Cult filmmaker Roger Corman dies aged 98

The Oscar-winning trailblazer was known for directing a host of low-budget films, including The Little Shop of Horrors, and for discovering stars including Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson. Corman passed away at his home in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday. “His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that.'”. Corman helped develop the talents of actors including De Niro and Nicholson, while also gave directors Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola...