Critics loved the performance. “Gene Hackman is a tremendous Lex Luthor: the wisecracking villain and acting heavyweight that Superman deserved,” raved The Guardian. “The movie’s brightest ...

To the rest of the world, Gene Hackman may be remembered as Lex Luthor or Royal Tenenbaum or Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle. But in the City Different, many will remember the decadeslong Santa ...