Amy Schumer tries everything. Especially when it comes to shooting a one-night stand for her movie. “I was like, ‘What if we see his dick?’” Schumer says, describing the well-endowed Staten Islander that opens 2015’s Trainwreck. “What if he has a huge … Continue reading Amy Schumer on TRAINWRECK
For most, Taxi Driver is summed up by one of the most famous lines in cinema: “You talking to me?” Conveying masculinity and bravado, it readies angry men for battle. But it is misleading. It is an act, a façade. The truth … Continue reading TAXI DRIVER
On the eve of World War II, the great director, Jean Renoir, gave one of the most tragic and truthful dictums of all time, “The awful thing about life is this: Everybody has their reasons.” That was true for the … Continue reading CARTEL LAND
There has never been, and there will never be, a movie like Roar. Even the tagline is one in a million, “No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Seventy cast and crew members were.” If that doesn’t pique your … Continue reading ROAR
On February 10, 2008, singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse was nominated for six Grammys, walked away with five—including Record of the Year—and solidified her place as a worldwide recording artist. For most people, that would have been more than enough. For Winehouse, … Continue reading AMY
On November 23, 2012, at approximately 7:40 p.m. in Jacksonville, Florida, Michael David Dunn gunned down Jordan Davis at a Gate Gas convenience store parking lot. The dispute was over the loud music emanating from the vehicle Davis was in, … Continue reading 3½ MINUTES, 10 BULLETS
If Jean-Luc Godard was correct when he surmised, “The history of cinema is the story of men filming women,” then the French auteur Olivier Assayas’s latest, Clouds of Sils Maria, adds the crucial word missing from that epigraph: young. The cinema is … Continue reading CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
On Jan. 21, 1958, Charles Starkweather entered the Nebraska home of girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate and shot and killed her father, mother, and 2-year-old sister. The two went on the lam, and Starkweather slew seven more over the course of … Continue reading BADLANDS
Rashaan Salaam and Kordell Stewart!” Sarah Adina Smith cheers with delight, recalling her high school years as a University of Colorado Boulder Buffs fan. “I was born and raised in Fort Collins, but my Mom went to CU,” Smith says. “We … Continue reading Sarah Adina Smith on THE MIDNIGHT SWIM
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