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The first—and probably last— pickleball comedy scrapes by.
A 2014 Pitchfork interview with musician Anthony Gonzalez vs. a 2025 DMovies interview with photographer/filmmaker Michael Lavine.
It works pretty well, though the nostalgia could use more teeth.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is the least successful of Jane Schoenbrun’s films.
The New York Times’ fashion section isn’t horrible (graded on curve).
One Night Only is an interesting failure and a fascinating autopsy of pop culture today.
Since the 1850s, Bayside has been a small but potent community, giving rise to governmental leaders and statesmen.
It’s not my fault. IT’S NOT.
On Peter Weir's The Plumber (1979).
Super Troopers 3 improves on the lackluster first sequel.
Let’s toast ourselves. What year is it (#641)?
Getting to the bottom of the mystery surrounding David Fincher’s Cliff Booth.
The digital playground where pedophiles play for free.
How much recovery from a wildfire can occur in one year?
Government reshaping the planet is not moral or cost-effective.
Neither Marx nor Trump.
The new Henry Rollins memoir won't be mediocre as wokeness makes it easy for others on the right to coast.
Plus, what about Hitler’s dog.
What fiction can reveal about the impulses that drive intelligent people to act against their own interests.
Defining the most reprehensible period of rock history.
A precursor to something yet to happen.
There’s a poet for every season.
ABS won’t fix your slump.
The old pressure group has become a formidable electoral machine.
The musician talks about his new album Guitar and playing guitar less live and and in the studio.
The late filmmaker talks about AFI, the role of intuition in directing, his early influences, and more.
A comparison of some of the best vintage multitrack cassette recorders.
The musician talks about sincerity in music, using the particular qualities of a medium to convey ideas, singing in character, and more.
The short-lived supergroup led by Billy Corgan play an hour in the Netherlands in this summer 2003 performance.
The music legends on The Beatles, James Taylor, Manfred Mann, and more in this new interview.
The late actor talks to Bobbie Wygant about his 1979 Western comedy directed by Robert Aldrich.
The former newscaster talks to Friedland in this recently aired "lost episode."
Rodrigo joins the band at Lollapalooza for a wonderful rendition of the final single from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
The late author talks about how drinking doesn't help writing.
The actor and filmmaker on the beginning of recorded sound, Howard the Duck, smartphone overload, and his new series Silo.