The Chinese fest is marking the 100th birthday of Altman with "the largest retrospective of his works ever held in China" and of Peckinpah, "unique for his violent aesthetics," with 'The Wild Bunch.

No one has ever made a good movie,” said Robert Altman. He had, of course, made a dozen or so great ones himself – Nashville, M*A*S*H, Gosford Park among them – and many others that are ...

Robert Altman has passed away, aged 81, his production company has announced this afternoon. The acclaimed director born in 1925 has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards in his lifetime.