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Screenwriter Dean Craig (Death at a Funeral) Talks Matthew Warchus’ Pride

The latest feel-good comedy drama export from the U.K. feels like a familiar product, but only the coldest of hearts could remain unmoved by it.

October 7, 2014

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Mathieu Amalric’s The Blue Room

The French actor's latest directorial effort prompts discussion of 4x3 aspect ratio, short running times, nudity and the other kind of "TV movies."

October 2, 2014

Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood) Talks David Wnendt’s Wetlands

One of the most shocking and controversial movies of the year inspires not an enraged critical attack — but a cartoon.

September 4, 2014

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks the Soft Pink Truth and the High Camp of Black Metal

Whenever I talk about my childhood, I feel like most people don't fully grasp the implications of growing up in the Pentecostal church. That's why...

June 21, 2014

Mish Way (White Lung) Talks Ghetto Ghouls’ Ghetto Ghouls

For me, punk music has always been very sexual. Whether I’m performing or just listening, it’s all summoned from that sector of my brain. Now, this...

June 5, 2014

Rick Moody (the Wingdale Community Singers) Talks George Michael’s Symphsonica

Here’s a passage from Susan Sontag’s essay of 1964 called “Notes on Camp.” Have you reread “Notes on Camp” recently? It’s well worth doing so, now...

March 28, 2014

Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters) Talks Trust’s Joyland

Justin was the name of the first guy I ever made out with. He was pale, with dyed black hair, fishnets on his arms and a blank expression. I was 15...

March 4, 2014

Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks the Musical Adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home

The first time I went to see the musical Fun Home at the Public Theater, the lights came on after the first ten minutes, and a voice announced...

November 16, 2013

Drew Daniel (Matmos ) Talks Cher’s Closer to the Truth

I will confess that it was in the spirit of a perverse gamble that I agreed to review this album; Talkhouse editor-in-chief Michael Azerrad asked...

October 3, 2013