Robert Redford dead at 89

Robert Redford, star of All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, director of A River Runs Through it, and a prominent liberal activist, is dead at 89. Brooks Barnes:

His death, in the mountains outside Provo, was announced in a statement by Cindi Berger, the chief executive of the publicity firm Rogers & Cowan PMK. She said he had died in his sleep but did not provide a specific cause. He was in "the place he loved surrounded by those he loved," the statement said.

With a distaste for Hollywood's dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking, Mr. Redford typically demanded that his films carry cultural weight, in many cases making serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with audiences, in no small part because of his immense star power.

Older moviegoers may think his best is The Sting.

For me, though, it has to be Sneakers.