Forged by feminism and classic Hollywood, Cari Beauchamp was a wonderful friend

The film-maker and author, who died last week aged 74, will also be remembered by those lucky enough to know her as an unforgettable phrasemaker

A WhatsApp from Maggie Renzi, the producer of John Sayles's Lone Star and most of his other films: Cari has died."

No need for a surname, there's only one Cari in our lives. Maggie and John sat me next to Cari Beauchamp in a pizza restaurant in Cannes around 2001. For three hours that night I listened to this expansive Californian.