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It’s a painful but necessary movie.
Misty Green is a fascinating character study and a welcome return for Chris Rock as director.
The Democrats could wallop the GOP in the midterms, if you believe once-discredited (last August) polls.
The Smashing Pumpkins rock the CFG Arena in Baltimore.
On the oldest settlement in Brooklyn (and Long Island).
The quiet power of Marie Atlan and her 2018 film Daniel.
War is the first courtroom show since Damages where the accumulation of evidence is given its due.
There’s no escape.
John Lanchester’s Look What You Made Me Do is one of 2026’s best novels. What year is it (#651)?
Digger is a bloated, smug, hopelessly out-of-touch bore.
Revisiting Woody Allen’s remarkable post-divorce run, beginning with Manhattan Murder Mystery and Bullets Over Broadway.
Police responded to a report of a large pile of poop.
The story of how Jean-Luc Godard broke every rule in the book while making Breathless.
Political leaders and their factions want instant answers, which prove wrong.
In Québec a man decides.
There’s no way to erase mistakes on a woodcut, live with them or start over.
Sadists were training masochists to be masters of their universes.
The Turing Test for consciousness is the only possible one, and we already apply it every day to one another.
Me and my critics.
Because nothing matters.
The intersection of being a horror and a Philadelphia sports fan.
The director of The History of Concrete on his new film, getting mugged, and Avatar.
A 4-track cassette tape collage by the multimedia artist available on YouTube for the first time.
The Kyuss and Queens of the Stone Age frontman talks about desert rock and learning how to play guitar on your own.
The iconic singer-songwriter performs solo work and Fleetwood Mac hits in this fall 2001 show at the Teco Arena in Naples, FL.
The popular English film critic on the new film by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Bill Maher talks to Bijou Phillips, Sally Taylor, Leah Wood, and Kimberly Stewart.
An excellent and slightly psychedelic take on Alex North's theme for the 1966 film.
The former Congressman talks The Devil Wears Prada, lying, and the future of our country.
The silent film legend details why she can't stand Lenny Bruce in this October 29, 1971 interview.
A feature length archival tape collage documentary about The Smashing Pumpkins by Nicky Otis Smith.
The late film producer talks about The Kid Stays in the Picture and more in this July 24, 2002 interview.