The Chinatownmovie explained that sometimes the real worldhas stunningly dark endings that still have the power to shock. Directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne, Chinatown offers a ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This spring, I went to see Chinatown in a theater for the first time since its release, on June 20, 1974. The movie was headlining at the annual TCM Classic Film ...

Robert Towne, who wrote scripts for “Chinatown,” “Shampoo” and the first two Mission: Impossible films, pictured in 2006. (Peter Morris/The Sydney Morning Herald/Fairfax Media/Getty Images) ...

“Chinatown,” a 1974 American neo-noir mystery drama starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway and directed by Roman Polanski, will be the featured Movie of the Month by the Central Texas Film Society.