Interview with Billy Dee Williams!
At Bullseye, Jesse Thorn interviews the legendary Billy Dee Williams! Listen here.
“A People’s History of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson”
At Polygon, Joshua Rivera writes about the career of Dwayne Johnson. “Movie stars at the top of their game can often feel invincible, but there was something about Dwayne Johnson’s 2000s climb from wrestler to bankable Hollywood star that seemed uniquely bulletproof. Possessing an endless supply of charm […]
An Interview with Actor Tadanobu Asano
There’s a nice interview with actor Tadanobu Asano up at The Hollywood Reporter. He talks a lot about his craft, so even if you aren’t interested in Shōgun, you might be interested! “A survey of Asano’s filmography features starring roles in projects from many of Japan’s most acclaimed […]
“A Distinctly Zendaya Screen Energy”
At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz writes about Zendaya: “Denis Villeneuve’s two Dune films are bookended by Zendaya’s face. It’s her voice as the Fremen warrior Chani that you see and hear in the opening flash-forward of the first movie, introducing viewers to the universe of 10191 wherein the […]
“Ripley on the ‘Flix”
Friend of the Gutter and Patricia Highsmith scholar Kate Laity has some thoughts about the new Netflix adaptation of Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, and on Ripley himself. “I had equal parts of anticipation and dread for this new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith‘s The Talented Mr Ripley especially […]
(Some of) The Women Who Wrote Hitchcock
This year for Switcheroo Month I thought I would doubly switch things up by writing about something reputable–the films of Alfred Hitchcock–and something I would not usually write about–the films of Alfred Hitchock. Hitchcock is a filmmaker I struggle with. I recognize the quality of his work. I […]
The Cultural Gutter 