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Hair Hopper For Life

Filmmaker Julia Marchese on two crowd-pleasers from 1988 that make an irresistible double bill: The In Crowd and Hairspray.

August 6, 2025

Role Models: Kenneth Anger Taught Constant Smiles What It Means To Be an Artist

Ben Jones talks the experimental filmmaker.

March 2, 2023

Learn a Life Lesson or Two from John Waters and Raymond Antrobus

The legendary filmmaker/author and the poet talk their writing processes, their new spoken word records, and more.

December 9, 2022

Dear John(s)

The director of Satanic Panic on the directing Johns – Carpenter, Hughes, Cameron Mitchell and Waters – who have influenced her work.

September 6, 2019

A Letter to My 14-Year-Old Self

Lauren Wolkstein, director of the forthcoming The Strange Ones, sends some words of advice and comfort back through time.

December 25, 2017

A Letter to My 14-Year-Old Self

Lauren Wolkstein, director of the forthcoming The Strange Ones, sends some words of advice and comfort back through time.

November 20, 2017

John Waters for President!

Tommy O'Haver, director of The Most Hated Woman in America, makes his passionate pitch for who should be the next POTUS.

March 30, 2017

Why Movies Must Tell Different Kinds of Gay Stories

Justin Kelly, director of King Cobra and I Am Michael, on the need to move away from depicting typical LGBT characters on screen.

January 31, 2017

Black-Masked Bands, Cannibals, Deranged Old Men and Other Highlights of Fantastic Fest

Writer-director Zach Clark recounts his adventures, both on and off screen, at the beloved genre film festival in Austin, Texas.

October 13, 2016

Expiring Soon: Eyes Wide Shut, Whatever Movie You Need It To Be

Zach Clark once again revisits Kubrick's ever-shifting final film, this time finding echoes of everything from Jerry Lewis to Pier Paolo Pasolini.

September 20, 2016

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks with John Waters for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

To mark the restoration of Multiple Maniacs, filmmaker and longtime Waters fan Clark sits down for a chat with the Pope of Trash himself.

Expiring Soon: My Own Movie is Leaving the Infinite Shelves of the Internet’s Video Store

Zach Clark kicks off his new column on films about to depart your streaming queue with a personal take on the subject.

March 26, 2016