In the 1974 film “Chinatown,” there’s deceit, deception and murder, as well as a timeless Los Angeles protagonist – water. Having debuted 50 years ago this week, “Chinatown” is set against a race for ...

In 1974, Roman Polanski, Robert Towne, and Jack Nicholson teamed brought film noir back to the big screen in a massive way with the release of Chinatown. The decadent and sprawling epic about a ...

For those who weren’t around to have witnessed Towne’s transformative impact on American cinema in the 1970s, it’s fair to say that he brought reality to an industry built on fantasy. That didn’t stop ...

Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke scripts, died Monday at his home. He was 89. PR firm McClure & ...