A 2018 The Idaho Review interview with novelist/screenwriter George Pelecanos vs. a 2006 Sense of Cinema interview with film director Gregg Araki.
Reality is a refreshing formal experiment that nevertheless belongs to a moment that’s passed, the #Resistance.
Artificial intelligence could never create a show like I Think You Should Leave.
A 2022 Hazlitt interview with novelist John Irving vs. a 2014 Hidden Films interview with film director Charles Lane.
Succession and lipstick on soap opera pigs.
A 2016 Harvard Business Review interview with performance artist Marina Abramović vs. a 2006 DGA Quarterly Magazine interview with film director Mike Nichols.
The timely end of Succession and its superb writing.
A 2020 Brooklyn Rail interview with artist Jo Baer vs. a 1972 ArtForum interview with composer Steve Reich.
The many knots and roadblocks in this year's ongoing WGA strike.
Rediscovering the 1970s through comic books of the time.
Long overdue praise for today’s greatest living character actor.
A 2021 Rolling Stone interview with musician Lauryn Hill vs. a 1980 Relix interview with musician Jerry Garcia.
Some reflections on King Charles III’s coronation.
Religious songs are only okay when sung by a crazed hillbilly on a used cassette found in a junk store.
Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage mostly falls flat.
The race is on. Artists take note.
Here’s to a real one.
Taking a look at the Philadelphia New Year’s Day tradition.
United Press International reported in June of 1987 that certain sectors of Ireland’s population were “irked” by the fact that Irish Spring was imported to Ireland.
An interview with YouTube fitness star Connor Murphy.
Winding down with Elizabeth Whispers.
Christopher Hitchens, David Denby, Jon Meacham, and David Sterrit debate the merits of Mel Gibson's Christian epic.
The comic talks about his early life and career in this interview originally aired on July 9, 1998.
The late actor talks about his career in this 45 minute interview.
Prospective Emmy nominees talk in this video produced by The Hollywood Reporter.
A very special and strange episode taped on August 14, 2003, the day of the Northeast Blackout.
The 1990s nostalgia craze rolls on. Not sure why. What year is it (#290)?
The series' regular director talks about "Connor's Wedding," the third episode from the fourth and final season of Succession.
The director talks about his childhood, exploitation cinema, and his then new film, Death Proof.
Four news reports from 1988 on that year's WGA strike.