Barry Levinson never tired of hearing his grandfather’s stories of the family’s early days in America. Sam — as young Barry called him — lived with the Levinsons when Barry was growing up.

AVALON” IS Barry Levinson from the heart. Based on the writer-director’s remembrance of his Baltimore childhood and the people who helped make it so rich, the new movie, done on locations in ...

Following ”Diner” (1982) and ”Tin Men” (1987), ”Avalon” is meant to complete what director Barry Levinson now calls his ”Baltimore Trilogy.” But the new film, an episodic ...

Our Flick of the Week is Barry Levinson`s ”Avalon,” another in his personal series about growing up in Baltimore. ”Diner” and ”Tin Men” preceded it in production, but ”Avalon” is ...

Director Barry Levinson has news for Thomas Wolfe. You can go home again. And again. And again.After winning an Oscar for “Rain Man,” Levinson could have written his own ticket in Hollywood.

Barry Levinson, the Oscar-winning writer-director of "Diner" and "Avalon" and the director of "Rain Man," "The Natural" and "Good Morning, Vietnam," has been named recipient of the 2010 Laurel ...

NEW YORK — Barry Levinson is going back to Baltimore. The prolific writer-director will return to his birthplace and cinematic stomping ground with “Sixty-Six,” a story about a group of ...

Barry Levinson is settled into a booth at the diner. He's waiting on a burger and a diet Coke, and just like Shrevie, he's riffing about the hit records of 1959. ¶ "Listen to this," says Levinson ...

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Barry Levinson has signed with Atlas Artists for representation in all areas. You know Levinson’s seminal films from Diner to The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man ...

Barry Levinson has been tapped to receive the Writers Guild of America West’s Laurel Award for Screen, honoring lifetime achievement in outstanding writing for motion pictures. Kudo will be ...