Ben Chaplin wants to surprise you. It’s a simple charge, but it’s what the stage and screen actor of more than 30 years has in mind when he takes a new role. “That’s always my goal: to do something that … Continue reading “I don’t mind making them uncomfortable.” Ben Chaplin on SEPTEMBER 5
A woman is dying and asks her friend for a favor. “What is it?” the friend asks. “I’m going to kill myself,” the woman says. “And I want you to be in the room next door when I do.” That … Continue reading THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
They tried to warn us, but the lesson didn’t take. Released in 2006, writer-director Mike Judge’s Idiocracy was offloaded into theaters and damn near buried by distributor 20th Century Fox. In another world, Idiocracy would have come and gone with … Continue reading Cue the Projector: Previewing the Spring 2025 International Film Series
Though he never had the cross-Atlantic success of rivals Oasis or a stateside post-boy band solo career à la Ricky Martin coming out of Menudo, Robbie Williams was a massive pop star at a time when Britpop was all the … Continue reading BETTER MAN
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Nosferatu, out now in theaters, and the Sie FilmCenter’s newest repertory program: Janus for January. Continue reading
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about my top 10 movies of 2024. Continue reading
The call came around 8:30, Friday morning. As these things do, it came without presage or pageantry. A friend had died. It happened while he was on a typical bike ride—nothing nefarious, nothing significant, just a simple fall, and that … Continue reading 2024: The End Has No End
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about two new movies—one a doc, the other a narrative—about watershed moments in 1960s rock ‘n’ roll: Beatles ’64 and A Complete Unknown. Continue reading
For Bruce Springsteen, it was the starting snare shot of “Like a Rolling Stone” that kicked open the door to his mind. He’s not wrong. And he’s not alone. That iconic Bob Dylan song has and will stand the test … Continue reading A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
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