There are moments in American cinema when art catches history in its teeth — when the camera becomes a prophecy. Two films from the late 1970s do this. Hal Ashby’s “Being There” (1979) and Sidney ...

Peter Sellers was an extraordinary actor and comedian in the 1960s and 1970s, probably most well-known for his portrayal in the original classic Pink Panther films where he played the clumsy Inspector ...

Being There, Hal Ashby’s film of 1979, is far more biting with each successive scene. At one level, it is nothing less than a comedy of manners with an eminently ridiculous misunderstanding at its ...