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Secret Mall Apartment and Clown in a Cornfield.
A 2022 The Line of Best Fit interview with musician Britt Daniel vs. a 2025 RogerEbert.com interview with filmmaker Euzhan Palcy.
The Perfect Couple isn’t the worst thing that Nicole Kidman has appeared in, but it distills everything wrong with the current streaming economy.
Slight but sweet, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life could be favorably compared to 1988's Crossing Delancey.
Michael Powell, not a fan of MLB sabermetrics “quants,” catches up with half-remembered Atlanta Braves pitching coach Lee Mazzone, now retired.
Everything Trump says is a projection of himself at the expense of others.
The Four Seasons is too frequently unpleasant to ever feel like escapism.
Bennington ponders President Trump’s movie missive while on break from filming The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth.
The second season of Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal is the best television show of 2025.
Unlike the well-preserved DUMBO, Manhattan's area between the bridges has been decimated through the years by demolition.
Focusing on taking care of yourself during troubled political times.
Never Open That Door (1952) is a fascinating if flawed anthology noir from Argentina.
Best concept for a party ever.
When Trump’s dominating, there’s not much to say.
Language used to be stable, lately everything can change on a whim.
What will the masses do when they realize that their leader has forsaken them?
Trade the GOP for the left and you still won’t get trade.
If your problem’s sexual, and it’s also incredibly boring, then I can’t help you.
The Naked and the Dead and the soul.
Dying beast gets one more jab.
The presidential naming power, if any, has extreme limits.
Turning my back on the church and state, I was born to serve no god or human.
A true account of the intellectual life.
Marginalized communities are especially hurt by mental health funding cuts.
The late director talks about his neo noir starring Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, and many others.
The actor talks about his espionage franchise and his long career in the movies.
The director and actor talk about their work on Angel Heart.
The actor talks about his brilliant career in this two hour interview recorded on December 11, 1997.
The director talks about his breakthrough film Trainspotting.
The late David Thomas on the show Transmission.
The filmmaker talks about Trey Parker and Matt Stone's 2004 marionette masterpiece.
The filmmaker and actor talk about their iconic collaboration on the Stephen King adaptation.
A live album of early versions of many of the songs that would end up on 2007's Person Pitch.
The author of Red Carpet talks about the history of Hollywood caving to pressure from China for voluntary censorship and more.
The filmmaker and playwright talks about his new film Henry Johnson and the sorry state of Hollywood today.