Wexler knew how to craft a beautiful image, and the lighting in "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip" is exquisite - a fact that is more evident than ever before on the new 4K disc.

By the mid-'60s, he was appearing in Las Vegas clubs and on the television shows of Ed Sullivan, Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson. His first film role came with a small part in 1967's "The Busy Body." ...

The new release of 'Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip' properly showcases the comic's genius and the beauty of Haskell Wexler's cinematography.

Richard Pryor’s legendary run is chronicled in the new box set I Hope I’m Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983), out now via Rhino. Scott Saul, an English professor at the University of ...