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On Joker, Fight Club and the Danger of Self-Fulfilling Cautionary Tales

Filmmaker Adam Kritzer examines the seductive and deeply problematic vision of Todd Phillips' new movie, and Fincher's classic which preceded it.

October 7, 2019

Ratchet TV: Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea

Chelsea Handler's new special tries to tackle the subject of her own white privilege, but is she better off just passing the mic? Shamir reflects.

October 7, 2019

On Making Breaking In with Burt Reynolds

Gregory’s Girl director Bill Forsyth on his overlooked 1989 crime caper, in which Reynolds showed he was a great actor, not just a movie star.

October 4, 2019

Drew Carey Talks with Palmyra Delran for the Talkhouse Podcast

Remember that time when the host of The Price is Right and a garage rocker had a good old yak about music?

October 3, 2019

Three Great Things: Noah Hawley

The creator of Fargo and Legion marks the release of his first movie, Lucy in the Sky, by sharing what he loves most in life.

October 2, 2019

Bursting From Within: Why Alien Struck a Nerve

Alexandre O. Philippe, director of Memory: The Origins of Alien, on how Ridley Scott's 1979 film defied cinematic trends to become a classic.

October 1, 2019

Shooting My Fucked Up Movie Sustainably Helped Me Sleep at Night!

Or why Daniel Scheinert made his film The Death of Dick Long in small-town Alabama with community involvement and sustainability at the fore.

September 27, 2019

How Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well Helped Me to Finally Like Hamlet

For actress and writer Mara Wilson, it took seeing the Bard's classic tale of revenge through a Japanese lens for her to truly appreciate it.

September 26, 2019

Three Great Things: Takashi Miike

The prolific Japanese director celebrates the release of his new movie, First Love, by talking about what makes life better for him.

September 25, 2019

Am I The Only One Who Loves … Book Club?

Comedian Anna Roisman speaks up in defense of a movie with a staggering all-star cast (about older women reading Fifty Shades of Grey).

September 24, 2019

How I Came to Make a Scottish Historical Epic … in Montana

Richard Gray on how he went from being an Aussie kid who loved Braveheart to revisiting characters from that film in a movie of his own.

September 20, 2019

I Believe in Monsters. I Believe in Time Machines.

Writer-director Angelica Zollo on the subject of her debut feature, Trauma is a Time Machine.

September 19, 2019