Arrow-right Camera
The Spokesman-Review Newspaper
Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Carolyn Lamberson

This individual is no longer an employee with The Spokesman-Review.

All Stories

A&E >  Movies

The 7: Jonathan Demme leaves a legacy of humor, horror and humanity

In recent months, I’ve re-watched both “Married to the Mob” and “Stop Making Sense,” so news of director Jonathan Demme’s death on Wednesday had a real immediacy. So much talent, so many good films, such a loss. My high school and college years were bookended by the releases of “Stop Making Sense” and “The Silence of the Lambs,” and coincided with a particularly fertile time in Demme’s career. I loved those movies, used to recommend them freely to customers at the Eugene video store where I worked.