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Blue Moon and If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, depression and anxiety at the movies.
The guitar virtuoso talked to me about film school, the creative process, and the state of instrumental guitar music.
Happy Birthday, Lawrence O’Donnell.
Ralph Fiennes’ performance is the best part of a turgid British historical dramedy.
I won’t buy his novel The Emergency, but hope it’s a best-seller.
A 1990 BOMB Magazine interview with musician and producer Malcolm “Dr. John” Rebennack Jr. vs. a 2022 The Drift interview with conceptual artist and collagist Barbara Kruger.
Unfortunately, Nuremberg isn’t a movie that honors its subject.
Bugonia is Yorgos Lanthimos’ funniest and most broadly accessible film since The Favourite.
Yes! brazenly uses Israel’s own resources to critique itself (with qualifications).
Most of us are worried and becoming more cynical. We want to feel some sense of optimism.
Baby It's You, John Sayles' first studio film (1983), is a superior Bruce Springsteen movie.
Edward Berger’s follow-up to Conclave is one of 2025’s most disappointing films.
In New York City, hope’s making a comeback.
It's not going well.
Staying in contact with classic Paris.
Laura K. Field examines Trumpism as an intellectual movement.
Autocracy for influencers.
It’s a good film—though the field of vision could be wider.
Choose wisely, NYC, thou megalopolis of dunces.
Who are you? Figments of overactive imagining.
Plus, Time’s melting carnival.
Sermons that once preached peace now bankroll destruction.
The charismatic “father” of New Hollywood had it all, except staying power.
Bravery’s often overstated in discussions of filmmaking.
The multi-valent artist talks about her new memoir and more in this interview with Tony Dokoupil.
The comedian talks about Chicken Shop Date and more in this new interview.
Founded by the late Joseph Byrd, this song comes from the group's 1968 self-titled album.
The musician talks about his memoir Super Deluxe and more in this October 30, 2014 interview.
The band performs early versions of songs that would end up on A Thousand Leaves in this performance from August 30, 1997.
The guitar god plays the track from Atavachron in this video shot in New York in 2005.
The director talks about his new films Blue Moon and Nouvelle Vague and more in this recent interview.
Rare footage of the young star and others at the infamous Los Angeles club on June 15, 1994.
Dutch documentary about Los Angeles musicians Warren Zevon, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Rait, and Jackson Browne.
The Senator from Vermont talks about his new book Fight Oligarchy and more.
The filmmaker returns to the scene of the crime in this new video recorded by the Criterion Collection.