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The mediocrity and pernicious influence of American Pie.
The United Kingdom barring him from performing is indefensible.
Collapsing figures and the search for a higher morality.
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a refreshing and invigorating thriller.
A 2013 L.A. Review of Books interview with poet Diane di Prima vs. a 2013 Zing interview with artist Marcel Dzama.
Pizza Movie is contrived and irritating.
Baseball was never dominated by “damaged men.”
You need a big screen for space. I’m getting in the rocket.
Forgotten New york finally makes the Ivy League.
How nationalist populism led to a quagmire.
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is funnier than it is scary, although it's plenty gory.
The story of Frances Glessner Lee, mother of forensic science.
The author made the mistake of making me look human.
A reviewer’s joy and doubt.
Not a recommendation.
If they fused religion with warfare, they can blend it with machine overlords too.
The wealth-tax fantasy won’t fix the problem Elizabeth Warren thinks it will.
Sometimes, the best drink makes itself.
From seduction to self-surveillance.
His lack of ambition as a filmmaker is a weakness and a strength.
Barack Obama and Abigail Spanberger can't make me vote for what I oppose.
How scammers prey on people by exploiting their vulnerabilities.
California’s Lost Boys—and the governor who helped lose them.
Making of featurette behind the scenes of Roger Kumble's 2002 comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, and Selma Blair.
The alternative rock gods talk indie politics, Kim Gordon, Albert King, Vicodin, and LSD.
The directorial debut of Kane Parsons, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, and Mark Duplass.
The actor and filmmaker talks about Shampoo, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, No Country for Old Men, and more.
The new music video from the musician's latest album, Bully.
Maher brings two UCLA students onto Club Random for a cross-generational conversation.
The rapper talks weed, intuition, and becoming himself.
The legendary bassist plays trumpet on "Thinkin Bout You," the first single from his first jazz album, Honora.
Three songs from the band's August 22, 1992 performance at the Miami show of the second annual Lollapalooza tour.
The actor talks about the late director's questionable ethics in this 2018 interview.
The bassist talks about her new memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry and more in this new interview.