A week before its planned arrival, China has decided not to release Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in theaters. The director’s ode to late-Sixties Hollywood would have marked the first time a non-edited Tarantino film received a widespread release in China, where Tarantino’s violent films don’t make …
Read More »'The Deuce' Recap: The Not-So-Great Escape
A review of this week’s The Deuce, “This Trust Thing,” coming up just as soon as I stand on your menu… “I gotta go, Vince.” This is Mike, late in this hour that comes late in the series. He has recently been diagnosed as HIV-positive, and his recent bout with …
Read More »The Last Word: Jessica Lange on Buddhism, Photography and 'American Horror Story'
Before she was an actor, a movie star, a two-time Oscar Winner, an Emmy winner, the recipient of a Lincoln Center gala tribute and the muse to one of the most prolific showrunners currently working in TV, Jessica Lange was a shutterbug. “I originally signed up for a photography class …
Read More »Adam Sandler Makes One Hell of a Bet in 'Uncut Gems' Trailer
A24 released the trailer for its highly anticipated new crime film, Uncut Gems, directed by the Safdie brothers (Heaven Knows What, Good Time) and starring Adam Sandler. The film opens in wide release December 13th. Uncut Gems centers on Howard Ratner (Sandler), a charismatic jewelry dealer with many high-profile New York …
Read More »Rob Sheffield: Pennebaker, 'Monterey Pop' and the 'Wow' That Changed the World
D.A. Pennebaker, the master documentary filmmaker who died Thursday at the age of 94, specialized in capturing rock & roll moments on film before they slipped away, from Bob Dylan in Dont Look Back to Depeche Mode in Depeche Mode 101. But if there’s one scene that sums up his …
Read More »Watch Democratic Debates Get Motown Treatment on 'Colbert'
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert riffed on the Democratic primary debates in Detroit on Thursday night with a sketch called “Motown Sings the Debates.” In the spoof, a Motown-style soul quartet performed sing-along renditions of the most common Democratic talking points. “Papa’s got a kidney stone/Got no insurance, so …
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