Robert Redford's Sad American Masterpiece

Ordinary People is more relevant than ever

It shouldn’t have come as such a surprise to read that Robert Redford passed away yesterday since he was 89. But Redford has held such a high spot in American movie and myth for so long, he made so much great work, did his best to use his celebrity to further causes he cared about, and—let’s be honest here—was one of the damn finest-looking humans born …