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Five decades ago there was no (discernible) mold in the Hopkins dorms. What year is it (#546)?
Investigating the roots of shoegaze in the 1960s.
Washington Post Fresh.
You must create a relationship rather than assume one at the start.
Whatever happned to Herman Raub?
The bar for dystopia right now is high.
Osgood Perkins’ The Monkey is a garish mess that turns into a bore too soon into its 97 minutes.
American mass panic in S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939) and Deluge (1983).
On Demi, Mikey, and the old guard at the Oscars.
The internet is forever—or is it?
The Panic in Needle Park is often left out of assessment of Pacino’s body of work because of how unpleasant it is but it uniquely showcases his talent as an actor.
It is time to admit the flaky artists are totalitarians.
A precarious lifestyle of rejection.
A depressive watches YouTube.
Keir Starmer: sucking up to the American Empire.
Robert De Niro’s performance as an ex-President of the United States is reason enough to watch the Netflix miniseries Zero Day.
The Washington Post is going down. Man the lifeboats.
The U.S. Marshals Service will be a factor in federal power struggles.
How will Penguin Press contain this bomb?
Time for oligarchs.
A favorite phrase considered.
William Friedkin on keeping Gene Hackman angry during the filming of The French Connection and why he decided to slap a priest to get what he needed for The Exorcist.
The late Gene Hackman in the best car chase in film history.
The filmmaker discusses cinema cinema, life, and his Vitalina Varela.
The actor talks about his work in Taxi Driver, The Godfather Part II, The King of Comedy, and more.
The late songwriter performs "Between the Bars," "Angeles," and Big Star's "Thirteen."
The actor talks to Nancy Nelson around the release of his comedy Uptown Saturday Night.
The filmmaker talks about his relationship with the late director in this 32-minute interview.
The author talks about his Oscars book on Book Lust.
The late filmmaker on a wide range of subjects, including some startling predictions regarding digital cinema.
86 minutes of some of the greatest music for piano ever written.
A compilation of appearances by writers on the talk show.