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A 1973 Richard Schickel interview with filmmaker Frank Capra vs. a 2019 Thrasher Magazine interview with rapper and entrepreneur Earl “E-40” Stevens.
On Josef von Sternberg's overlooked The Shanghai Gesture (1941).
It's forcing Muslims to integrate into their society.
Learning what it’s like to work for “an intense marionette artist” like David Fincher.
The Disciple: A Wu-Tang Fable is a one-sided documentary with mixed messages.
Watching The Cat in the Cat, you get a distinct sense that the filmmakers resent the material and would rather be making a Pixar movie.
Dreaming of things that once were, and asking, “Why not again”? The new “trend” journalistic essay that relies on “studies” that are about as accurate as political polls.
The Bonfire of the Vanities deserves a quality miniseries adaptation.
Reviewing troops and nurturing The Clash in and around Tompkins Square.
On When a Stranger Calls Back, an obscure 1993 TV movie starring Carol Kane.
Revisiting Grizzly Man (2005) and Werner Herzog's ambivalent portrait of Timothy Treadwell.
Gender, law, morality, and order all look awry in neo-noir.
The Rolling Stones, Gram Parsons and Mojave mojo.
Five letters, six guesses, and millions of people convinced they’re smarter than their friends.
And then they woke up, for a while.
When a rogue bot makes an unauthorized move and clears out a family's savings, the lawyers step in to figure out who pays the bill.
He went the distance and got suspended.
Patrick Stewart dies while John Stewart covers up murder.
Cory Doctorow's book Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It reveals how corporations “enshittify” their products to save money.
US elections still wacky, not much fun.
Influencers drive the modern sovereign baby phenomenon, but it isn’t new.
Despite having thought about it our whole lives.
It's prevented the party from crafting a unified message.
Herrington High has something to hide in the 1998 monster flick The Faculty.
The band play the entirety of their 2005 classic Feels in Pomona on October 26, 2026.
The band perform "Sweet Lover Hangover" in this May 1, 1996 episode of Late Night.
The pop sensation extols the virtues of UHA Mikakuto Gummy Candy in this 1999 television commercial.
The author talks about heroin and how it worked for him.
The artist talks to Much Music about her album Bedtime Stories, fame, sexism, and more in this recently remastered interview.
From the double A-side single "Crazy" b/w "Woman With No Weaknesses."
The late author talks about his 1987 masterpiece The Bonfire of the Vanities.
The iconic singer-songwriter talks to Stern in this nearly two hour interview.
The maestro of Black Dice plays a solo set at Gallery 5 in Richmond, VA on September 20, 2013.
The artist dishes dirt on this episode of The Dick Cavett Show aired on March 22, 1982.
The Smashing Pumpkins maestro spars with Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli on Popcast.