NEW YORK—Jonathan Demme, the eclectic, ever-enthusiastic filmmaker behind the Oscar winners “The Silence of the Lambs” and “Philadelphia,” and the director of one of the most seminal concert films ever made, the Talking Heads’ “Stop Making Sense,” has died. Mr. Demme’s publicist, Annalee Paulo, said he died Wednesday morning in his New York apartment, surrounded by his wife, Joanna, and three children. Mr. Demme died from...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 26, 2017 16:28 UTC