniversaries this year. “Jaws” turns 50. As does Springsteen’s “Born to Run.” “Saturday Night Live” will formally mark a half-century next month. The New Yorker will reach ...

The wide-ranging Metrograph series “Lives of Performers” includes the unusual and self-scourging drama “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling,” from 1986, the only dramatic feature directed by Richard ...

Bloomington is Stevenson country, Springfield is Lincoln Land and, lately, Roger Ebert seems to have a firm grip on Champaign-Urbana, complete with his own statue, street name and annual film festival ...

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Wings Hauser, the versatile character actor known for his intense turns in Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Vice Squad and Tough Guys Don’t Dance, has died. He was 77. Hauser died Saturday at his ...

Wings Hauser, the versatile character actor known for his intense turns in Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, Vice Squad and Tough Guys Don't Dance, has died. He was 77. Hauser's death over the ...