Film

Filth Never Dies • A Gift For Storytelling, Placing Geniality Over Vitriol & a Keen Eye for the Inappropriate Have Cemented John Waters’ Status as America’s Filth Elder

The evolution of John Waters from underground film anarchist and good taste-demolition expert to eccentric memoirist and elder statesman of American pop art has been a long and gradual one. And it’s more shocking than ever today. Pink Flamingos, his rough-hewn 1972 classic, remains a challenge to intestinal fortitude that…

Make Change Now • Boots Riley Isn’t Sorry to Bother You

If you’ve ever thought about making a list of the most prolific people ever, then Boots Riley isn’t a bad place to start. You can place him somewhere between Stephen King—who has authored 61 novels and hundreds of short stories in addition to spending time on music, philanthropy and rage-tweeting…

Remember Roger Deakins | 1917 | Rated R

From my perch in the upper right corner of the theater this Friday last, I surveyed the matinee audience for an opening day screening of 1917. As one might expect, it was a largely grey-haired crowd, typified by a middle-aged woman who turned the corner of the entryway only to…

Abuse Your Illusions • The Magical World of Michael Carbonaro

Ask Michael Carbonaro if he’s a magician, a comedian or an actor and he’ll cop to the fact that he’s not really sure. But he also doesn’t care, so long as he’s entertaining people—a calling he’s heard since he was a child. On his TruTV show, The Carbonaro Effect, he…