15 Heather Graham Stories as Told By Heather Graham
Heather Graham is one of our favorite actresses — a performer and creator who moves easily from indie classics to blockbuster comedies to her own semi-autobiographical stories. She spoke last year at...
View Article12 Jaw-Dropping Pixar Jokes That Are 100% for Adults
Here are 12 jaw-dropping Pixar jokes clearly aimed at moms and dads and grandparents, not kids. Wow. Mia and Tia (Cars, 2006) Mia and Tia flash their headlights in Cars. Pixar. - Credit: C/O There's...
View Article11 Shameless 2000s Comedies That Just Don’t Care If You’re Offended
These shameless 2000s comedies tried to outdo each other in terms of outrageousness. It was a different time. Not Another Teen Movie (2000) Credit: C/O One of our favorites 2000s comedies is a...
View ArticleIsraeli Heroine Sabra in Captain America: Brave New World Drives...
The fictional landscape of Captain America: Brave New World feels too close to reality for pro-Palestinian demonstrators who turned out at the films premiere to object to the inclusion of an Israeli...
View ArticleThe 12 Most Captivating Prison We’ve Ever Seen
Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life behind bars to escape thrillers to World War II team-ups to earnest...
View ArticleHer Sisters Were Trapped by the Taliban. SCAD Helped Them Escape
Sabrina Spanta faced an impossible task: How could she save her half-sisters from the Taliban, who seized control of Afghanistan and stripped women of their education and freedom? What followed was a...
View ArticleCobra Kai Star Ralph Macchio: 5 Confessions of Karate Kid
As we say goodbye to the Karate Kid spinoff Cobra Kai, which begins airing its five final episodes today on Netflix, let's look back on the origins of the Karate Kid saga with star Ralph Macchio, who...
View ArticleEminem for President? A Podcaster’s Slim Hope for Democrats
Eminem for president? That's the tantalizing and creative solution to the Democrats' woes suggested by New Yorker writer Jay Caspian Kang on the latest edition of his podcast, Time to Say Goodbye....
View ArticleThe Gorge Director Scott Derrickson on Miles Teller’s Fidelity and...
Scott Derrickson, director of Apple TV+’s new The Gorge, is best-known for directing horror films he co-writes, including The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister, and The Black Phone. When he takes on a...
View ArticleAllee Willis Co-Wrote ‘I’ll Be There for You’ and ‘September.’ Her Friends...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsG9X6XJls Songwriter Allee Willis had a hand in some of the greatest earworms of the last half century, including Earth Wind & Fire's "September," the Friends...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Horror Movies of The 2010s, Ranked by Box Office
Here are the top 10 highest grossing horror movies at the worldwide box office from 2010-2019, according to Box Office Mojo. 10. Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) Milla Jovovich in Resident Evil:...
View ArticleHe Autopsied RFK, Marilyn Monroe and Sharon Tate — and Fueled Mysteries...
Dr. Thomas Noguchi became known as the “Coroner to the Stars” for his autopsies of the famous — from Marilyn Monroe to Robert F. Kennedy to Sharon Tate to Natalie Wood — and his work fueled mysteries...
View ArticleIn Shattered Ice, a Hockey Player’s Suicide Stuns a Small Town
When Jake Miskin was a high school athlete, five fellow students died by suicide in his small Massachusetts town. He set out to tell the kind of story he wishes they would have seen, that could have...
View ArticleConclave Oscar Surge Eerily Coincides With Pope’s Illness
There's capturing the zeitgeist, and then there's Conclave: When the film debuted last fall to near-unanimous praise, its story of the selection of a new pope after the previous pontiff's sudden death...
View ArticleCommunity Policing, Book Bans and Undocumented Farmworkers Among Subjects of...
Community-based policing, anti-trans book ban and stories of undocumented farmworkers were among the subjects of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles' annual DocuSlate documentary program, in which NFMLA...
View ArticleIn ‘Fast,’ Clayton Henderson Plumbs the Comic Horror of a Week Without Food
Clayton Henderson wrote his short film "Fast" — playing this weekend at the El Dorado Film Festival — to distract himself from the misery of being on a fast. Henderson, whose acclaimed short premiered...
View Article11 Oscar Winners Who Started in Horror Movies
As we look forward to the Oscars, let's celebrate these Oscar winners who started in horror movies. Humble origins can lead to tremendous success. Tom Hanks In 1980 — the same year he starred in the...
View ArticleAnxiety Club Explores the Surprising Dynamics Between Anxiety and Standup Comedy
Stand-up comedy may sound like the worst possible career for anyone with anxiety. But in Wendy Lobel's insightful, empathetic and very funny documentary Anxiety Club — playing today at the El Dorado...
View ArticleSix Reason to Make a Short Film, and How I Made Mine, ‘The Heart of Texas’
The prevailing wisdom is this: don’t do it. Gregory Kasunich is the director of the short film "The Heart of Texas," which he co-wrote with the film's star, Lauren Noll. The film plays this weekend...
View ArticleThe Rise of Sean Baker: From Stealing Shots to Winning Best Picture for Anora
Sean Baker’s Oscar triumph with Anora is proof that indie filmmakers can break through the Hollywood system and achieve mainstream success without compromising their artistic vision. But it took him...
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