GOING PLACES | THE OLGA KURYLENKO INTERVIEW
Hollywood has always been a destination for beautiful and talented European actresses — Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid Bergman, Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, etc. But nowadays, outside of Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard, …
DIVIDE & CONQUER
Somewhere in the celestial archives of pop culture, a magazine cartoon from the 1950s shows a circus seal balancing a beach ball on his nose as he tells his audience: “Frankly, I’d rather direct.” …
25 HORROR FILMS THAT WOULD’VE GIVEN TED BUNDY NIGHTMARES
American filmmakers like to fancy themselves at the vanguard of every cinematic trend, but when it comes to sex, gore and extreme violence in films, it sometimes seems as if they just stepped off the …
BEFORE AND AFTER | THE ETHAN HAWKE INTERVIEW
Growing up in public is nothing you’d wish on anybody, yet Ethan Hawke has brought off that often lethal misadventure with rare grace — perhaps because he’s always operated at a contrary angle to whatever …
THE 30 WORST VANITY PROJECTS OF ALL TIME
The Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell probably said it best: “Vanity is a motive of immense potency.” Of course, it’s doubtful that Lord Russell had Hollywood in mind when he came up with that …
INTO THE MAYNESTREAM | THE EDDIE REDMAYNE INTERVIEW
In ten short years Eddie Redmayne has gone from the London stage to the world stage. Along the way, he has inhabited a gallery of characters as varied and dissimilar as one could imagine. His …
STANLEY STOCKING STUFFERS
With the holidays nigh, you might be at a loss trying to find just the right gift for that special person in your life. You know, the kind that scoffs at sweaters, gift certificates or …
CHECKING IN TO ROOM 237
When The Shining first opened thirty-two years ago, director Stanley Kubrick’s interpretation of Stephen King’s enormously popular novel was met with decidedly mixed reviews and mild success at the box office. Defenders said the film …
STANLEY KUBRICK’S GREATEST MOVIES NEVER MADE
I exaggerate the dangers, and all the disasters that might occur. I look quite serene to my staff, but I am like a woman in labor. Once I have made up my mind, everything is …